Yokohama Rubber will continue to supply dry and wet Advan racing tires with a sustainable raw material ratio of 33% to the All-Japan Super Formula Championship as control tires in 2024, as it did in the previous season. This year’s season opened on March 9, with a total of nine rounds scheduled through November. The supply of racing tires using...
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Sumitomo Riko Donates to the Tadasunomori Foundation
Sumitomo Riko has donated 10 million yen ($67,100) to the Tadasunomori Forest Preservation Society on the grounds of the World Heritage Site Kamo Goso-jinja Shrine. The donation will be used to improve the environment of the Tadasunomori Forest, a historic site, and to preserve cultural properties and shrine buildings, including the national treasure, Kamo Goso-jinja Shrine. The Tadasunomori Forest, registered...
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Marubeni Acquires Canadian Conveyor Belt Company
Marubeni has acquired Alternative Belting Enterprises and Alternative Belting (Van Island) Enterprises, a Canadian one-stop provider of rubber and plastic conveyor belts, conveyor belt system components, installation, and maintenance services. The acquisition was made through Marubeni’s wholly owned Canadian subsidiary, Viacore Solutions, and will enable the company to strengthen its operating base in Western Canada and expand its footprint from...
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Arlanxeo to Build HNBR Plant in China
Arlanxeo announced on February 29 plans to build a hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber (HNBR) plant in Changzhou, China. The plant will have an annual production capacity of 5,000 tons, and the first phase of construction will produce 2,500 tons of high-quality rubber per year. Operations are scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2025. Marketed by Arlanxeo under the...
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Bridgestone Recognized for Promoting D&I
Bridgestone has been recognized by the Japan Women’s Innovative Network (J-Win), an organization established to support the promotion and establishment of diversity management in the corporate sector. The company has been awarded the “Basic Achievement Runner-Up Award” in the basic category of the “2024 J-Win Diversity Awards,” which are given to leading companies that promote diversity and inclusion (DE&I). Bridgestone...
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Nitta Develops Biomass Nylon Tube
Nitta launched in March Biomass Nylon Tube, a product made primarily from plant-derived nylon. Demand for biomass products has been increasing in recent years on back of rising environmental awareness. In line with this, Nitta has been developing and marketing biomass nylon tubing as an environmentally friendly product as part of its various efforts to help realize a sustainable society....
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