Japan’s market for footwear saw its overall supply rise by 1.7 percent year-on-year for 2017, reaching a total of 704.06…...
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Sumitomo Riko, Nagoya University Advance Joint Research on Heat Management for Organic Materials
Sumitomo Riko Co. Ltd. (TYO:5191) and Nagoya University recently entered into the second year of a collaborative research agreement under…...
Tokai Carbon Moves to Boost Capacity, Open up Global Market With New US Acquisition
Carbon black manufacturer Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd. (TYO:5301) announced on June 26 that it has concluded an agreement to acquire…...
Mitsubishi Chemical Set to Acquire PVC Compound Business From Welset Plast Extrusions
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. announced on June 21 that it has reached an agreement with Welset Plast Extrusions Pvt. Ltd. of…...
Japan’s Transmission Belt Production Rises 2% Year-on-Year for 2017
The Japan Belting Manufacturers Association recently released statistics showing Japan’s domestic production of transmission belts to have increased 2 percent…...
Sumitomo Riko Starts Construction of New R&D Facility for Anti-Vibration Rubber
Sumitomo Riko Co. Ltd. (TYO:5191) has held a ceremony to formally mark the start of construction on a new R&D…...
