Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (TYO:5101) has a policy with its conveyor belt business to focus on the steel sector in…...
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Japan’s Rubber Unions Scale Back Spring Offensive Wage Demands
The Japanese Rubber Workers Union Confederation (JRWUC) has largely completed its spring labor offensive, and unions have submitted wage demands…...
Japanese Tire Companies Boost Production Capacity in North America
Japanese tire companies are reaping higher profits in the North American market with the help of a livelier U.S. economy…....
Yokohama Rubber to Expand Overseas Fuel-Efficient Tire Business
Hikomitsu Noji, president of Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (TYO:5101), recently spoke with the Japan Rubber Weekly about the direction of…...
Yokohama Rubber to Increase Production of Passenger Car Tires
Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (TYO:5101) is increasing production of high-performance passenger car tires (18-plus inches in diameter) at its Shinshiro Plant,…...
JRMA Chair Nagumo: Tech Innovation, Environmental Friendliness Are Key in 2016
As the domestic rubber market shrinks, Japan’s rubber manufacturers must step up their global operations, JRMA Chairman and Yokohama Rubber CEO Tadanobu Nagumo said in an interview with Japan Rubber Weekly. He is touting technological innovation and environmental responsiveness as key concepts for the industry, saying that without excelling in these areas, globalization will be prohibitively difficult.
