Member unions of the Japan Rubber Workers Union Confederation (JRWUC) have submitted their wage demands at the group’s annual spring…...
Industry
Sumitomo Chemical Nears Completion of Saudi EPDM Plant
Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. (TYO:4005) and Saudi Aramco have been moving forward somewhat more slowly than anticipated with the ethylene…...
Construction Machinery High-Pressure Hoses Ride Upward Momentum in Demand
Demand is bouncing back for high-pressure hoses used in construction machinery and machine tools, coming against a backdrop of increased…...
Firestone Building Products to Buy Gaco Western
Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) said that its U.S. subsidiary Firestone Building Products Co. LLC has reached a definitive agreement to buy…...
Denka JV to Build New Hydroelectric Power Plant in Japan
Denka Co. Ltd. (TYO:4061) and Hokuriku Electric Power Co. will build a new hydroelectric power plant in Itoigawa City, Niigata…...
Yokohama Rubber Joins IRSG’s SNR-i Natural Rubber Sustainability Project
Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (TYO:5101) has voiced its support for and joined the Sustainable Natural Rubber Initiative (SNR-i) to make…...
