Toyoda Gosei has invested in Friend Microbe, a Nagoya University startup that is developing a wastewater treatment business using microorganisms to reduce waste generated in production processes. The wastewater treatment system established by Friend Microbe uses microorganisms to break down animal and vegetable oil used in food factories in a short time, and has been proven to reduce oily industrial...
Yokohama Tire Corp. (YTC), Yokohama Rubber’s U.S. tire distributor, will supply Advan A005 racing tires made from sustainable materials to more than 26 vehicles in six classes competing in the 101st Pikes Peak International Hill Climb to be held on June 25 in Colorado. This year marks the 45th anniversary of the Advan global flagship tire brand. Under the theme...
Yokohama Rubber has begun delivering its RY01C tires for new vehicle installation (OE) on Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus’s new eCanter, a new light EV truck launched in Japan. This is the company’s first installation of truck and bus tires on a new EV. The eCanter was launched in 2017 as Japan’s first mass-produced light EV truck, and this is...
While Japanese domestic automobile production is on a certain recovery track, synthetic rubber sales are struggling. In addition to the economic slowdown in the U.S. and Europe, and demand in China not picking up as much as expected, a major factor is inventory adjustment. According to a synthetic rubber manufacturer, “inventory adjustment will probably take the entire first half of...
Lanxess doubled the production capacity of benzyl alcohol at its site in Kalama, Washington, USA, to support the growth of its established customer base in the Americas. The Kalama site currently serves as the central hub in a network of four manufacturing sites around the world that produce high-purity benzyl alcohol. The doubling of production capacity there will enable rapid...
Rubber raw materials trading company Kato Sansho signed on May 22 a third-party capital increase agreement with Indo-Japan Polymers (Chennai, India), a manufacturer of synthetic resin compounds, mainly colour masterbatches, acquiring a 53% stake in the company. Combined with the Kato Office, which has already acquired shares in the company, this means that the company has acquired 84% of the...
