Toyo Tire Corp. (TYO:5105) is aiming to strengthen its relationship with Mitsubishi Corp. (TYO:8058) on a comprehensive level. By pursuing…...
Industry
Japan Sees Rubber Product Shipment Value Rise 0.5% in First Half
Japan’s shipments of rubber products came to a total value of more than 1.15 trillion yen ($10.79 billion) for the…...
JSR Plans New Investment Subsidiary to Speed up Business Creation Around Digital Technologies
JSR Corp. (TYO:4185) has announced that it intends to establish a new investment subsidiary on Oct. 1. Named JSR Active…...
JRW Survey: Japanese Rubber Industry Cites Increasing Sense of Market Opacity for 2019
Conducting a survey over early- to mid-July, Japan Rubber Weekly asked 158 Japanese manufacturers of rubber and resin products about…...
Yokohama Rubber, AIST, ADMAT Develop System for High-Yield Butadiene Production from Bioethanol
Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (TYO:5101) has carried out joint R&D efforts with two academic partners to develop a catalyst system…...
New SRIJ President Mikihito Takenaka Looks to Tighten International Bonds
Kyoto University Professor Mikihito Takenaka recently took up the mantle of president at the Society of Rubber Science and Technology,…...
