The Society of Rubber Science and Technology, Japan (SRIJ) held its 90th anniversary ceremony alongside commemorative speeches on May 31…....
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Bridgestone Joins Australian Research Project for Sustainable Rail Infrastructure
Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) was announced on May 23 as a member of the Australian-based Industrial Transformation Training Center for Advanced…...
Daicel-Evonik PEEK Material Set for Use in High-Performance Plastic Needles
Daicel-Evonik Ltd.’s Vestakeep Care brand of polyether ether ketone (PEEK) resin has been selected for use in a high-performance plastic…...
Chloroprene Rubber Shortage Intensifies Worldwide, Affecting Japanese Firms
Chloroprene rubber (CR) is continuing to face a global shortage. Japanese CR manufacturers are already at their limit, holding down…...
Half of Japan’s Rubber Manufacturers Miss New Graduate Hiring Target
A recent Japan Rubber Weekly survey has found that, between the 23 major rubber and synthetic rubber manufacturers who responded,…...
CSJ Recognizes Late Professor’s Historical Synthetic Rubber Invention as Chemical Heritage
The Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) has selected synthetic rubber created using monovinyl acetylene (MVA) as one of three historical…...
