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Sumitomo Riko Promotes Products for Fuel Cell Trucks

on August 6, 2024 in Innovation

Sumitomo Riko is promoting business activities to realize a carbon-neutral and hydrogen society, and is developing and mass-producing anti-vibration rubber, hoses, and other products for fuel cell trucks, which are now in operation in various locations. The company is currently mass-producing products for small fuel cell trucks planned by Commercial Japan Partnership Technologies. The first is the hydrogen tank mount,...

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Sumitomo Riko Wins Aichi Invention Grand Prize for Heat-Dissipating Sound-Absorbing Material

on July 12, 2024 in Products

Sumitomo Riko received the Aichi Invention Grand Prize, the highest prize, for the first time in the 2024 Aichi Invention Award sponsored by the Aichi Institute of Invention and Innovation. The company was awarded for MIF, a heat-dissipating sound-absorbing material. The Aichi Invention Award has been held by the association since 1980 to honor outstanding inventors in Aichi Prefecture for...

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Sumitomo Riko Donates to the Tadasunomori Foundation

on March 18, 2024 in Industry

Sumitomo Riko has donated 10 million yen ($67,100) to the Tadasunomori Forest Preservation Society on the grounds of the World Heritage Site Kamo Goso-jinja Shrine. The donation will be used to improve the environment of the Tadasunomori Forest, a historic site, and to preserve cultural properties and shrine buildings, including the national treasure, Kamo Goso-jinja Shrine. The Tadasunomori Forest, registered...

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Sumitomo Riko President Kazushi Shimizu Gives Outlook for Fiscal Year

on February 2, 2024 in Interviews

Talking to Japan Rubber Weekly, Sumitomo Riko President Kazushi Shimizu said he believes that while automotive products will be firm this year, high-pressure hoses will depend on market conditions in China. In addition to doubling the number of local distributor members during the coronavirus pandemic, the major manufacturer of anti-vibration rubber for automobiles has announced a new product and expects...

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Toyota Adopts Sumitomo Riko’s Anti-Vibration Rubber for Seats in Minivan

on December 8, 2023 in Products

Sumitomo Riko’s anti-vibration rubber seat rail mounts have been adopted by Toyota and Toyota Auto Body in the new Alphard and Vellfire models. Minivans use anti-vibration components to cancel out seat vibration in order to improve ride comfort, but until now they have not been able to cancel out all vibration. To solve this problem, the new Alphard has adopted...

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Sumitomo Riko to Streamline Factories at Komaki Plant

on December 1, 2023 in Products

Sumitomo Riko has begun renovation of its Komaki Plant to achieve the 2029 Sumitomo Riko Group Management Vision (2029V). As the first phase of this project, a groundbreaking ceremony for a new chemical engineering plant was held on November 28. In 2021, the company has dismantled the former company housing and gymnasium in the northern part of the Komaki Plant...

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