Ube has been selected as a component of the MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN), a stock price index developed by MSCI that select companies that are taking the lead in women’s activities based on disclosed information related to gender diversity. As a result, the company is now included in all six ESG indices managed by the Japan Pension Fund...
Cosmo Energy Group, which includes Cosmo Oil, Maruzen Petrochemical, Keiyo Ethylene, and Chiba Butadiene Industry, has acquired ISCC Plus Certification, an international certification developed by ISCC that realizes and ensures a sustainable and traceable supply chain. It guarantees the traceability of sustainable materials throughout the supply chain and demonstrates that rigorous standards are met. Cosmo Energy Group aims to achieve...
Yokohama Rubber has added V-shaped solid fenders for port moorings to its product lineup, in addition to pneumatic fenders that it has sold for many years. The company will continue to expand its lineup of solid fenders in stages, aiming to become a comprehensive manufacturer of fenders. The new product is a basic model that is widely used in ports...
Zeon reported a 5.8% year-on-year decline in net sales to 91.9 billion yen ($648.9 million), a 43.0% drop in operating income to 6.1 billion yen, a 35.8% drop in ordinary income to 8.3 billion yen, and a 33.0% drop in net income to 5.8 billion yen for the first quarter of the year ending March 2024. In the elastomer materials...
Zeon has recently invested in Knowledge Palette, a company which develops AI drug discovery technology using single-cell transcriptome analysis. Knowledge Palette applies the world’s most accurate single-cell transcriptome analysis technology (Quartz-Seq2) to acquire large-scale data on the state of disease-causing cells. By using this information and AI technology to elucidate the causes of disease outbreaks, the company aims to efficiently...
Bicycle tire manufacturer Panaracer will release a new premium flagship model of its Agilest Fast clincher tires on August 1. The new product is the top-of-the-line model of the Agilest series of road tires, which has been well received since its release in 2022. The Agilest Fast adopts the newly developed F-material, which is the newly designed puncture-resistant belt AF...
