Katsura Roller Expands Sales of Air Rolls for Floating Conveyors Jul. 26, 2024. - Katsura Roller reported lower sales and profits for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 compared to the previous fiscal year. While sales of rolls for printing use were down, the stagnation of overseas markets led to a decline in sales of rolls for film use throughout the year. Sales of rolls for printing were generally sluggish. Replacement demand for […]
Meiwa Rubber to Ramp up Online Promotion, Exhibitions Jul. 25, 2024. - Meiwa Rubber’s performance in the first half of fiscal 2024, from October 2023 to March 2024, exceeded the results of the same period of the previous year but fell short of the target. In addition to the unstoppable decline in sales of rolls for printing, sales of rolls for industrial use, which had been the driving force in the previous […]
Japanese Rubber Union Urges Promotion of Women Jul. 17, 2024. - Gomu Rengo, the Japanese Rubber Workers’ Union Confederation, held a labor-management round-table conference to exchange lectures and information to promote the advancement of women. The meeting was attended by 57 representatives from labor and management, thereof 33 from the union side and 24 from the management side. In response to the 2007 revision of the Equal Employment Opportunity Law, Gomu […]
Nitta Opens Satellite Office in Osaka Jul. 11, 2024. - Nitta has on July 9 in Osaka opened a satellite office at Mitsui Link Lab Nakanoshima in Nakanoshima Qross, an international center for future medicine. Nakanoshima Qross is an industrialization base for future medicine established in 2019 by Osaka Prefecture and 21 private companies and others. It aims to promote the industrialization of cutting-edge future medicine that responds to advances […]Yokohama Rubber to Build New Passenger Car Tire Plant in China Jul. 9, 2024. - Yokohama Rubber will build a new passenger car tire plant in China. The production capacity will start at 9 million tires per year and is expected to expand in the future. The investment will be 1.96 billion yuan ($269.62 million), with production scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2026. The construction of the new plant is in response […]
Sumitomo Rubber to Start Offering Tire Pressure and Temperature Management Service for Trucks Jul. 3, 2024. - Sumitomo Rubber will begin offering its Tire Pressure and Temperature Management Service, which monitors tire pressure and temperature for trucks and alerts users of abnormalities, at Dunlop truck tire dealers from July 8. The service combines a TPMS (Tire Pressure Monitoring System) with four types of tools tailored to user needs to utilize tire pressure and temperature information from installed […]
Katsura Roller Expands Sales of Air Rolls for Floating Conveyors Jul. 26, 2024. - Katsura Roller reported lower sales and profits for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 compared to the previous fiscal year. While sales of rolls for printing use were down, the stagnation of overseas markets led to a decline in sales of rolls for film use throughout the year. Sales of rolls for printing were generally sluggish. Replacement demand for […]
Meiwa Rubber to Ramp up Online Promotion, Exhibitions Jul. 25, 2024. - Meiwa Rubber’s performance in the first half of fiscal 2024, from October 2023 to March 2024, exceeded the results of the same period of the previous year but fell short of the target. In addition to the unstoppable decline in sales of rolls for printing, sales of rolls for industrial use, which had been the driving force in the previous […]
Report: Denka Expects Moderate CR Recovery, Expands Evolmer Into Tire Bladders Jul. 23, 2024. - Denka’s chloroprene rubber (CR) business experienced weak sales in the previous fiscal year (April 2023-March 2024). “The poor sales trend of the first half continued into the second half of the fiscal year,” the company said. Initially, it had expected a recovery in the second half of the year, but there was no boost in terms of volume, and both […]
Tosoh Expects CR Demand Recovery, Focuses on CNF Jul. 22, 2024. - Tosoh’s CR sales volume declined only a few percent in the previous fiscal year ending March 2024, with sales benefiting from the weaker yen. Japanese domestic demand began to recover in the second half of the year, but was impacted by production stoppages at some automakers. Overseas, on the other hand, sales were affected by inventory adjustments by users in […]
Interview With Rengo Chairman Nobuhiro Sato on Coming Spring Campaign Feb. 28, 2024. - Japan Rubber Weekly sat down with Nobuhiro Sato, Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of Gomu Rengo, the Japanese Rubber Workers’ Union Confederation, talking about the spring campaign for the current fiscal year that is about to get underway. Sato sees this as “a critical moment to determine whether the trend of wage increases will be sustained,” and is determined […]Interview With Nichirin President Hiroyuki Soga Feb. 8, 2024. - Japan Rubber Weekly sat down with President Hiroyuki Soga of Nichirin, a manufacturer of automotive hoses and piping. Soga, who assumed the position of president in April 2023, was posted to the United States at the age of 26 and has since then worked overseas for a total of 26 years. He has also served as president of overseas subsidiaries […]
NOK and Eneos Jointly Develop Self-Lubricating Rubber May. 14, 2024. - NOK and Eneos have jointly developed “self-lubricating rubber,” a rubber material that reduces friction in oil seals and other sealing products by up to 40% compared to conventional products and maintains the same sealing performance as before even in poorly lubricated environments. In industries where sealing products are in demand, the amount of lubricating oil used is being reduced and […]
Valqua Launches AI-Powered Equipment Abnormality Detection System Apr. 29, 2024. - Valqua and Ridgeye, an AI and deep learning technology consulting and development company, have developed an equipment abnormality detection system that is equipped with a jointly developed AI technology that can handle vibration and ultrasonic sensing of rotating equipment in general. Marketed a Vherme, the system can flexibly respond to on-site needs for equipment abnormality detection by combining Valqua’s abnormality […]
Nitta Posts Financial Results, Sees Opportunity in Semiconductor-related Business May. 24, 2024. - Nitta announced net sales of 88.61 billion yen ($565.29 million), up 0.7% year-on-year; operating income of 4.42 billion yen, down 11.4%; ordinary income of 12,01 billion yen, down 6.9%; and net income of 9.68 billion yen, down 9.2%, for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024. “Sales were decent, but profits fell sharply due to a slower-than-expected decline in the […]
Special Report: Signs of Recovery in Demand for Rubber Sheets Apr. 26, 2024. - Signs of recovery have emerged in demand for fluorine rubber sheets, which had been in a slump. With the elimination of the oversupply of semiconductors, there has been movement in the production of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, which had been undergoing production adjustments, and this has led to an upturn in current demand. Demand for silicone rubber sheets is also increasing […]
