NOK Corp. (TYO:7240), a major manufacturer of oil seals, posted first quarter sales of 164.91 billion yen ($1.49 billion) for…...
Materials
Shin-Etsu Polymer Achieves Strong First Quarter Results
Plastics processing company Shin-Etsu Polymer Co. Ltd. (TYO:7970) achieved net sales of 18.98 billion yen ($172.27 million) for the first…...
Nitta Holds Completion Ceremony for Second US Factory
Nitta Corp. (TYO:5186) hosted a completion ceremony on July 11 for its consolidated U.S. subsidiary Nitta Corporation of America (NCA)’s…...
Asahi Kasei to Increase Annual Production Capacity for S-SBR by 30,000 Tons
Asahi Kasei Corp. (TYO:3407) has decided to increase its production capacity for solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR) for fuel efficient tires…....
Japan Makes Fifth Straight Monthly Gain in Carbon Black Shipments
Figures compiled by the Carbon Black Association show that 43,271 tons of carbon black were shipped in Japan for the…...
Zeon to Develop New Synthetic Rubber Grades and Technical Services
Zeon Corp.’s (TYO:4205) synthetic rubber business is doing well at present. As for specialty rubber not used in tires specifically,…...
