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How Sanyo Trading Contributes to Natural Rubber

on November 1, 2023 in Industry

The Rubber Trading Association of Japan (RTAJ) mainly engages in natural rubber-related activities, including the dissemination of opinions on industrial and foreign policies related to natural rubber import transactions and the facilitation of natural rubber import transactions. However, Sanyo Trading, one of its regular members and board member companies, does not handle natural rubber. As an importer of synthetic rubber...

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Innovative E-NBR Garners Attention, Tensile Strength Equivalent to H-NBR

on October 31, 2023 in Industry

The functional rubber material e-NBR, which is being jointly developed by 922 Research Institute and Miyasaka Rubber, continues garnering attention. The material has a tensile strength of 20.0 MPa, equivalent to that of hydrogenated nitrile rubber (H-NBR), but is less expensive than H-NBR. It also has ozone resistance equivalent to 100 years (theoretical value) and does not require plasticizers, fillers,...

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Hayakawa Rubber Develops Carcinogen-Free Surgical Skin Marker

on October 25, 2023 in Industry, Innovation

Hayakawa Rubber, in collaboration with Kinki University School of Medicine and Okayama Central Hospital, has developed a Surgical Skin Marker that does not contain carcinogenic substances and is used to mark the skin of patients during radiotherapy and surgery. During these occasions, it is necessary to mark the skin with a marker or the like in order to accurately ascertain...

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922 Research Institute and Miyasaka Rubber Expand e-NBR Lineup

on October 24, 2023 in Industry

922 Research Institute (Koga City, Ibaraki Prefecture, President: Yuji Hofuku) has added new functions to its functional rubber material e-NBR (trademark registered), which has tensile strength equivalent to that of hydrogenated nitrile rubber (H-NBR). The lineup now also includes the newly added grades e-NBRX, e-NBRY and e-NBRZ. e-NBR is a functional rubber material that Hofuku has been developing since he...

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Sanyo Trading Accelerates Supply of Biomass Silica

on October 23, 2023 in Industry, Materials

Sanyo Trading has recently signed a sole agency agreement for Japan with Brisil Technologies, a developer and manufacturer of biomass rice husk silica. The agreement will accelerate the supply of highly dispersible biomass silica for tire and rubber compounding to the Japanese market. Silica is an important raw material for fuel-efficient tires, and demand for silica is expected to grow...

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Sumitomo Rubber Singapore Introduces Risk Assessment Tool for Natural Rubber

on October 18, 2023 in Industry

Sumitomo Rubber Singapore, a natural rubber procurement company of the Sumitomo Rubber Group, introduced in July an environmental and social risk assessment tool specialized for natural rubber. The tool will accelerate the realization of sustainable procurement of natural rubber. As demand for natural rubber increases due to population growth and the development of a mobility society, the company faces the...

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