International Dealer News IDN 145 October/November 2018 | Page 24

news ROOM Ferodo adds more pad applications With more than 100 of the 2018 models already covered, the latest new brake pad applications from Ferodo include Kymco, Malaguti, Aeon, Benelli and Generic scooter front pad applications, Suzuki, Polaris, Piaggio, Kymco and Arctic Cat ATVs, Suzuki GSX-R&S 125/150 ABS front, and Tokiko caliper front pads for Honda VFR/CB models, including the CB 1000 R/plus. The Ferodo MXR disc range has also been extended to cover some of the latest off-road applications such as Honda CRF250/400, Kawasaki KXF250/450 and Yamaha YZ125/YZ-F 450. The MXR line incorporates an innovative dirt expulsion system that helps to maintain braking efficiency even in the muddiest conditions. Additional new products in the Ferodo family on show at INTERMOT (Hall 8, Stand A020) and EICMA (Hall 11, Stand E23) will include new Champion spark plugs and Goeze cylinder and piston kits. EXHIBITOR EXHIBITOR FEDERAL MOGUL ITALY S.R.L. RACING & MOTORCYCLE DIVISION Mondovi (CN), ITALY Tel: [phone] [email protected] www.ferodoracing.com Yamaha Q1 motorcycle net sales revenue +1.2 percent For the first half of its 2018 financial year, the period to June 30, 2018, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announced total corporate net sales of 851.3bn yen, an increase of +23.3bn yen (+2.8%) compared with the same period of the previous fiscal year. Operating income was 82.2bn yen, an increase of +0.1bn yen (+0.1%), ordinary income was 79.3bn yen, a decrease of -4.2bn yen (-5.0%), and net income for the period attributable to parent company shareholders was 57.0bn yen, a decrease of -3.8bn yen (-6.3%). Net sales increased thanks to healthy sales in the emerging markets motorcycle business, the marine business and the industrial machinery and robots business. In addition to higher net sales, operating income increased thanks to product mix improvements in the emerging 24 INTERNATIONAL DEALER NEWS - OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2018 markets motorcycle business and other the industrial machinery and robots business absorbing decreased income in the developed markets motorcycle business. In its motorcycle division, net sales were 515.4bn yen (an increase of +6.2bn yen or +1.2% compared with the same period of the previous fiscal year), and operating income was 31.2bn yen (a decrease of -2.5bn yen or - 7.5%). In emerging markets such as Indonesia, India and the Philippines, increased unit sales and product mix improvements led to increased sales and income. In developed markets, the decrease in unit sales in Europe and elsewhere led to decreased sales and income.