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Major Rubber Companies Carry Out Much Smaller Spring Recruitment Drive for 2021

Japan Rubber Weekly recently surveyed Japan’s major rubber companies and their affiliates about their spring recruitment efforts for 2021. Among the 28 companies that responded, 1,093 new graduates were employed in this year’s spring recruitment intake – down by some 590 graduates, or 35.1 percent, when compared to the 1,683 graduates hired by the same companies last year. While a...

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JATMA Survey Finds That Less Than a Quarter of Drivers Check Tire Pressure Each Month

The Japan Automobile Tyre Manufacturers Association (JATMA) recently published the results of a survey that asked 2,000 drivers around Japan about how often they check their tire pressure. While 63.3 percent of respondents said that they check their tire pressure frequently enough, 72.5 percent of the total pool said that they were not aware of the recommendation for drivers to...

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JRW Study: Japan’s Top 100 Rubber Firms See Rising Sales, Falling Profits for 2017

More than three-quarters of Japan’s top 100 rubber companies saw their sales rise year-on-year in fiscal 2017, an independent study by Japan Rubber Weekly has found. According to the results of this study, 79 of Japan’s top 100 firms operating in the industry reported year-on-year increases to sales, up from 48 in fiscal 2016. Double-digit sales growth was posted by...

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JRW Survey: Industry Leaders Raise Concerns Over Raw Material Price Hikes, Labor Shortages

Japan Rubber Weekly recently conducted a survey on business conditions in the rubber and resin industries, targeting 157 major domestic product manufacturers. With 115 of these companies sending back answers, the response rate was 73.2 percent. The results showed that while business conditions are fair, respondents are concerned by labor shortages, surging logistics costs and trends to raw material prices....

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Half of Japan’s Rubber Manufacturers Miss New Graduate Hiring Target

A recent Japan Rubber Weekly survey has found that, between the 23 major rubber and synthetic rubber manufacturers who responded, a total of 1,096 new graduates have been hired in the Japanese rubber industry for spring 2018. This figure is down by 21 graduates, or 1.9 percent, from the 1,117 new graduates hired by the respondents last spring. However, 10...

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JRW Survey: Rubber, Resin Manufacturers Expect Positive Results for Fiscal 2017

Japan Rubber Weekly conducted a survey among the country’s rubber and resin product manufacturers midway through December 2017, looking to get their respective takes on the current climate of the rubber industry. Of the 169 companies that received the survey, 119 responded, making for a 70.4 percent response rate. When asked how sales will pan out for fiscal 2017, 44.2...

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