Bridgestone is pursuing a variety of health management goals. These include improving productivity by reducing the rate of absence from work due to illness and increasing the number of healthy and energetic employees, reducing future medical costs, contributing to the enhancement of corporate value and improving the health literacy of each employee through collaboration with industrial health staff and health...
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Zeon to Construct New Cyclo-olefin Polymer Plant in Japan
Zeon Corporation will build a new plant for cyclo-olefin polymer (COP), a high-performance resin that is one of its main products. The investment, including land and utilities, will be approximately 70 billion yen ($443 million). The company has long been considering measures to strengthen its resilience by decentralizing its COP production bases. The new plant will be constructed in Shunan...
Kraton Polymers Japan to Raise Prices Effective July 1
Kraton Polymers Japan will raise the price of Kraton G SEBS and SEPS by 35 yen ($0.22) per kilogram for deliveries on July 1. The company said, “Due to the rising costs of raw materials, energy, logistics, and delivery of our products, as well as the impact of foreign exchange rates on profitability, we have determined that it is essential...
Fuji Latex Reports FY2023 Results
Fuji Latex on June 7 held an online financial results briefing for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024. For the period, net sales were 7.51 billion yen ($47.57 million), down 7.1% year-on-year; operating income was 439 million yen, down 42.2%; ordinary income was 382 million yen, down 47.7%; and net income was 289 million yen, down 44.0%. Sales fell...
Zeon to Shut Down 60% of Tokuyama Plant’s Synthetic Rubber Capacity, Including E-SBR, BR and NBR Latex
Zeon Corporation will cease 60% of its synthetic rubber manufacturing capacity at its Tokuyama Plant in Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, the company said at a meeting held on June 11 to explain the progress of the second phase of its medium-term management plan. It plans to stop production of E-SBR (emulsion polymerization styrene butadiene rubber) Series 1 and NBR (acrylonitrile...
Osaka Soda to Raise Prices of Four Products From July 1, Including Synthetic Rubber
Osaka Soda has announced that it will raise the prices of four synthetic rubber and synthetic resin products, starting with shipments on July 1. The price increases are 30 yen ($.19) per kilogram for Epichromer epichlorohydrin rubber and Racrester acrylic rubber, 35 yen per kilogram for DAP resin-based Daiso DAP monomer and 45 yen per kilogram for Daiso DAP. The...