Tigers Polymer Corp. (TYO:4231) President Kentaro Watanabe recently sat down with Japan Rubber Weekly to talk about his company’s overseas…...
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Zeon Moves Into Full-Scale Production With New Line for Retardation Film
Zeon Corp. (TYO:4205) has begun full-scale operations at its optical film plant in Himi, Toyama Prefecture, with a new production…...
JFE Engineering Wins Contract for Expansion Work at Asahi Kasei’s S-SBR Plant in Singapore
JFE Engineering Corp. recently announced that it has been awarded a contract for expansion work at Asahi Kasei Corp.’s (TYO:3407)…...
Bridgestone to Boost European Tire Production With 266 Million Euro Investment
Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) recently announced that the company will invest a total of 266 million euros ($312.56 million) to boost…...
Toyoda Gosei to Start Producing Automotive Parts at Saga Plant
Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. (TYO:7282) has announced it will start producing automotive parts at the company’s Saga Plant, which discontinued…...
Asahi Kasei to Increase Annual Production Capacity for S-SBR by 30,000 Tons
Asahi Kasei Corp. (TYO:3407) has decided to increase its production capacity for solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR) for fuel efficient tires…....

