Demand for rubber hoses has been improving. According to the Japan Rubber Hose Manufacturers Association, the value of shipments in 2022 was 138.64 billion yen ($1.04 billion), up 0.4% and thus almost unchanged from the previous year. However, high-pressure hoses remained at a high level throughout the year, and automotive hoses, which account for 70% of the total, recovered in...
The Japan Glove Manufacturers Association has published its 2022 glove sales volume statistics for the Japanese domestic market. Household glove sales in 2022 remained flat at 83.19 million pairs, down 1% from the previous year. Only rubber gloves grew by 6% year-on-year, but none of the categories recovered to the 2019 levels prior to the coronavirus pandemic. In 2020, sales...
Toyoda Gosei, a member of the Toyota Group, has donated goods to welfare facilities in the vicinity of its plants, using the reserve fund from the special menu (Heartfull Menu) in the company cafeteria. Since fiscal 2010, the company has been offering the Heartfull Menu in its cafeteria as a social contribution activity in which employees can easily participate. This...
Asahi Rubber said that in February it has concluded a distributorship agreement with Ferrotec Material Technologies (FTMT) for thermo-modules (Peltier/ Seebeck elements) manufactured and sold by FTMT, and FTMT for the soft thermo-module F-TEM manufactured and sold by Asahi Rubber. Thermo-modules, also called Peltier elements or thermoelectronic elements, are semiconductor electronic components that function as compact heat pump components. The...
Zeon has been recognized by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Japan Health Council as an Excellent Health Management Corporation (Large-Scale Corporation category). The Excellent Corporation for Health Management certification system recognizes corporations that practice particularly excellent health management based on their efforts to address local health issues and the promotion of health promoted by the...
Nitta, a manufacturer of industrial rubber products such as belts and tubes, has been recognized for the fifth consecutive year as a White 500 company in the awarding of Excellent Health Management Corporations (Large-Scale Corporations category)jointly conducted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Japan Health Council. Nitta positions the physical and mental health of its...
