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....
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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...
Okamoto Sales Up 7% in First Half
Okamoto posted sales of 54.49 billion yen ($362.81 million), up 6.9% year-on-year, operating income of 4.92 billion yen, up 3.2%, ordinary income of 5.02 billion yen, down 16.5%, and net income of 2.98 billion yen, down 34.9% in the first half (April to September) of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025. Sales and operating income increased due to strong...
Mitsuboshi Belting Posts Record Highs for Sales, Net Income in First Half
Mitsuboshi Belting posted sales of 45.45 billion yen ($295.59 million), up 8.1% year-on-year, operating income of 4.55 billion yen, up 9.9%, ordinary income of 4.29 billion yen, down 23.6%, and net income of 6.09 billion yen, up 69.5% for the first half (April to September) of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025. Sales and net income reached record highs...
Fukoku Reports First Half Results, Net Income Up 47%
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...