Denka signed a statement of support for the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), and was registered as a participating company as of June 8. At the same time, the company joined the Global Compact Network Japan, a local network of the UNGC in Japan. The UNGC is the world’s largest sustainability initiative, which aims to build a healthy global society...
Industry
Report: Rubber Industry Faces Changes, Including Weak Yen, Naphta Prices
The environment surrounding the Japanese rubber industry has been changing due to the ongoing depreciation of the yen, the decline in naphtha prices and the slump in China. These changes are a mixture of good and bad news for the rubber industry, but since they are all external factors, it is difficult for individual companies to influence them. Japan Rubber...
JSR to Accept Tender Offer by Innovation Network Corporation of Japan
JSR will accept a tender offer by JIC Capital (JICC), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (JIC), through its wholly owned subsidiary JICC-02. JSR will be delisted and become a wholly owned subsidiary of JICC-02. The total purchase price is expected to be approximately 904 billion yen ($6.28 billion). By going private, JSR will be...
Interview With Naoya Amino, New President of Society of Rubber Science and Technology
Japan Rubber Weekly recently sat down with Naoya Amino, Executive Fellow and General Manager of the Materials Function Research Office, Research Advancement and Development Division, Yokohama Rubber, to discuss his role as the new president of the Society of Rubber Science and Technology, Japan. “Interaction among members is very important for the Society of Rubber Science and Technology, Japan as...
Toyo Tires to Open Call for Grant Aid Organizations for Fiscal 2024
Toyo Tires has begun accepting applications from July 3 through the Japan Philanthropic Association for the Toyo Tire Group Environmental Protection Fund for fiscal 2024, which supports organizations and projects that work for environmental protection and conservation and their activities. The Toyo Tire Group Environmental Protection Fund was established in 1992 to give form to the desire of employees to...
Ube to Research Synthesis Process for Polycarbonate Diols From CO2
Chemical company Ube, Osaka Metropolitan University, and Nippon Steel have been selected by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) as part of the “Development of Carbon Recycling and Next-Generation Thermal Power Generation Technology / Promotion Project for Carbon Recycling and Next-Generation Thermal Power Generation / Common Basic Technology Development for Carbon Recycling Technology” to develop a one-step...