The Sumitomo Rubber CSR Fund, which is funded by employee volunteers, will donate a portion of its reserves in addition to subsidies starting this fiscal year to help the company achieve the SDGs goals even more than before. Since 2010, the Fund has been providing grants to NPOs and volunteer groups that are engaged in activities such as environmental conservation,...
Toyoda Gosei has decided to dissolve its subsidiary Toyoda Gosei UK (TGUK) as part of the profit structure reform of its European business. The company will aim to grow its business in Europe with Toyoda Gosei Czech Republic (TGCZ) playing a key role in the future. Amid the drastic changes in the automotive industry, the company is promoting structural reform...
In September, the Yokohama Magokoro Fund, a social contribution fund established by Yokohama Rubber employees, donated funds to support the activities of the Kanagawa Myoelectric Prosthetic Hand Bank, established by the Kanagawa Prefecture General Rehabilitation Foundation. Yokohama Rubber matched the donation as a matching gift, bringing the total amount of support to 1 million yen ($6,700). This is the second...
Bridgestone Soft Robotics Ventures exhibited for the first time at the Smart Factory Expo during the Factory Innovation Week held at Makuhari Messe from September 13 to 15. In conjunction with the exhibition, the company’s booth featured demonstrations of parts picking and other factory operations, including a demonstration in which a single soft robotic hand was used to deliver four...
Kohshin Rubber concluded a disaster prevention agreement with Miyagi Prefecture to strengthen emergency measures in the event of a disaster. Under the agreement, Kohshin Rubber will supply Miyagi Prefecture with rubber and vinyl products such as rubber boots, raincoats, and rubber gloves in the event of a large-scale disaster occurring or threatening to occur in Miyagi Prefecture, and Miyagi Prefecture...
Mitsui Chemicals and IBM Japan have achieved higher accuracy and speed in the search for new applications of Mitsui Chemicals’ products by combining Microsoft Azure OpenAI’s GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer), a type of generative AI, and the IBM Watson AI. Specifically, the number of dictionaries created specific to Mitsui Chemicals increased approximately 10-fold, the efficiency of extracting new uses was...
