Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (TYO:5101) is increasing production of high-performance passenger car tires (18-plus inches in diameter) at its Shinshiro Plant,…...
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Totaku Industries to Build New Factory in Japan
Major resin hose and pipe maker Totaku Industries Inc. plans to build a new factory in Oyama, Tochigi prefecture as…...
Sumitomo Rubber to Advance Global Strategy and Production—CEO Ikeda
Ikuji Ikeda, president and CEO of Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110), said in a recent interview with the Japan Rubber…...
Rubber Machinery Systems Maker Suzuka Engineering Reaches Financing Agreement
Suzuka Engineering Co. Ltd. (Headquarters: Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture) reached a financing agreement last November with Hyakugo Bank Ltd. (TYO:8368)…...
Tokai Carbon Posts 9% Sales Drop in 2015
Japan’s largest carbon black manufacturer Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd. (TYO: 5301) reported annual sales of 104.9 billion yen ($921.8 million)…...
Rheinchemie Additives Toyohashi Site Reaches 7,500 Consecutive Days Without Accident
The Toyohashi production facility of the business unit Rhein Chemie Additives (BU ADD) of Lanxess K.K. announced that as of…...

