Katsura Roller, which has been developing rubber rolls for the printing and industrial fields, has decided to enter the Indian market with rolls for printing. The company is currently building a factory in Delhi in a joint venture with a printing machinery manufacturer’s distributor, aiming to start operations this spring. The distributor will be in charge of sales and the...
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Kawaguchi Chemical Reports Rubber Chemicals Sales Up 9%
Kawaguchi Chemical, a manufacturer of rubber chemicals and other chemical products, reported a 3.6% year-on-year increase in net sales to 8.92 billion yen ($57.32 million), a 6.8% rise in operating income to 378 million yen, a 13.3% rise in ordinary income to 390 million yen, and a 31.6% rise in net income to 336 million yen in the fiscal year...
Katecs Develops System to Visualize Excavation Grounds
Nagoya-based rubber products trading company Katecs, together with Nishimatsu Construction and Geo Machine Engineering, has developed GroutViz, a system for 3D visualization of the state of the ground to be excavated. The system will be used to utilize data from chemical injection performed in the construction of mountain tunnel, making it possible to visualize the quality of tunnel cross-sections in...
Bridgestone to Close Tire Plant in America
Bridgestone Americas will close its truck and bus radial tire plant in La Vergne, Tennessee, on July 31. This is part of the company’s strategic business restructuring and is intended to strengthen competitiveness and improve the quality of its business by optimizing its U.S. operations. The decision to close the La Vergne plant was based on the belief that further...
Forecast for New Rubber Consumption in 2025: JRMA
The Japan Rubber Manufacturers Association (JRMA) has compiled new rubber consumption forecasts for 2024 and 2025. According to the report, both Japanese domestic shipments and exports (on a rubber volume basis) of mainstay automotive tires in 2024 are projected to be lower than in 2023, and industrial products are also expected to be lower than in 2023, affected by the...
Yokohama Rubber to Close OHT Plant in Prague
Yokohama Rubber has decided to close the Prague plant of Yokohama TWS Czech Republic, a subsidiary that produces and sells off-highway tires (OHT), including tires for agricultural machinery, and mainly manufactures bias tires. Production of products manufactured at the plant will be transferred to other plants of the group. Yokohama TWS, one of the major production and sales subsidiaries of...