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Top Interview With Mitsuboshi Belting President Hiroshi Ikeda

on August 15, 2023 in Interviews

Mitsuboshi Belting has been working on business and management reforms, including global production reorganization, strengthening of the logistics system, and digital transformation (DX) human resource development. Japan Rubber Weekly sat down for an interview with President Hiroshi Ikeda about the progress of reforms, the current status of new product and technology development and business performance. On current business performance and...

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Rubber Companies Expanding Into Food Sector – Part 1

on June 26, 2023 in Industry

Rubber and resin-related companies are focusing on expanding into the food market, where they expect stable demand. At Fooma Japan 2023, held recently at Tokyo Big Sight from June 6-9, a large number of rubber and resin-related companies were present, with many of them exhibiting for the first time in order to cultivate new demand in the food industry. The...

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Mitsuboshi Belting Accelerates Efforts to Become Carbon Neutral by 2050

on August 11, 2022 in Industry

Automobile transmission belt manufacturer Mitsuboshi Belting has switched the energy used at its Kobe Works and Shikoku Plant to alternative sources that can contribute to reducing carbon emissions. The move follows the installation of solar systems on the roofs of the Kobe Works’ Central Plant’s third and fourth buildings in November 2021 and is part of the company’s efforts to...

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Mitsuboshi Belting Reports Double-Digit FY2021 Sales Growth

on June 2, 2022 in Products

Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd. (TYO:5192) has reported increases to both sales and profits for the fiscal year through March 2022. Sales increased 15.4 percent from the previous year to 74.87 billion yen ($580 million), while operating income increased 53.8 percent to 7.64 billion yen. The company noted that business began to recover gradually during the second half of fiscal 2020, with...

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Mitsuboshi Belting Sets up New Building for Twisting of Tensile Cords

on January 14, 2022 in Products

Transmission belt manufacturer Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd. (TYO:5192) has finished constructing a new building for the twisting of tensile cords at its Shiga Plant in Takashima, Shiga. Coming in at an investment of 900 million yen ($7.91 million), the new building has a total floor area of 2,327 square meters and is slated to begin operations this April. The investment here...

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Mitsuboshi Belting Readies 3.6B Yen for New Plant in India

on July 26, 2021 in Products

Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd. (TYO:5192) is looking to build a new plant in India for the manufacture of automotive transmission belts and other products. Investment here will come to approximately 3.6 billion yen ($32.64 million), with the new plant slated to begin operations in February 2023. Mitsuboshi Belting’s 2021 medium-term business plan has the conveyor belt and automotive transmission belt manufacturer...

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