Mondo Design, a manufacturer and seller of bags and accessories, will begin selling under its Seal brand a limited quantity of Glove For Touch, the world’s first luxury glove combining discarded tire tubes and genuine leather. Seal is a brand of products made from upcycled discarded tires. The product is a glove that combines ease of use and strength, made...
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Sumitomo Riko’s Heat Shielding Film Sees Success in Malaysia
Sumitomo Riko’s heat shielding film is widely being adopted for in-vehicle use in Malaysia. The film is installed on front and front side glass and has been used in approximately 100,000 vehicles, including in police vehicles. The company plans to strengthen its sales expansion activities in Southeast Asia and India. The film was developed in collaboration with Ecotint, a Malaysian...
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Towa Launches Magnex Work Gloves Adopting New Anti-Slip Technology
Towa Corporation has launched the Magnex 538, a work glove that employs NanoFinish, a new anti-slip technology that took the company about 10 years to develop. NanoFinish is a rubber material with numerous small holes, each of which acts like a suction cup and provides a high level of gripping power. Compared to the company’s conventional MicroFinish anti-slip technology, the...
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NOK Launches Rubber Pole Made From Sustainable Raw Materials
NOK has released the industry’s first biomass type Postcone rubber pole (line-of-sight marker/lane separation marker) that utilizes plant-derived biomass material polymer. The new product uses 39% plant-derived polymer for the pipe portion of the body, which has the same characteristics as the polyurethane elastomer used in conventional products, while reducing CO2 emissions in the manufacturing process of the raw material...
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Sumitomo Rubber to Withdraw From Gas Pipe Business
Sumitomo Rubber has decided to withdraw from the gas pipe business within 2025. Products in this business are manufactured at the company’s Kakogawa Plant and sold by Dunlop Home Products, a Sumitomo Rubber group company selling household, nursing and medical supplies. The products include rubber pipes for LPG, soft cords for city gas, gas cords, and reinforced gas hoses for...
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Otaka Rubber Improves Manufacturing Efficiency Through Digitilization
Rubber roll manufacturer Otaka Rubber Industry is promoting digital transformation (DX) within the company. It has built an internal network of offices and factories, and by using tablets, all processes in sales and production management have been made visible. This has enabled the sales staff to check in real time when a slip (order) they have placed enters the manufacturing...
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