Katsura Roller reported lower sales and profits for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 compared to the previous fiscal year. While sales of rolls for printing use were down, the stagnation of overseas markets led to a decline in sales of rolls for film use throughout the year. Sales of rolls for printing were generally sluggish. Replacement demand for...
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Meiwa Rubber to Ramp up Online Promotion, Exhibitions
Meiwa Rubber’s performance in the first half of fiscal 2024, from October 2023 to March 2024, exceeded the results of the same period of the previous year but fell short of the target. In addition to the unstoppable decline in sales of rolls for printing, sales of rolls for industrial use, which had been the driving force in the previous...
Kinyosha to Expand Production Facilities on Solid Blanket Sales
Kinyosha, Japan’s leading manufacturer of rubber rolls, reported only a slight decrease in sales in fiscal 2023, keeping revenues almost at the same level as in the previous year. Blanket sales were firm, but total sales fell slightly short of the previous year’s results due to sluggish sales of some rolls. By division, sales of rolls were down from the...
Bando Chemical’s Nankai Plant Achieves 12.5 Million No-Injury Hours
Bando Chemical’s Nankai Plant in Sennan City, Osaka Prefecture, has over the past 10 years achieved a total of 12.5 million hours without a fatal accident or an accident resulting in one or more days of absence from work, and received a no accident record certificate from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW). MHLW awards a no-injury record...
Sumitomo Riko Wins Aichi Invention Grand Prize for Heat-Dissipating Sound-Absorbing Material
Sumitomo Riko received the Aichi Invention Grand Prize, the highest prize, for the first time in the 2024 Aichi Invention Award sponsored by the Aichi Institute of Invention and Innovation. The company was awarded for MIF, a heat-dissipating sound-absorbing material. The Aichi Invention Award has been held by the association since 1980 to honor outstanding inventors in Aichi Prefecture for...
Maxell Kureha to Raise Prices of All Products, Including Rubber Sheets
Maxell Kureha will raise the prices of all its products, including rubber sheets, by 5-20% from September 2, 2024. This will be the company’s first price revision since March 2023. The company said that, in addition to the successive increases in raw material prices, the main reasons for the price hikes are the sharp rise in electricity, gas, and other...