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Zeon Invests in Knowledge Palette to Develop AI Drug Discovery Technology

Zeon has recently invested in Knowledge Palette, a company which develops AI drug discovery technology using single-cell transcriptome analysis. Knowledge Palette applies the world’s most accurate single-cell transcriptome analysis technology (Quartz-Seq2) to acquire large-scale data on the state of disease-causing cells. By using this information and AI technology to elucidate the causes of disease outbreaks, the company aims to efficiently...

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Pirelli Relaunches TireClub+ B2B E-Commerce Platform

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...

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Sumitomo Rubber Decoturf and Omnicourt Used for Tennis Courts at Ariake Tennis Forest Park

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...

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Denka Signs United Nations Global Compact

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...

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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...

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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...

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