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Bridgestone and AIST Develop Technology to Chemically Recycle Used Tires

on December 17, 2025 in Industry, Innovation

The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) announced that a research team led by Senior Researcher Yoshihiro Ueda, in collaboration with Bridgestone, has developed a chemical recycling technology for tire rubber. By combining chemical decomposition at near room temperature with a subsequent thermal decomposition process, the team successfully recovered isoprene and carbon black. The technology paves the...

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Toyo Tires President Takashi Shimizu Reflects on 2026, Looks Ahead to 2026

on December 16, 2025 in Tires

Takashi Shimizu, President and CEO of Toyo Tires, reflected on fiscal 2025, the company’s 80th anniversary year, highlighting progress at its Serbia plant, which began operations in 2022 and reached full production capacity this year. “Tires manufactured at the Serbia plant have won product awards from a leading UK trade magazine. By leveraging state-of-the-art production technologies, we have been enhancing...

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Sumitomo Riko Launches SG Building as Symbol of Vision 2029

on December 15, 2025 in Materials, Products

Sumitomo Riko has commenced full-scale operations at the Sumitomo Riko Green Transformation Building (SG Building), constructed as a core hub for its infrastructure and living environment business. Built at the Komaki Plant in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, the SG Building consolidates chemical products operations that had previously been dispersed across the site and serves as a model factory that achieves a...

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Sumitomo Riko Develops High-Capacity Seismic Control System

on December 12, 2025 in Innovation

Sumitomo Riko has developed a new building material product, tentatively named the High-Capacity Seismic Control System, which has obtained Japan’s top-tier Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) certification for wooden structures: a wall strength ratio of 5.0. This ratio represents one of the highest public standards for structural capacity in wooden buildings. The new system incorporates high-performance friction...

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Surging Raw Material Costs Impact First Half Results: Okamoto

on December 11, 2025 in Products

Okamoto reported a decline in both revenue and profit for the first half of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026 (April–September 2025), as rising raw material prices, the strong yen, and sluggish demand in China put pressure on its performance. Consolidated net sales fell 2.9% from a year earlier to 52.90 billion yen ($340.74 million), while operating profit dropped...

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Yokohama Rubber Opens Chinese New Passenger Car Tire Plant

on December 10, 2025 in Tires

Yokohama Rubber held an opening ceremony on November 22 for its new passenger car tire plant in Hangzhou, China. The event was attended by numerous local officials and business partners, with President and COO Shinji Seimiya representing the company. The new facility is the first one-year plant launched under Yokohama Transformation 2026 (YX2026), the company’s mid-term management plan running from...

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