Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) and synthetic rubber manufacturer JSR Corp. (TYO:4185) have been selected as winners of the 2015 Nadeshiko Meigara…...
Market Background
Japan’s Rubber Unions Scale Back Spring Offensive Wage Demands
The Japanese Rubber Workers Union Confederation (JRWUC) has largely completed its spring labor offensive, and unions have submitted wage demands…...
Firm Demand for Rubber Sheets – Market Report
Production and shipping volumes of general rubber sheets in Japan are each trending at an annual scale of 20,000 tons…....
Conveyor Belt Demand for Blast Furnaces Fell 29% in 2015
According to statistics by the Japan Belting Manufacturers Association on demand for conveyor belts and plastic belts in 2015, the…...
Negative Growth for Rubber Linings in 2015
Production volume of rubber linings in 2015 totaled 417 tons, a 16-percent year-on-year decline. There was increased use of rubber…...
Japan’s 2015 Rubber Goods Exports Down 4%, Imports Up 8%
The Japan Rubber Manufacturers Association (JRMA) released a compilation of full-year figures for 2015 showing that exports of rubber goods…...
