Interviews

New Year’s Top Interview: Yokohama Rubber President Yamaishi

Yokohama Rubber President Masataka Yamaishi commented on the outlook for 2024, saying, “In 2024, we will formulate a new medium-term management plan and continue to aim for growth with profitability. Our role is to address all the issues left over from YX2023, eliminate the negative legacy, and provide the next generation with opportunities for further growth.” Looking Back at 2023...

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ETIC Eyes Setting Global Standards for SSBR

Solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (SSBR) is one of the raw materials that contribute to the improvement of fuel economy in terms of electric power consumption of tires. The demand for SSBR is expected to further expand on a global scale as it becomes more important for EVs, which require longer cruising distances. ETIC, which specializes in consulting on synthetic rubber and...

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Interview With Zeon’s New President Tetsuya Toyoshima

Japan Rubber Weekly sat down for an interview with Tetsuya Toyoshima, who assumed the position of president of Zeon Corporation on June 29. Toyoshima is set to focus on products with special characteristics that can only be produced by Zeon, and will also promote initiatives for carbon neutrality and work styles. In the elastomer materials business division, which focuses on...

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Top Interview With Mitsuboshi Belting President Hiroshi Ikeda

Mitsuboshi Belting has been working on business and management reforms, including global production reorganization, strengthening of the logistics system, and digital transformation (DX) human resource development. Japan Rubber Weekly sat down for an interview with President Hiroshi Ikeda about the progress of reforms, the current status of new product and technology development and business performance. On current business performance and...

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Toyoda Gosei President Toru Koyama Discusses Plans to Pursue Carbon Neutrality, Support Rise of EVs

Toru Koyama, president of Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. (TYO:7282), gave some insight recently into the company’s plans for 2022, which will center around improving corporate value and striving to meet the targets of the company’s medium-term plan. Giving his predictions for fiscal 2022, Koyama said that given Omicron and numerous other uncertainties, he believes it may still be another year...

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Sumitomo Riko President Shines Light on Plans to Get Results From Structural Reform Starting 2023

Sumitomo Riko Co. Ltd. (TYO:5191) President Kazushi Shimizu recently spoke about current efforts being made by the company, highlighting here the good progress being made on the structural reform it has been pursuing of late. And with this in mind, plans going forward are to achieve growth for both auto parts and general industrial products, he said. Shimizu noted here...

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