Showa Glove Co. has added two new items, Nitrist Tough Plus and Nitrist Super Long, to the company’s flagship nitrile…...
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Hayakawa Rubber Receives 2017 JAB Award
Hayakawa Rubber Co. Ltd. has received the third annual Japan Accreditation Board (JAB) Award, which is given to companies and…...
TPM Launches in Japan With Simplified Molding Process
New rubber molding company TPM Company LLC has launched in Japan, where the rubber molding industry is deemed mature. The…...
Bridgestone Launches New Vortech Line for Compact Tracked Loaders
Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) is launching its new Vortech line of rubber tracks this month. Designed specifically for compact tracked loaders,…...
Japan’s Flexible Container Bag Production Falls to 3.75 Million Sacks for 2016
Output for flexible intermediate bulk containers (FIBCs) totaled 3.753812 million units over January–December 2016, a 17-percent year-on-year decline, according to…...
Japan’s Rubber Product Exports, Imports Down for 2016
Japan’s export value of rubber products for 2016 decreased 16.1 percent year-on-year, falling to 819.4 billion yen ($7.18 billion), while…...

