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Recruitment Outcomes at Japan’s Major Rubber Companies Largely Unchanged Year-on-Year

Japan Rubber Weekly recently conducted a survey asking Japan’s major rubber companies and their affiliates about their spring recruitment efforts for 2020. Among the 27 companies that responded, 1,524 new graduates were employed in this year’s spring recruitment intake – down by just seven new hires when compared to last year’s total of 1,531. Eleven of the 27 companies hired...

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JRW Survey: Japanese Rubber Industry Cites Increasing Sense of Market Opacity for 2019

Conducting a survey over early- to mid-July, Japan Rubber Weekly asked 158 Japanese manufacturers of rubber and resin products about their business outlooks, earnings forecasts and more. The responses coming back from 107 companies indicated a deepening sense of market opacity. In addition to rising uncertainty around international situations such as the U.S.–China trade war, several domestic factors – including...

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Wholesalers in Greater Kanto Region Show Pessimistic Outlook for Belt and Hose Sales

Forecasts for belt and hose sales in 2019 are showing a pessimistic outlook despite what have been favorable market conditions so far this year. These findings come from TGS, an association of industrial rubber product wholesalers in the greater Kanto region. Conducting an independent survey as part of a report on belt and hose trade flows for 2018, TGS found...

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