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Bridgestone Looks to Expand European Sales Network by Acquiring Germany’s Reiff

Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) subsidiary Bridgestone Europe NV/SA recently announced that it has concluded a final agreement to acquire Reiff Reifen und Autotechnik GmbH, a supplier of automotive services including tire sales in southern Germany. The agreement was concluded on May 1; the amount paid for the acquisition has not yet been revealed. Reiff controls a retail network of 42 tire...

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Michelin Partners With Swedish Company to Develop Recycling Technology for Used Tires

The Michelin Group is partnering with Scandinavian Enviro Systems AB (Enviro), a Swedish-based tire recycling company, on a large-scale project to develop and commercialize pyrolysis technology for the recycling of used tires. Pyrolysis is a method of chemically breaking down organic compounds through rapid heating. This then allows for the formation of new products which the treated organic compound did...

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Rubber Industry Speeds up Efforts to Transition to Online Meetings and Announcements Amid Coronavirus

With most events being canceled amid the impact of COVID-19, industry players are increasingly looking at efforts to utilize online meeting systems. While many companies in the rubber sector have already been using such technology for the likes of in-house meetings and new employee training, a recent initiative has seen these systems beginning to find use for press conferences as...

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Japanese Companies in China See Significant Variation in Their Recovery From Coronavirus

Japanese companies with Chinese bases in the rubber sector look like they will still need some more time to get these bases back to where they were before COVID-19. A survey carried out by Japan Rubber Weekly provided some details here. China is starting to work toward economic recovery, making moves such as lifting the urban lockdown on virus epicenter...

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Denka Concludes Technical Agreement With Agilyx for Recycled Styrene Monomer

Denka Co. Ltd. (TYO:4061) has concluded a technology licensing agreement with Agilyx Corp., a global plastic recycling company based in Portland, Oregon, for a chemical recycling project involving used polystyrene from Toyo Styrene Co. Ltd., an equity-method investee of Denka. Denka has begun serious planning for the construction of demonstration equipment at its plant in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, that would...

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Toyoda Gosei to Restructure Indian Production Subsidiaries in Effort to Construct Flexible Supply System

Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. (TYO:7282) is planning to restructure its Indian production subsidiaries in an effort to build a more optimal production network in the country. By the end of 2020, the company intends to transfer its entire stake in subsidiary Toyoda Gosei South India Pvt. Ltd. (TGSIN) to Toyoda Gosei Minda India Pvt. Ltd. (TGMIN). At present, Toyoda Gosei’s...

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