Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (TYO:5101) is planning to establish a tire research & development center in the greater Charlotte area of the U.S.-state of North Carolina. Activities are scheduled to start this September. The company currently conducts research & development on tires for the North American market in several U.S. states and in Japan, but looks to consolidate the majority...
Nihon Michelin Tire Co. Ltd. has recently invited members of the press to an educational seminar about winter tires. During the event, Michelin Japan’s engineers offered commentary about winter tire history, advances in tire technology, smart winter tire use and performance variation based on U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) identification numbers. As technological innovation in the tire industry has accelerated...
Kohshin Rubber Co. Ltd. is gaining popularity with its anticorrosion technology “KS Coating,” which is employed by thermal power plants across Japan for pumping in cooling seawater. The technology prevents corrosion by applying polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin over the surface of metal pipes, immersing them into a large-scale tank that is filled with PVC plastisol. Forming a PVC film, the...
Okamoto Industries Inc. (TYO:5122) has announced the launch dates for two new condom products: the Okamoto 0.02 Real Fit, on Oct. 3, and the Okamoto 0.01 L Size, on Nov. 11. Since the Okamoto 0.02 series of water-based polyurethane condoms hit store shelves in 2009, the company has developed a product lineup with varied sizes, colors, shapes and other features....
Three Japanese companies have come up with a novel idea for treating dementia patients in their home country, which is rapidly aging. Achilles Corp. (TYO:5142) has partnered with Tsukui Corp. (TYO:2398), which runs an elderly nursing care business, and Kato-Denki Inc., a company involved in planning and selling security devices for automobiles and general use. The trio will commence a...
Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Development Organization (NEDO) plans to begin innovative efforts to develop biotechnologies that will help Japan free itself from dependence on foreign technologies. The effort is aimed at developing national technologies for genome editing, as well as Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, which can be applied to the production of industrial materials from plants and microorganisms,...
