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Focusing on Profitable Fields to Survive: Roll Manufacturers

In the printing, paper manufacturing, and steel making roll sectors, where the overall demand environment is severe, roll manufacturers are concentrating their resources in areas where demand is firm. Demand for rolls for printing continues to decline gradually due to the trend toward being paperless. “The most difficult market is for new printing machine installations. However, due to the stagnant...

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Sumitomo Rubber Launches Application Allowing Centralized Truck Tire Condition Management

Sumitomo Rubber has on March 3 begun offering ESP3.0, an application that allows centralized management of truck tire conditions. The application targets users such as trucking companies that use Dunlop’s Tire Pressure and Temperature Management Service parking management and telematics tools. The application combines air pressure and temperature data from the tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) with groove and appearance...

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Zeon Establishes Chinese JV for Lithium-ion Battery Anode Binders

Zeon Trading (Shanghai), a wholly owned subsidiary of Zeon Corporation, has agreed with Zhuhai Chenyu New Materials Technology (Chenyu), an affiliate of Shanghai Energy New Materials Technology (Semcorp), to establish Shanghai Chenon New Materials Technology, a joint venture to sell binders for negative electrodes used in lithium ion batteries. The investment ratio is 51% by Chenyu and 49% by Zeon...

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Lanxess Introduces Sustainable Anti-Aging Agent to Improve Tire Durability

Lanxess has announced the launch of a new anti-aging agent, Vulcanox HS Scope Blue, which contributes to improved tire durability. The product is a highly sustainable addition to the proven Vulcanox HS (TMQ) line of anti-aging agents, which effectively protects tires against oxidative and thermal degradation, and is characterized by low volatility and elution resistance. The use of renewable energy...

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Tsurumi Chemical to Raise Prices of All Sulfur Products on April 1

Tsurumi Chemical will raise the prices of all sulfur products for shipments on April 1. The price increase is 8 yen ($0.05) per kilogram for soluble sulfur and 3 yen per kilogram for insoluble sulfur. “In addition to an increase in procurement costs due to a change in suppliers following the withdrawal of our main raw material supplier from business,...

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Mitsuboshi Belting to Raise Belt Product Prices by 10% or More

Mitsuboshi Belting announced that it will raise the prices of its belt products beginning with orders received on May 1. The price increase applies to transmission belts (friction transmission belts and timing belts), other transmission-related products, conveyor belts (plastic and rubber), and other conveyor-related products, all of which will increase by 10% or more. “In recent years, prices of raw...

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