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NOK Posts Full Year Results, Sales up 4%

NOK reported net sales of 709.96 billion yen ($5.19 billion), up 4.0% year-on-year, operating income of 15.37 billion yen, down 50.9%, ordinary income of 26.55 billion yen, down 42.5%, and net income of 13.32 billion yen, down 48.4%, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023. By segment, the sealing business posted sales of 347.06 billion yen, up 3.2%, and...

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Toyoda Gosei Enters Large High-Pressure Hydrogen Tank Market for Hydrogen-Powered Fuel Cell Trucks

Toyoda Gosei, a member of the Toyota Group, has launched a large high-pressure hydrogen tank for fuel cell trucks that run on hydrogen, a market for which demand is expected to grow. The tanks are being used in the mass-market fuel cell light-duty trucks that Commercial Japan Partnership Technologies (CJPT), in which Toyota Motor, Isuzu Motors, and other companies have...

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Do-Yamamoto Establishes Subsidiary in India

Industrial hose assembler and seller Do-Yamamoto has established Do-Yamamoto Engineering India in Karnataka, India, in order to respond to the expanding overseas plant market. Until now, Do-Yamamoto has been developing industrial hoses for energy, chemical, and industrial projects in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, but by establishing a local subsidiary in India, the company will strengthen its business base...

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Okayasu Rubber Establishes New Company in Texas to Expand Sales in the Americas

Okayasu Rubber has established on Aug. 1 a new wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, Okayasu Rubber America. The new company is located in San Antonio, Texas, and started operations on Nov. 1. Okayasu Rubber is a trading company of rubber products for the rubber industry that also has a production base. It has manufacturing and sales bases in Malaysia as well...

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Dunlop Home Products Launches Gloves Made of Natural Rubber That Decompose into Soil

Dunlop Home Products, a Sumitomo Rubber Group company selling household, nursing, and medical products, launched on Dec. 1 a new line of rubber gloves for home use made from natural rubber. The gloves are marketed under the slogan of “Gloves Born From Trees: Simple Colors.” They are available in two colors, Monotone White and Monotone Black, to easily blend with...

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Sumitomo Riko Hosetex to Increase High-Pressure Hose Production Capacity in Japan, China and India

Industrial hose manufacturer Sumitomo Riko Hosetex is expanding production capacity at its production bases in Japan (Kyoto), China (Hefei, Anhui Province) and India (Neemrana, Rajasthan) in response to strong demand for high-pressure hoses (wire braid hoses). The plan was decided in August 2021, with an investment of approximately 1 billion yen ($7.43 million). The expansion is scheduled to be completed...

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