Japan Rubber Weekly sat down with President Hiroyuki Soga of Nichirin, a manufacturer of automotive hoses and piping. Soga, who assumed the position of president in April 2023, was posted to the United States at the age of 26 and has since then worked overseas for a total of 26 years. He has also served as president of overseas subsidiaries...
Yokohama Rubber has begun to use the “E+” mark to indicate that its truck and bus tires are compatible with electric vehicles, following on from its passenger car tires, in order to strengthen its global promotion of tires for electric vehicles. As a first step, the mark will be applied to two tires for route buses sold in Japan and...
Toyoda Gosei will increase the production capacity of its U.S. subsidiaries TG Missouri (TGMO) and TG Kentucky (TGKY) in order to respond to expanding sales of automotive interior and exterior parts in North America. The investment will be approximately 3.1 billion yen ($20.88 million) for TGMO and approximately 5.7 billion yen for TGKY. The expanded capacity is scheduled to start...
Yokohama Rubber will appoint Shinji Seimiya, Director and Managing Executive Officer, as President and COO effective March 28. Masataka Yamaishi, President and Representative Director, will become Chairman and CEO. President-elect Seimiya has a background in tire design and development, as well as manufacturing, quality, and technology at the plant, and overseeing technology and production on a global scale. He will...
Talking to Japan Rubber Weekly, Sumitomo Riko President Kazushi Shimizu said he believes that while automotive products will be firm this year, high-pressure hoses will depend on market conditions in China. In addition to doubling the number of local distributor members during the coronavirus pandemic, the major manufacturer of anti-vibration rubber for automobiles has announced a new product and expects...
Chemical products manufacturer Nagase Chemtex has developed a film adhesive for post-vulcanization rubber, which enables adhesion between metals and diene rubber such as natural rubber, butadiene rubber (BR), and low nitrile rubber (NBR) after vulcanization. The adhesive does not require primer treatment, which is necessary for liquid-type vulcanized adhesives, and the process can be shortened. Furthermore, it does not contain...
