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Daiki Rubber President Discusses Business Performance, Future Challenges

on May 8, 2017 in Interviews, Materials

Daiki Rubber Industry Co. Ltd., Japan’s first manufacturer of rubber lining, has been an industry leader since the company’s establishment in 1930. President Chisei Murayama recently set aside some time for an interview with Japan Rubbery Weekly to talk about the rubber lining industry’s current performance, internationalization and more. Discussing Daiki Rubber’s performance within the rubber lining market, Murayama said...

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Zeon Considers New Specialty Rubber Plants, Targets Sales of 500B Yen for 2020

on May 2, 2017 in Materials

Zeon Corp. (TYO:4205) recently announced SZ-20 Phase III, a new medium-term management plan covering the four fiscal years from 2017 to 2020. The plan sets a target for consolidated net sales of at least 500 billion yen ($4.47 billion) in fiscal 2020. Zeon expects that two businesses, elastomers and advanced functional materials, will each account for 250 billion yen of...

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Shin-Etsu Polymer Discloses 2016 Business Performance

on May 1, 2017 in Materials

Shin-Etsu Polymer (TYO:7970) recently gave details of its business performance for the fiscal year ending March 2017. The company, which manufactures products for silicone rubber molding and value-added resin treatment, made 73,979,000,000 yen ($663.79 million) in sales, down 1.4 percent from last year; 5,511,000,000 yen in operating profit, up 34.4 percent; 5,934,000,000 yen in ordinary profit, up 30.9 percent; and...

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Du Pont-Toray Opens Kevlar Technical Center

on April 27, 2017 in Materials

Du Pont-Toray Co. Ltd. has established the Kevlar Technical Center, a technical facility for Kevlar aramid fiber used in tires and rubber. The center is located within Toray Industries Inc.’s (TYO:3402) Tokai Plant. For the first year of operation, the center has been outfitted with such equipment as state-of-the-art dipping machines to deal with consecutive double dipping and heat treatment...

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Yokohama Rubber Opens New-Style Employee Housing Complex for Singles and Families

on April 13, 2017 in Materials

Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (TYO:5101) has built Ciento Musashi-Kosugi, a new employee housing complex in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. Accepting residents from the end of March, the facility is a new type of complex that combines company-owned housing for families with male and female dormitories. Yokohama Rubber built Ciento Musashi-Kosugi by renovating the company’s male dormitory, which was constructed in 1968....

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Interview: ZS Elastomers President Talks Company Development, Production Consolidation and Aspirations

on April 12, 2017 in Interviews, Materials

ZS Elastomers Co. Ltd. (ZSE), a solution styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR) joint venture between Zeon Corp. (TYO:4205) and Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. (TYO:4005), will soon begin operations. Japan Rubber Weekly sat down with ZSE President Kei Itoh, temporarily assigned from Zeon, to talk about the company’s aims. Looking at the developments to come out of Zeon, Itoh said that it was...

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