Sumitomo Riko, in collaboration with Ginreilab, has completed a Microphysiological Systems (MPS) prototype, which can be used to confirm the efficacy and evaluate the safety of pharmaceuticals and other products, the company revealed at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Regenerative Medicine. In recent years, the global trend has been to verify the efficacy and safety of...
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Yokohama Rubber Wins EU Approval to Acquire Trelleborg’s Wheel Systems Business
Yokohama Rubber said on March 25 that the European Commission has completed its review of the company’s acquisition of all shares in Trelleborg Wheel Systems, a Sweden-based company that produces and sells tires for agricultural machinery and industrial vehicles. The approval was unconditional. The U.K. competition authorities are currently reviewing the transaction, and their decision is expected to be announced...
Mitsui Chemicals to Reduce TDI Production Capacity at Omuta Plant
Chemical company Mitsui Chemicals will optimize the production capacity of its toluene diisocyanate (TDI) facility at its Omuta Plant by July 2025. TDI is a raw material for polyurethane that the company has been manufacturing as a basic product of the isocyanate chain at the Omuta Plant with a production capacity of 120,000 tons per year. Considering Japanese domestic and...
Yokohama Rubber to Launch New Work Truck Tire in North America and Australia
Yokohama Rubber has launched the Geolandar A/T XD all-terrain tire for full-size pickup trucks and other commercial vehicles as a new product under its Geolandar tire brand for SUVs and pickup trucks. The new product has been launched in North America and Australia starting in March 2023. A total of 28 sizes will be available. The Geolandar A/T XD is...
High-pressure Hoses Continue to be Strong, Driven by North America and Other Overseas Markets
Demand for rubber hoses has been improving. According to the Japan Rubber Hose Manufacturers Association, the value of shipments in 2022 was 138.64 billion yen ($1.04 billion), up 0.4% and thus almost unchanged from the previous year. However, high-pressure hoses remained at a high level throughout the year, and automotive hoses, which account for 70% of the total, recovered in...
Rubber Gloves Domestic Sales Volume Statistics Published for 2022
The Japan Glove Manufacturers Association has published its 2022 glove sales volume statistics for the Japanese domestic market. Household glove sales in 2022 remained flat at 83.19 million pairs, down 1% from the previous year. Only rubber gloves grew by 6% year-on-year, but none of the categories recovered to the 2019 levels prior to the coronavirus pandemic. In 2020, sales...
