Denka Company Limited completed it acquisition of the chloroprene rubber (CR) business of E.I. Dupont de Nemours and Company (Dupont)…...
Industry
Yokohama Rubber Consolidates Nagano Production Facilities
Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for new buildings at its Nagano Toyooka Plant (Nagano Prefecture) as…...
JAMA: Automobile Production Drops in September
Japan’s domestic automobile production dropped in September according to the Japan Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (JAMA). The number of cars (4-wheelers)…...
Tokai Carbon’s Operating Income Up 44% Despite Lower Sales
Major Japanese carbon black manufacturer Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd. recorded sales of approximately 80.5 billion yen ($653.4 million) in the…...
Toyoda Gosei Expands its Production Capacity in Asia and Latin America
Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. President Naoki Miyazaki spoke at the recent Tokyo Motor Show: “With the core of the market…...
Bridgestone’s Tokyo Plant Restructuring
Masaaki Tsuya, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Bridgestone Corp., spoke with the Japan Rubber Weekly about the ongoing…...
