Demand for Japanese-made rubber belts is projected to rise 8 percent year-on-year to 24,186 tons for 2022, according to a forecast put together by the Japan Belting Manufacturers Association for next year. Out of the 24,186 ton total, domestic demand is set to come to 18,575 tons, up 11 percent year-on-year. Export demand, meanwhile, is expected to come to 5,611...
Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (TYO:4183) and Prime Polymer Co. Ltd. have acquired ISCC Plus certification – an international certification system for sustainable products – for a number of products manufactured at their Osaka Works in Takaishi, Osaka Prefecture. The result of this is that from the second half of fiscal 2021, Mitsui Chemicals and Prime Polymer will use a mass balance...
Demand for Japanese-made rubber belts is projected to rise 8 percent year-on-year to 24,186 tons for 2022, according to a forecast put together by the Japan Belting Manufacturers Association for next year. Out of the 24,186 ton total, domestic demand is set to come to 18,575 tons, up 11 percent year-on-year. Export demand, meanwhile, is expected to come to 5,611...
Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) has announced that group company Bridgestone Diversified Chemical Products Co. Ltd. (BDCP) will be consolidating its plants for advanced chemical products. The move will see BDCP’s nine production bases consolidated down to six. As for the employees of the three plants to be closed, Bridgestone believes that they are highly skilled and experienced, passionate about their jobs...
Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. (TYO:7282) has launched a range of eco-friendly bag products made from airbag fabric, including colored tote bags and colored pen cases. This comes as Toyoda Gosei looks to reduce the environmental impact of its production activities – from material procurement through to disposal – as part of its broader push to achieve SDGs. The company has...
The competition over studless winter tire sales has gotten properly under way for another year. Even as they acknowledge the market’s unpredictability amid the continued pandemic, each tire manufacturer here is aiming to boost sales by expanding their SUV-related product lineups, as well as by making the most of the lessons they learned from pursuing sales in the midst of...
