Pirelli has relaunched its TireClub+ B2B e-commerce tire sales platform. The new version introduces many new features, including real-time monitoring of deliveries, more straightforward order management, access to data and statistics and the latest news from Pirelli. The latest version of TireClub+ makes ordering easier with new filters that simplify search results and allow users to check which tires are...
Decoturf hard courts and Omnicourt sand-filled artificial turf for tennis have been adopted for all 39 outdoor courts (23 Decoturf and 16 Omnicourt) at Ariake Tennis Forest Park. Decoturf and Omnicourt are sold and installed by the Sumitomo Rubber subsidiaries Sports Surface and Sumigomu Sangyo, respectively. This is the third time that Decoturf has been used at Ariake Tennis Forest...
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...
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 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...
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...
