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Toyoda Gosei’s Full Year Results: Americas and India See Revenue and Profit Growth

Toyoda Gosei’s financial performance for the fiscal year ending March 2025 (April 2024-March 2025) under International Financial Reporting Standards recorded revenue of 1,059.80 billion yen ($7.25 billion), down 1.1% from the previous year, operating profit of 59.84 billion yen, down 11.6%, and net profit of 36.33 billion yen, down 29.4%. Factors affecting operating profit included profit increases from cost improvements...

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Zeon to Increase Production of Retardation Film for Large-Screen LCD TVs

Chemical company and synthetic rubber manufacturer Zeon has decided to expand its production line for retardation films used in large-screen LCD TVs at its Himi Futagami Plant in Himi City, Toyama Prefecture. The expansion will increase the company’s production capacity for TV retardation films by approximately 20%, reaching 264 million square meters annually. Construction of the new line will begin...

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Sumitomo Riko Develops Monilife Wellness Sleep Analysis Service

Sumitomo Riko, a leading manufacturer of rubber products such as anti-vibration rubber, has developed a vital sensor called Monilife Wellness, which will be used in a sleep analysis and health checkup service set to launch in Tokyo. The service is a collaboration between Nine Hours, a capsule hotel operator offering sleep analysis services, and Kinki Health Management Center (KKC), which...

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Sumitomo Rubber Completes Transaction to Acquire Dunlop Trademark Rights from Goodyear

Sumitomo Rubber announced on May 8 that it completed on May 7 the acquisition of the Dunlop trademark and other rights for four-wheel tires in Europe, North America, and Oceania from The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. Sumitomo Rubber paid $631 million for the trademark and contractual rights, as well as transition support costs related to the transition of Dunlop...

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Yokohama Rubber Launches Eco Flame Retardant Conveyor Belt

Yokohama Rubber has launched the Flame Guard Eco conveyor belt, an energy-saving enhancement to its well-received Flame Guard series of flame-retardant conveyor belts. Developed for coal transport lines in ports and thermal power plants where flame-retardant belts are required for fire prevention, Flame Guard Eco leverages technology from Yokohama Rubber’s Ecotex belt, which boasts world-class energy efficiency. Optimized rubber compounding...

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Mitsuboshi Belting Introduces New e-Power NX at Webinar

Mitsuboshi Belting held a webinar to introduce its new and improved energy-saving V-belt, e-Power NX, providing a detailed explanation and implementation benefits of the new product launched on April 1. The company’s e-Power series is a power transmission belt that achieves energy savings by reducing power loss during belt operation. The e-Power NX is positioned as the highest-grade product in...

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