This article is part 2 in a series of 2. Bridgestone made a splash at this year’s Fooma Japan by exhibiting for the first time. The company, which until now has had little to do with food, exhibited a soft robotic hand that contributes to labor savings and automation of food conveyance. Soft Robotics Ventures, an in-house venture, is promoting...
Rubber and resin-related companies are focusing on expanding into the food market, where they expect stable demand. At Fooma Japan 2023, held recently at Tokyo Big Sight from June 6-9, a large number of rubber and resin-related companies were present, with many of them exhibiting for the first time in order to cultivate new demand in the food industry. The...
On June 14, Denka announced that a pipe burst during maintenance work at a manufacturing facility in its Aomi Plant in Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture. The cause of the accident is under investigation. The chloroprene rubber (CR) manufacturing facility where the accident occurred has been shut down, and the other lines are partially operating under the safety priority. Customers will...
Mitsui Chemicals received the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award at the 22nd Green Sustainable Chemistry Award (GSC Award) of the Japan Association for Chemical Innovation (JACI) for its “Practical Application of Polyurethanes Using Bio-based C5 Isocyanates and Their Derivatives”. The GSC Award recognizes outstanding achievements that contribute to the promotion of green and sustainable chemistry, and the “Minister...
Toyoda Gosei has invested in Friend Microbe, a Nagoya University startup that is developing a wastewater treatment business using microorganisms to reduce waste generated in production processes. The wastewater treatment system established by Friend Microbe uses microorganisms to break down animal and vegetable oil used in food factories in a short time, and has been proven to reduce oily industrial...
While Japanese domestic automobile production is on a certain recovery track, synthetic rubber sales are struggling. In addition to the economic slowdown in the U.S. and Europe, and demand in China not picking up as much as expected, a major factor is inventory adjustment. According to a synthetic rubber manufacturer, “inventory adjustment will probably take the entire first half of...
