Sumitomo Riko Co. Ltd. (TYO:5191) has launched its SR Active Mattress, a rubber mattress aimed at preventing bedsores. The product…...
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NOK Develops Low-Torque Rotary Seal Rings
NOK Corp. (TYO:7240) has developed two new low-torque rotary seal rings, the TS-Ring and the CT-Ring, for use in automatic…...
Nitta Launches Flexible, Flame-Retardant Tube for Spot Welding Robots
Nitta Corp. (TYO:5186) has developed the flexible, flame-retardant FUK Tube for spot welding robots. The new tube features a 40-percent…...
Bridgestone Develops High-Power Artificial Muscle for Tough Robots, Uses Non-Reinforced Rubber Tubes
Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) has succeeded in developing a hydraulically driven, high-power artificial muscle. It serves as one of the keys…...
Bridgestone Enters Joint Research Project to Help People Board Buses Easier
Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) said it is entering a joint-research project with Yokohama National University and the Japan Transportation Planning Association…...
Zeon to Build New Hydrogenation Facility for Low-VOC Petroleum Resin
Zeon Corp. (TYO:4205) will build a new facility for hydrogenation of Quintone petroleum resin with proprietary technology at its Mizushima…...
