Bridgestone Corp.’s (TYO:5108) golf business is planning an April 15 launch for the Tour B JGR Splash, a golf ball with new functionality. The ball takes the design of the existing Tour B JGR – which has met with good reviews for its role in maximizing the carry of amateur golfers – and adds the benefit of water repellency. While...
Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (TYO:5101) is looking to increase production capacity for conveyor belts at its Hiratsuka Factory in Kanagawa. This comes as part of a broader effort to bolster the company’s business for industrial materials. Plans are to conduct the expansion here in stages, with the first stage amounting to an investment of around 1.6 billion yen ($13.22 million)....
Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) is set to raise its manufacturer’s selling prices for domestic sales of a number of industrial products, including hydraulic hoses and rubber crawlers. The changes will come into effect on April 1. Specifically, Bridgestone has announced an average 12 percent price hike on hydraulic hoses, including rubber hoses, plastic hoses, polyamide tubes and their protective materials; an...
Fukoku Co. Ltd. has posted its business results for the first three quarters of fiscal 2021. The rubber auto parts manufacturer posted sales for the period coming to 54.15 billion yen ($468.84 million), while operating profit came to 1.81 billion yen. Looking on a per-segment basis, Fukoku’s Functional Parts Business generated sales of 24.13 billion yen, up 21.5 percent year-on-year,...
Fuji Latex Co. Ltd. (TYO:4199) has posted its business results for the first three quarters of fiscal 2021, revealing sales of 6.14 billion yen ($53.19 million), an operating profit of 647 million yen, an ordinary profit of 616 million yen and a net profit of 353 million yen. Looking at these figures on a per-segment basis, the company’s health care...
Yoshiyuki Okamoto, chairman and president of Okamoto Industries Inc. (TYO:5122), recently said that the company is planning to add 10 billion yen ($87.25 million) in investments over the coming three years. On top of setting up a new logistics base in Okayama to bolster its foundations in western Japan, the company is making efforts overseas as well, with plans to...
