Sumitomo Riko Co. Ltd. (TYO:5191) has seen Finesulight, a thin heat-insulating material, win the 2022 Aichi Invention Award issued by the Aichi Institute of Invention. Finesulight sees silica aerogel, a heat-insulating filler with pores small enough that even air is unable to move significantly, turned into paint form. The material is then coated onto base materials such as nonwovens or...
Toyota Group company Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. (TYO:7282) has received an award as part of the fiscal 2021 Energy Conservation Grand Prize, which is organized by the Energy Conservation Center, Japan (ECCJ). Recognized here for its efforts to reach medium-term carbon neutrality targets, Toyoda Gosei has received the Prize of Director General of Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, part...
Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (TYO:5101) has seen its Hiratsuka Factory receive an annual award made to recognize business operators that display excellent energy management. The award here was given on Feb. 3 by the Kanto Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, which is part of Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). It is the first time that the...
The Hokkaido Plant of Yokohama Tire Retread Co. Ltd. – itself a group company of Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (TYO:5101) – has become the first tire manufacturer to receive an award for excellence in 3R activities. This comes as part of a broader set of annual awards sponsored by Japan’s Ministry of the Environment in recognition of those who have...
Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) recently announced its inclusion among this year’s Good Design Award winners for a corporate font created by the auto and truck parts manufacturer. Developed to express the brand identity of this multinational company, Bridgestone Type is a proprietary font that incorporates this identity into Bridgestone design elements. Offering readability, versatility and beauty, the font has been incorporated...
Nitta Corp. (TYO:5186) has received a product and technology award for its Namd project as part of the 2020 SAMPE Awards from SAMPE Japan, the Japanese arm of the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) Based in the U.S., SAMPE focuses primarily on technologies relating to materials, their processing and their application, aiming here to contribute...
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