Sumitomo Riko Co. Ltd. (TYO:5191) and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have improved part of the test course facilities set up at AIST’s Tsukuba North site. Coming as part of a collaborative research effort, this has seen six types of special road surface set up on the course – where testing on these new surfaces...
Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. (TYO:7282) has announced that it will provide support to an ice skating rink to be opened at Oasis21, a major multipurpose hub in the eastern Nagoya district of Sakae. The rink is scheduled to open on Dec. 4 and run for 100 days through to March 13 of next year. First set up in Japan’s Tokai...
DSL Japan Co. Ltd. has been working of late to respond to rising demand for high-performance silica gel able to minimize environmental impact. This has seen the Evonik Japan Co. Ltd. – Shionogi & Co. Ltd. (TYO:4507) JV recently complete a production expansion project for facilities in Ako, Hyogo Prefecture. DSL Japan’s silica gel is notable for the thorough design...
Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) has joined a project being carried out in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, for joint research into healthy sleep. Working together with the goal of resolving various sleep-related social issues, participants in the project span industry, academia, government and the medical sector. Specifically, this joint research is being carried out by a total of six entities – the crux...
Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (TYO:5101) recently announced that it has started practical testing of a newly developed sensor that is to be attached to the inner surface of tires. Carried out in collaboration with mapping and navigation company Zenrin Co. Ltd. (TYO:9474), this testing will take place across Japan on vehicles outfitted with sensor-attached tires. To facilitate the testing, Zenrin...
Japan Rubber Weekly recently carried out a study into the fiscal 2020 business results of 135 rubber-related manufacturing companies across Japan, allowing it to then rank these companies by their sales revenue per employee. Findings here showed that the per-employee sales revenue figures of the top 100 companies averaged out to approximately 41.56 million yen ($371,540) for fiscal 2020. This...
