Fujikura Rubber Ltd. (TYO:5121) led by President Kenji Morita will focus on shoring up its plants in China and Vietnam and aims to generate 35.6 billion yen ($319 million) in annual sales mainly from automobile parts, control equipment, industrial materials and carbon golf shafts in the fiscal year ending March 2020. Fujikura held an opening ceremony for its facilities in...
Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) will increase the price of seismic isolation rubber shipped to Japanese manufacturers by 10 percent on July 1. The company attributes the price hike to the increasing cost of natural rubber required to make seismic isolation rubber, as well as to higher prices for petrochemical ingredients used in synthetic rubber and iron ore that serves as a...
Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (TYO:5101) said that two of its high-pressure hoses sold outside of Japan are now certified for use in ships and port facilities, marking a first step toward expanding the markets for these products. The SAE100R1S and the SAE100R2S have received certification by DNV GL AS, a maritime classification and certification society based in Norway and Germany....
Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110) has announced that group company Dunlop Home Products Ltd., a distributor of home, nursing care and health products, will provide portable wheelchair ramps to West Japan Railway Co. (TYO:9021). The ramps will be used in JR-West’s Twilight Express Mizukaze, a new sleeper train scheduled to begin operating on June 17. The ramps adopted for use...
Japan Rubber Weekly recently had the opportunity to discuss management strategy with Minoru Hamamura, Daiichi Rubber Co. Ltd.’s newly appointed president. The fourth president to lead the company and its roughly 80 employees, 63-year old Hamamura took over the Hokkaido-based rubber products manufacturer on Feb. 25. Current situation Daiichi Rubber manufactures and sells rubber and synthetic resin products, with rubber boots...
Nitta Corp. (TYO:5186) has begun marketing the AeroTrak 9001, a condensation particle counter (CPC) manufactured by U.S.-based TSI Inc. The product is capable of measurement at high flow rates and has an ultra-low false-count rate. The AeroTrak 9001 has a unique design and is the only CPC on the market with a water-based laminar-flow triple detector structure. The product’s extremely...
