Toyoda Gosei has completed the expansion of Toyoda Gosei Uno Minda India’s Neemrana plant and began production in September. The expansion, which was underway to meet growing demand for airbags in India, has increased the plant’s building area from 21,000 to 35,000 square meters. The plant is located in Neemrana, Rajasthan, India, and produces safety system products such as various...
Glove manufacturer Showa Glove has in October released AP800 smartphone compatible nitrile palm gloves, which allow operation of smartphones and other touch panels while wearing gloves. Increasingly, in logistics, manufacturing, cleaning, service, and other workplaces, smartphones and tablet terminals need to be operated for inspection and picking work, inventory control, customer service, and other tasks. However, the touch panel is...
Nitta’s consolidated subsidiary Korea Nitta Moore relocated and expanded its plant in Gumi, Korea, and began operations at the new plant on October 1. The investment was 23 billion won ($17.1 million). With a land area of 30,312 square meters and building area of 21,705 square meters, the new plant is 2.3 times larger than the old one. Air pollution...
Nitta’s Moore Division’s first quarter (April-June) financial results showed sales were flat year-on-year and operating profit increased. In the general industrial business, sales increased year-on-year. Sales of tubing and fittings, which are components of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, improved as customers began to place orders for such equipment. “The semiconductor manufacturing equipment production started in the second half of the previous...
Bridgestone’s hose business reported higher sales and profits in the first half of fiscal 2024 (January-June 2024) compared to the same period last year. Sales of high-pressure hoses for construction machinery were strong, especially in overseas markets, and exceeded the double-digit sales growth of the same period last year by several more percent, reaching a record high in the first...
As part of its carbon neutral initiative to achieve virtually zero CO2 emissions by 2050, Sumitomo Riko has adopted heat shield paints that prevent heat radiation in molds used in the production process and reduced the power consumption of the molds, thereby reducing CO2 emissions for the entire group by approximately 1,000 tons per year compared to fiscal 2020 across...
