Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. (TYO:5105) President Takashi Shimizu has released the company’s 2017 medium-term management plan, covering the…...
Bridgestone Launches New Vortech Line for Compact Tracked Loaders
Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) is launching its new Vortech line of rubber tracks this month. Designed specifically for compact tracked loaders,…...
Japan’s Flexible Container Bag Production Falls to 3.75 Million Sacks for 2016
Output for flexible intermediate bulk containers (FIBCs) totaled 3.753812 million units over January–December 2016, a 17-percent year-on-year decline, according to…...
Sumitomo Chemical Nears Completion of Saudi EPDM Plant
Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. (TYO:4005) and Saudi Aramco have been moving forward somewhat more slowly than anticipated with the ethylene…...
Japan’s Automobile Production Falls 0.8% for 2016
Japanese automotive manufacturers produced a total of 9.204696 million vehicles over January–December 2016, according to the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association…...
Yokohama Rubber Launches New Fuel-Efficient Global Standard Tire, Heavily Draws on Japanese Technologies
Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (TYO:5101) said that it will from this spring start sales of a new fuel-efficient global standard…...
