In September, the Yokohama Magokoro Fund, a social contribution fund established by Yokohama Rubber employees, donated funds to support the activities of the Kanagawa Myoelectric Prosthetic Hand Bank, established by the Kanagawa Prefecture General Rehabilitation Foundation. Yokohama Rubber matched the donation as a matching gift, bringing the total amount of support to 1 million yen ($6,700). This is the second...
Bridgestone Soft Robotics Ventures exhibited for the first time at the Smart Factory Expo during the Factory Innovation Week held at Makuhari Messe from September 13 to 15. In conjunction with the exhibition, the company’s booth featured demonstrations of parts picking and other factory operations, including a demonstration in which a single soft robotic hand was used to deliver four...
Kohshin Rubber concluded a disaster prevention agreement with Miyagi Prefecture to strengthen emergency measures in the event of a disaster. Under the agreement, Kohshin Rubber will supply Miyagi Prefecture with rubber and vinyl products such as rubber boots, raincoats, and rubber gloves in the event of a large-scale disaster occurring or threatening to occur in Miyagi Prefecture, and Miyagi Prefecture...
Mitsui Chemicals and IBM Japan have achieved higher accuracy and speed in the search for new applications of Mitsui Chemicals’ products by combining Microsoft Azure OpenAI’s GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer), a type of generative AI, and the IBM Watson AI. Specifically, the number of dictionaries created specific to Mitsui Chemicals increased approximately 10-fold, the efficiency of extracting new uses was...
Tokyu Bus will be the first bus company in the world to participate in Project Tree, an initiative led by Itochu that aims to achieve traceability and sustainability of natural rubber. Itochu will further promote the project with the cooperation of Toyo Tires, which supplies tires to Tokyu Bus. Natural rubber is the main raw material used in the tires...
Fujikura Composites, a manufacturer of industrial rubber products and carbon shafts for golf, decided on August 30 to form a business alliance with Singapore-based Fu Yu Corporation. The date of the agreement is September 1. Fu Yu manufactures high-precision plastic injection molded products and molds, metal injection and metal punching, as well as post-processing of molded products and supply chain...
