Bridgestone has been selected for the fourth consecutive year as “Digital Transformation Stock (DX Brand)”, an initiative by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and the Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA). DX Stocks are companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange that are engaged in Digital Transformation (DX), a process of drastically transforming their...
Zeon has been recognized by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Japan Health Council as an Excellent Health Management Corporation (Large-Scale Corporation category). The Excellent Corporation for Health Management certification system recognizes corporations that practice particularly excellent health management based on their efforts to address local health issues and the promotion of health promoted by the...
Nitta, a manufacturer of industrial rubber products such as belts and tubes, has been recognized for the fifth consecutive year as a White 500 company in the awarding of Excellent Health Management Corporations (Large-Scale Corporations category)jointly conducted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Japan Health Council. Nitta positions the physical and mental health of its...
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...
Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (TYO:4183) has received a letter of gratitude from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), thanking the company for working over the past year to boost its raw material production for medical gowns, masks and so on. With COVID-19 starting to spread widely around the world last spring, there was a shortage of medical gowns. And...
With automotive production recovering, there has also been steady improvement in both production and shipment results for rubber products. According to figures released by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) for September, Japan’s monthly production and shipments of rubber products came to a value of almost 181.4 billion yen ($1.74 billion), down just 8.2 percent against the same...
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