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Kuriyama Holdings to Establish New R&D Center

on September 30, 2025 in Products

Kuriyama Holdings will open a comprehensive research and development facility, tentatively named the Kuriyama R&D Center, in Higashihiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture. The facility is scheduled for completion around June 2026, with construction having begun in June 2025. The three-story building will occupy a site area of 4,800 square meters with a total floor area of approximately 3,400 square meters, representing...

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Sumitomo Rubber and Tohoku University Visualize Strain-Induced Crystallization Distribution in Rubber

on September 17, 2025 in Industry, Materials

Sumitomo Rubber, in collaboration with professors at Tohoku University’s Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, has succeeded in visualizing the nanometer-scale distribution of strain-induced crystallization inside polyisoprene rubber, a synthetic polymer with the same chemical structure as natural rubber. In general, when rubber is subjected to large deformations, the polyisoprene molecular chains are stretched, causing strain-induced crystallization, which is...

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Sumitomo Rubber and Hokkaido University Establish Joint Research Hub

on August 26, 2025 in Industry

Sumitomo Rubber has announced the opening of a new research hub, the Sumitomo Rubber Innovation Base Sapporo, within the Data-Driven Research and Development Organization for Future Creation (D-RED) of Hokkaido University’s Institute for the Promotion of Business-Regional Collaboration. At this new hub, Sumitomo Rubber, with expertise in rubber and advanced material R&D, will collaborate with Hokkaido University, known for its...

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Zeon Launches Kawasaki Innovation Frontier Port

on April 17, 2025 in Materials

Zeon has designated its Kawasaki Factory and Comprehensive Development Center, located in the Kawasaki coastal area of Kanagawa Prefecture, as the Kawasaki Innovation Frontier Port (KIFP) and has begun operations. By integrating the two organizations and gradually unifying management functions for seamless collaboration, KIFP aims to accelerate the creation of new value. The adjacent Kawasaki Factory and Comprehensive Development Center...

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Sumitomo Riko Wins Aichi Invention Grand Prize for Heat-Dissipating Sound-Absorbing Material

on July 12, 2024 in Products

Sumitomo Riko received the Aichi Invention Grand Prize, the highest prize, for the first time in the 2024 Aichi Invention Award sponsored by the Aichi Institute of Invention and Innovation. The company was awarded for MIF, a heat-dissipating sound-absorbing material. The Aichi Invention Award has been held by the association since 1980 to honor outstanding inventors in Aichi Prefecture for...

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AIST and AGC Develop New Material for High Performance Elastic Adhesive

on April 8, 2024 in Innovation

The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and AGC have developed a new material for high-performance elastic adhesives that enables the manufacture of new rubber materials with excellent elasticity and durability. Adhesives made from this material will be able to absorb vibration energy caused by strong external forces through expansion and contraction. Elastic adhesives are used for...

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