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Yokohama Rubber Revamps Pneumatic Fender Webpage for Global Audience

Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (TYO:5101) has redesigned its webpage for presenting the company’s pneumatic fender products to the global audience (https://www.y-yokohama.com/global/product/mb/fenders/), including a fresh visual presentation and enhanced product information. In addition to a complete redesign, the renovation includes enhanced product information on its ABF-P (Air Block Fenders With Protector Panel) – pneumatic fenders for docking terminal walls – and...

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Sumitomo Rubber Reveals Instances of Inappropriate Quality Control for Tires, Marine Dock Fenders

Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110) has revealed findings of inappropriate quality control practices at two locations: namely, marine dock fender testing at its Kakogawa Factory in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, and tire production at subsidiary Sumitomo Rubber South Africa (Pty) Ltd. Working immediately to verify the safety of both fenders and tires upon this discovery, Sumitomo Rubber has found there to...

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Yokohama Rubber Develops World’s Largest Floating Fender

Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (TYO:5101) recently announced that it developed a giant floating fender last December. With a diameter of six meters, the new floating fender is the largest in the world. It is designed to be used for offshore cargo transfer operations of liquefied natural gas (LNG) between LNG floating production, storage and offloading units (LNG-FPSOs) and LNG tankers....

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Sumitomo Rubber Sees Bright Outlook for Infrastructure Business

Infrastructure products from Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110) are garnering attention. The company is positioning three areas of its Hybrid Business Division—flooring materials, civil works and marine facilities and sports facilities—as infrastructure products. Inorganic poured floors represent a flagship product in the company’s flooring materials. The product has a strong track record with installations in a wide variety of factories...

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