Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110) announced on Dec. 12 that it has been ranked first place by two magazines in a list of the best companies providing vibration control products for detached residential housing. Sumitomo Rubber received a particularly good rating here for the functionality and durability of its products. The rankings were printed in the December 2019 edition of...
Naigai Rubber Industry Co. Ltd. has started sales of a new rubber baseball loaded with nine IoT-compatible sensors. Coming as part of the i-Ball Technical Pitch series, the new ball matches medium-sized regulation balls in terms of its size, weight and surface rubber, and is priced at 27,500 yen ($253). The sensors installed in the ball allow users to measure...
Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd. (TYO:5192) recently posted its business results for the first half of fiscal 2019, revealing increased sales and decreased profits. The company’s sales rose 1.2 percent year-on-year to 37.2 billion yen ($340.04 million), with operating profit down 6.8 percent to 4.4 billion yen, ordinary profit down 17.6 percent to 4.33 billion yen and net profit down 13.2 percent...
Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. (TYO:7282) recently announced that it is looking to double production capacity for automotive rubber weatherstrips at Hubei Toyoda Gosei Zheng Ao Rubber & Plastics Sealing Science and Technology Co. Ltd. (TG Zheng Ao), an affiliate located in Hubei Province, China. By May 2021, Toyoda Gosei aims to have extended its floor space at the location and...
Midori Anzen Co. Ltd. has begun sales of the Insulin Guard and the Sus-K Grip, two new lines of gloves resistant to being pierced by the insulin needles. Developed and produced by Porute Ltd., these new gloves are available from a number of online stores. In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of patients administering insulin...
Four anti-vibration dampers provided by Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110) have been installed at a small tower attached to the main keep of Kumamoto Castle, which suffered major damage as part of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes. This follows the company’s anti-vibration dampers having already been fitted to the main keep last year. With restoration work on the main keep’s exterior...
