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Bridgestone’s Innovation Center Achieves LEED GOLD certification

on July 25, 2022 in Industry

Bridgestone’s innovation center B-Innovation, located in the Bridgestone Innovation Park in Tokyo, has received the GOLD certification under the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) environmental performance evaluation system. This is the fifth time the company group has acquired this certification globally and the first time in Japan. The LEED certification is a system for evaluating the environmental performance...

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Bridgestone Holds Global TQM Conference to Share Local Innovations

on December 14, 2021 in Tires

Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) recently held its 11th Bridgestone Group Total Quality Management (TQM) Conference, serving to highlight various examples of innovative activities that local group members have taken to improve their operations. This conference provides an opportunity for the Bridgestone Group – which touts the mission of “Serving Society with Superior Quality” – to share examples of innovative improvement activities...

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Denka Finishes Construction of Omuta Innovation Hub

on March 6, 2020 in Materials

Denka Co. Ltd. (TYO:4061) has announced that it recently finished construction of the Omuta Innovation Hub, a new integrated office located at the company’s Omuta Plant in Fukuoka Prefecture. Established in 1916, the Omuta Plant began operations as an inorganic chemicals factory within an Omuta coal complex zone, producing carbide and lime nitrogen fertilizer. The plant later developed high-temperature processing...

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Bridgestone Looks to Create New Value by Building Innovation Park in Kodaira

on December 10, 2019 in Tires

Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) is reconstructing an existing technological development base in Kodaira, Japan, to build the Bridgestone Innovation Park. The rebuilt facilities here will form a globally oriented base from which to achieve innovation as the company positions 2020 as the start of a new era of value creation. Bridgestone Innovation Park will serve as a composite area. On top...

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Dow Chemical Japan Holds Tokyo Event for Innovation, Sustainability

on September 21, 2018 in Industry, Materials

Dow Chemical Japan Ltd. on Sept. 18 hosted a special event targeting innovation and a sustainable society at the Grand Hyatt Tokyo. Named the Dow Japan Innovation Day in Tokyo 2018, the event was held as a means to sound out possibilities for innovation that could help solve societal issues around the world. This was the event’s second iteration following...

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Toyoda Gosei Enters Into Exclusive e-Rubber Licensing Agreement

on May 22, 2017 in Innovation, Materials

Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. (TYO:7282) and Advanced Softmaterials Inc. have concluded an exclusive licensing agreement for the use and sales of Slide-Ring Material, a key material for e-Rubber. The agreement is limited to applications of the material in dielectric actuators and dielectric sensors. Advanced Softmaterials, which was established in 2005 with the aim of commercializing the Slide-Ring Material developed at...

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