Resin belt manufacturer Habasit Nippon Co. Ltd. is focusing its efforts on expanding its range and sales of timing belt products. The company is sequentially rolling out its December 2016 addition of wide timing belts, and is bolstering its technical support in such areas as attachments and design programs. Improving on a maximum width of 150 millimeters in its T10...
With Fukoku Bussan Co. Ltd. approaching the 70th anniversary of its founding this coming May, CEO and President Yoshie Kibe spoke recently on the rubber industrial product trading company’s aspirations moving forward. The last few decades has seen the company develop joint venture factories and sales offices in China, Indonesia and Thailand, Kibe said. Looking forward, she said, the company...
Nitta Corp. (TYO:5186) has developed the flexible, flame-retardant FUK Tube for spot welding robots. The new tube features a 40-percent improvement in flexibility over the company’s previous such products. With flexibility similar to that of polyurethane tubing, the new product can handle complex movements as found in robots. It also possesses high self-extinguishing properties, equivalent to that required for UL94...
Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) has succeeded in developing a hydraulically driven, high-power artificial muscle. It serves as one of the keys to realizing tough robots that can be used at extreme disaster sites. The artificial muscle was developed in collaboration with the Tokyo Institute of Technology as part of the Cabinet Office Council for Science, Technology and Innovation’s Impulsing Paradigm Change...
Sumitomo Riko Co. Ltd. (TYO:5191) is establishing a new sales head office in Germany, as the company drives forward with its efforts to grow sales overseas. Set to be launched on Feb. 2, the new office will serve as the company’s second global automotive sales headquarters. With this move, Sumitomo Riko’s original sales head office will serve as the first...
Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. (TYO:7282) operates four plants in Mexico and is in the process of shifting production from plants in Canada and the U.S. to Mexico as part of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) framework, particularly in relation to weatherstrip products. The company is moving forward with investments in a Mexico subsidiary to increase the production capacity...
