Continental AG recently announced that it has opened Taraxagum Lab Anklam, a laboratory for research into dandelion rubber. The new facility is located in Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The research lab will conduct R&D efforts into cultivation and extraction processes for the Russian dandelion, looking to use this as a source of natural rubber. Plans are to then utilize this as...
Sumitomo Riko Co. Ltd. (TYO:5191) has held a ceremony to formally mark the start of construction on a new R&D center. The facility will be established under SumiRiko AVS Germany GmbH, a subsidiary devoted to the R&D and sales of anti-vibration rubber for vehicles and based in Hesse, Germany. Under construction with a budget of approximately 10 million euros ($11.62...
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...
