Yokohama Rubber has worked with Hamagomu Aicom – a subsidiary focused on developing information systems – to create a proprietary compound design system that incorporates AI-based compound creation technology. The system has then come into practical use starting this July. By suggesting compounds that would be able to match a set of designated rubber properties, the AI here will let...
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Sumitomo Riko Joins GPSNR for Sustainable Procurement of Natural Rubber
Sumitomo Riko has joined on July 25 the Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR). This comes as the company believes that it is necessary to endorse and join the GPSNR policy to ensure the traceability and sustainability of the procurement of natural rubber. GPSNR is an international platform established in October 2018 with the participation of tire manufacturers, automakers,...
Ube Posts Year-on-Year Drop to Sales Revenue, Butadiene Rubber Profits
Butadiene rubber (BR) manufacturer Ube has posted its results for the first quarter of fiscal 2022. The company’s sales revenue came to 116.18 billion yen ($871.79 million), down 20.6 percent from the same quarter last year; operating profit was 4.36 billion yen, down 51.1 percent; ordinary profit was 2.3 billion yen, down 74.3 percent; and net profit was 5.74 billion...
Asahi Kasei Sales up 14.9% in First Quarter
Asahi Kasei posted sales of 670.44 billion yen ($5.02 billion) in the first quarter from April to June of the fiscal year ending March 2023, up 14.9 percent year-on-year. Operating profit was 49.36 billion yen, down 18.4 percent, ordinary profit stood at 51.53 billion yen, down 20.9 percent, and net profit was 29.83 billion yen, down 35.7 percent. Environmental Solutions,...
Kumho Tire Japan Raises Tire Prices in All Categories
Kumho Tire Japan will raise wholesale tire prices in all categories. The price increase will be implemented from September 1 for winter tires and from October 1 for summer and all-season tires with an average increase of 5 percent, depending on the product and size. The company said that in addition to soaring raw material prices, production and transportation costs...
Mitsui Chemicals Launches Services for Distributed Solar Power Generation Businesses
Chemicals company Mitsui Chemicals this month launches technical due diligence services aimed mainly at distributed solar power generation companies that are operating or planning to operate at multiple solar power generation sites. The company has started its solar power generation diagnostic business in 2014. The new service is part of an online diagnostic service it has been developing since August...

