Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. (TYO:7282) has announced that a large plastic roof panel developed by the company will be adopted…...
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Zeon President Discusses Growth Strategy in Increasingly EV-Centric Market
Zeon Corp. (TYO:4205) President Kimiaki Tanaka recently spoke with Japan Rubber Weekly about how the accelerating trend toward electric vehicles…...
JSR President Talks Initiative to Advance Elastomer Operations Beyond Asia
JSR Corp. (TYO:4185) President Mitsunobu Koshiba is hoping to see stable earnings for his company’s elastomer business. But to achieve…...
Shin-Etsu Plans January Price Hike for PVC
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. (TYO:4063) recently announced that it will raise its polyvinyl chloride (PVC) price by at least 15…...
Osaka Soda to Raise Epichlorohydrin Rubber Prices in January 2018
Osaka Soda Co. Ltd. (TYO:4046) will raise the price of its Epichlomer line of epichlorohydrin rubber by 35 yen ($0.31)…...
Sumitomo Riko Aims to Bolster Overseas Production of Non-Automotive Products
Sumitomo Riko Co. Ltd. (TYO:5191) is gearing up to grow its business for general industrial products in non-automotive sectors. These…...
