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Nitta Launches Flexible, Flame-Retardant Tube for Spot Welding Robots

on February 6, 2017 in Innovation, Products

Nitta Corp. (TYO:5186) has developed the flexible, flame-retardant FUK Tube for spot welding robots. The new tube features a 40-percent improvement in flexibility over the company’s previous such products. With flexibility similar to that of polyurethane tubing, the new product can handle complex movements as found in robots. It also possesses high self-extinguishing properties, equivalent to that required for UL94...

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Nitta President Talks Overseas Business, Strategies to Cope With High Growth Rates

on January 25, 2017 in Interviews, Products

Speaking with Japan Rubber Weekly in an interview, Nitta Corp. (TYO:5186) President Motonobu Nitta said that regarding overseas development in 2017, the company has completed the facility at its U.S. plant and is now installing equipment. Operations are expected to start in July. In Thailand, the focus will be on Nitta Moore hose and tube products, where local production of...

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Nitta Develops Smart Air Filter Sporting Wireless Sensors

on December 16, 2016 in Innovation

Nitta Corp. (TYO:5186), a manufacturer known for its belt, tube and hose products, recently developed a new air filter to be marketed as SmartFilter. The new filter contains wireless differential-pressure sensors that can predict the life-span of the filter. Samples of the product will be available starting in January 2017. Air filters often clog with dust as time passes, which...

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Nitta CEO Discusses Policy Areas Behind Mid–Long-term Business Plan

on September 12, 2016 in Interviews

In a recent interview with Japan Rubber Weekly, Nitta Corp. (TYO:5186) President Motonobu Nitta expressed the company’s intent to continue working toward the goals set for the second year of Phase 2 in its mid–long-term business plan, “V2020.” On top of analyzing the company’s sales figures and performance breakdown, he discussed the state of its foreign subsidiaries and explained its...

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Nitta Remains on Track to Achieve Its Mid–Long-term Business Plan, says CEO

on September 9, 2016 in Interviews, Products

Sitting down for an interview recently, Nitta Corp. (TYO:5186) President Motonobu Nitta told Japan Rubber Weekly that the company’s sales and profit figures have mostly developed as planned. Nitta furthermore said that forecasts for the full business year remain unchanged for the major belt, hose and tube manufacturer. On general conditions for the first quarter of fiscal 2016, Nitta said...

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Nitta’s CNT Team Receives Environmental Technology Award from Kinki Chemical Society

on June 8, 2016 in Innovation, Products

Members of the carbon nanotube (CNT) development team at Nitta Corp. (TYO:5186) have received an award for environmental technology from the Kinki Chemical Society. The specific achievement earning the recognition was the team’s success in reducing the weight of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) made from CNT composite carbon fibers. Making CFRP products more lightweight will enable more efficient use...

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