Fukoku, a leading manufacturer of automotive rubber parts, posted sales of 44.59 billion yen ($289.88 million), up 3.8% year-on-year, operating income of 2.06 billion yen, up 94.5%, ordinary income of 2.22 billion yen, up 59.8%, and net income of 1.54 billion yen, up 47.2% in the first half (April to September) of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025. “Net...
Bando Chemical announced that for the first half (April to September) of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, sales revenue was 58.10 billion yen ($377.63 million), up 7.7% year-on-year; core operating income was 4.12 billion yen, up 9.3%; and net income was 3.30 billion yen, down 10.2%. “Sales and operating income increased, but net income decreased due to a...
NOK announced that for the first half (April-September) of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, net sales were 393.67 billion yen ($2.56 billion), up 11.1% year-on-year, operating income was 19.08 billion yen, up 292.4%, ordinary income was 21.12 billion yen, up 28.8%, and net income was 13.60 billion yen, up 11.7%. “Both sales and operating income were higher than...
Nitta announced a 1.3% year-on-year increase in net sales to 44.36 billion yen ($288.40 million), a 1.5% increase in operating income to 2.56 billion yen, a 16.5% increase in ordinary income to 7.25 billion yen, and a 16.3% increase in net income to 5.83 billion yen for the first half (April-September) of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025. Sales...
Showa Glove has opened Sakaide Plant, the first and largest nitrile rubber glove production facility in Japan. Marking an investment of around 15 billion yen ($100 million), the main feature of the plant is the automation of all processes, from production to packaging, which had been considered difficult to achieve in the past. The site area is approximately 97,000 square...
Ishihara Packing Industry has installed a 5-axis waterjet machine manufactured by Kitagawa Iron Works at its sales office and factory in Kasuya Gun, Fukuoka Prefecture. “This makes us the first company in the rubber industry in the Kyushu area to do so,” the company said. In November 1994, Ishihara Packing Industry became the first rubber and packing processor in Japan...
