Nitta on January 1 changed the company name of Connect Conveyor Belting (CCB), a consolidated subsidiary in Canada that processes and sells belts, to Nitta Corporation of Canada. Since its establishment in 1992, CCB has been providing services tailored to the specific needs of the region while utilizing its unique belt processing technology as a Canadian distributor for Nitta Corporation...
Products
Yokohama Rubber Establishes Sensing Technology for Conveyor Belts
Yokohama Rubber has established a sensing technology to remotely monitor conveyor belts in operation in real time and detect abnormalities. The company aims to establish a comprehensive solution service that proposes optimal operation and management of conveyor belts based on the data detected by the sensing technology, and to provide the service by the end of 2027. The sensing technology...
Yokohama Rubber Launches New Flame Retardant and Oil-Resistant Conveyor Belt
Yokohama Rubber MB Japan, a Japanese domestic industrial products sales company of Yokohama Rubber, has released a product with excellent flame retardant and oil resistance from its original brand Criterion steep inclined conveyor belt series Z (Zeta). This product is a conveyor belt that combines a special shape that enables conveyance at steep inclines and vertical conveyance, which is impossible...
Nitta Establishes New Company to Sell Maple Syrup
Belt, hose and tube maker Nitta has established a new company, Wakutto Nitta Corporation, to plan, propose, and operate a new business utilizing the natural resources of Hokkaido, and will start selling “domestic maple syrup” next spring, taking advantage of the company’s forest holdings. The company owns a vast forest of approximately 6,700 hectares in the Tokachi region of Hokkaido....
Nitta Inaugurates Second Plant in Thailand
Nitta is constructing a second plant on the premises of its consolidated subsidiary Nitta Corporation [Thailand] (NCT), and held an inauguration ceremony on November 26. As part of the company’s shift to further globalization of the hose and tube products business in the medium-term management plan SHIFT2030, the group constructed a second plant on the premises of the NCT plant...
Status Report: Tigers Polymer’s Rubber Sheet Business
Tigers Polymer’s rubber sheet business for the first half (April-September) of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, showed a slight increase in sales over the same period last year. “Although sales were positive, volume-wise, they were almost unchanged. However, statistics show that shipments in the rubber sheet industry as a whole are still quite severe, falling even lower than...