Roll production continues to decline. Printing rolls, which account for 30% of the total, remain in a slump due to the shift to paperless media, and film rolls — which had been driving growth until mid-last year — are also stagnating. According to data compiled by the Japan Rubber Manufacturers Association (Statistics Committee, including seven roll-product companies), total production from...
In the printing, paper manufacturing, and steel making roll sectors, where the overall demand environment is severe, roll manufacturers are concentrating their resources in areas where demand is firm. Demand for rolls for printing continues to decline gradually due to the trend toward being paperless. “The most difficult market is for new printing machine installations. However, due to the stagnant...
Kinyosha, Japan’s leading manufacturer of rubber rolls, reported only a slight decrease in sales in fiscal 2023, keeping revenues almost at the same level as in the previous year. Blanket sales were firm, but total sales fell slightly short of the previous year’s results due to sluggish sales of some rolls. By division, sales of rolls were down from the...
Demand for rolls for high-performance films has been strong, and along with the recovery of market conditions, it has been steadily increasing recently to become a driving force for rolls as a whole. Driven by the spread of telework and the shift to electric vehicles (EVs), demand for polarizing film for LCDs and separator film for lithium-ion batteries has been...
The blanket division of Japan’s largest rubber roll manufacturer Kinyosha performed well in overseas markets in fiscal 2021 ending March 2022. And although demand in Japan for newspaper printing remained flat, that for offset – sheet-fed and commercial web offset – recovered. The company raised prices of all its products in the second half of the fiscal 2021, as cost...
Japan’s largest rubber roll manufacturer Kinyosha reported year-on-year increases in both sales and profit for fiscal 2021 ending March 31, 2022. Although demand fell due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, it recovered by March 2022 as the impact slowly subsided. In particular, blankets geared for overseas, rolls for films, rolls for OA equipment, and iron core-related products contributed...
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