Otaka Rubber

Otaka Rubber Improves Manufacturing Efficiency Through Digitilization

Rubber roll manufacturer Otaka Rubber Industry is promoting digital transformation (DX) within the company. It has built an internal network of offices and factories, and by using tablets, all processes in sales and production management have been made visible. This has enabled the sales staff to check in real time when a slip (order) they have placed enters the manufacturing...

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JRW Survey: Tire Makers Top Other Rubber Manufacturers in Ordinary Income

With an ordinary income of 226.91 billion yen ($2.205 billion) in fiscal 2015, Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) held the top spot among 165 major Japanese rubber manufacturers, found a survey published in the September issue of Japan Rubber and Elastomers, a monthly sister publication of Japan Rubber Weekly. For Bridgestone, this marked a 0.4 percent year-on-year decline. The number two, Toyo...

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