Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110) has launched Hibrid-Turf EXII, a new long-pile artificial turf product designed specifically for use in sports. The new product is the successor to the original Hibrid-Turf EX, which was launched in 2015 for use as a long-pile artificial turf in sports and has since been fitted across more than 500,000 square meters. The EXII offers...
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Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110) recently held an online study event aimed at promoting diversity and inclusion. Introducing a number of the company’s initiatives for giving women a bigger role in the workplace, the event included 19 participants from across 12 companies. Recent years have seen workplace gender equality become an increasingly major topic in Japan. Sumitomo Chemical, for its...
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Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110) recently announced that it has succeeded in its application to utilize the Fugaku supercomputer for industrial research in 2021. Opened up for use by the academic and industrial research sectors this March, Fugaku is part of Japan’s High-Performance Computing Infrastructure (HPCI). By utilizing the supercomputer, Sumitomo Rubber will look to speed up improvements to its...
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Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110) recently announced that it has developed a new energy harvester device that can be attached to the inside of a tire to generate power via static electricity from the tire’s rotation. This development came about as part of a joint project with Kansai University. By optimizing structures and materials for this frictional power generation, Sumitomo...
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Speaking at an online results briefing on Feb. 9, Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110) President Satoru Yamamoto commented on his company’s performance in coming out of the slump in global tire demand. Sumitomo Rubber’s sales, he said, are seen to be recovering faster than overall market demand. And what is more, he added, the company is projecting a particularly fast...
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Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110) has opened the Nayoro Indoor Ice Field (NICE), a new on-ice testing facility for winter tires. This has been set up as part of the company’s Nayoro Tire Proving Ground in Nayoro, Hokkaido. Established in 1991, the Nayoro Tire Proving Ground spans an area of 870,000 square meters. Sumitomo Rubber has now used this site...
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