Sumitomo Riko received the Aichi Invention Grand Prize, the highest prize, for the first time in the 2024 Aichi Invention Award sponsored by the Aichi Institute of Invention and Innovation. The company was awarded for MIF, a heat-dissipating sound-absorbing material. The Aichi Invention Award has been held by the association since 1980 to honor outstanding inventors in Aichi Prefecture for...
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and AGC have developed a new material for high-performance elastic adhesives that enables the manufacture of new rubber materials with excellent elasticity and durability. Adhesives made from this material will be able to absorb vibration energy caused by strong external forces through expansion and contraction. Elastic adhesives are used for...
Zeon has developed a broadband cholesteric liquid crystal material that can achieve various visual effects using light reflection, based on its proprietary technology cultivated in the optical film business. The product is a cholesteric liquid crystal, a structure in which the reflected light wavelength is arranged in a spiral shape, and the color of the reflected light can be changed...
Bridgestone’s innovation center B-Innovation, located in the Bridgestone Innovation Park in Tokyo, has received the GOLD certification under the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) environmental performance evaluation system. This is the fifth time the company group has acquired this certification globally and the first time in Japan. The LEED certification is a system for evaluating the environmental performance...
Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) recently held its 11th Bridgestone Group Total Quality Management (TQM) Conference, serving to highlight various examples of innovative activities that local group members have taken to improve their operations. This conference provides an opportunity for the Bridgestone Group – which touts the mission of “Serving Society with Superior Quality” – to share examples of innovative improvement activities...
Denka Co. Ltd. (TYO:4061) has announced that it recently finished construction of the Omuta Innovation Hub, a new integrated office located at the company’s Omuta Plant in Fukuoka Prefecture. Established in 1916, the Omuta Plant began operations as an inorganic chemicals factory within an Omuta coal complex zone, producing carbide and lime nitrogen fertilizer. The plant later developed high-temperature processing...
