This article is part 2 in a series of 2. Bridgestone made a splash at this year’s Fooma Japan by exhibiting for the first time. The company, which until now has had little to do with food, exhibited a soft robotic hand that contributes to labor savings and automation of food conveyance. Soft Robotics Ventures, an in-house venture, is promoting...
Rubber and resin-related companies are focusing on expanding into the food market, where they expect stable demand. At Fooma Japan 2023, held recently at Tokyo Big Sight from June 6-9, a large number of rubber and resin-related companies were present, with many of them exhibiting for the first time in order to cultivate new demand in the food industry. The...
On June 14, Denka announced that a pipe burst during maintenance work at a manufacturing facility in its Aomi Plant in Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture. The cause of the accident is under investigation. The chloroprene rubber (CR) manufacturing facility where the accident occurred has been shut down, and the other lines are partially operating under the safety priority. Customers will...
Zeon said that it will raise the selling price of synthetic rubbers starting from deliveries on July 1. The price increase applies to HNBR (hydrogenated nitrile rubber), ZSC (hydrogenated nitrile rubber alloy), and CM (rubber compound). The price increase for HNBR and ZSC is 40 yen ($0.28) per kilogram, while the price for CM will be revised in accordance with...
Mitsui Chemicals received the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award at the 22nd Green Sustainable Chemistry Award (GSC Award) of the Japan Association for Chemical Innovation (JACI) for its “Practical Application of Polyurethanes Using Bio-based C5 Isocyanates and Their Derivatives”. The GSC Award recognizes outstanding achievements that contribute to the promotion of green and sustainable chemistry, and the “Minister...
Kuraray will raise the prices of Kuraray polyols globally, effective July 1 for shipments. The affected products are certain brands of Kuraray polyols (P-series, F-series, and O-series). The price increase will be 12 yen per kilogram for Japanese domestic shipments and $0.10 per kilogram for overseas shipments. The company states that the price increase was decided in order to maintain...
