Kinyosha, Japan’s leading manufacturer of rubber rolls, reported only a slight decrease in sales in fiscal 2023, keeping revenues almost at the same level as in the previous year. Blanket sales were firm, but total sales fell slightly short of the previous year’s results due to sluggish sales of some rolls. By division, sales of rolls were down from the...
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Report: Rubber Roll Production Increasingly Driven by Highly-Functional Film Applications
Demand for rolls for high-performance films has been strong, and along with the recovery of market conditions, it has been steadily increasing recently to become a driving force for rolls as a whole. Driven by the spread of telework and the shift to electric vehicles (EVs), demand for polarizing film for LCDs and separator film for lithium-ion batteries has been...
Rubber Roll Maker Kinyosha to Expand Sales Focusing on Film and UV Applications – Part 2
The blanket division of Japan’s largest rubber roll manufacturer Kinyosha performed well in overseas markets in fiscal 2021 ending March 2022. And although demand in Japan for newspaper printing remained flat, that for offset – sheet-fed and commercial web offset – recovered. The company raised prices of all its products in the second half of the fiscal 2021, as cost...
Rubber Roll Maker Kinyosha to Expand Sales Focusing on Film and UV Applications – Part 1
Japan’s largest rubber roll manufacturer Kinyosha reported year-on-year increases in both sales and profit for fiscal 2021 ending March 31, 2022. Although demand fell due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, it recovered by March 2022 as the impact slowly subsided. In particular, blankets geared for overseas, rolls for films, rolls for OA equipment, and iron core-related products contributed...
Rubber and Resin Roll Production Increases for Fourth Straight Year – But Tapering off
Domestic production of rubber and resin rolls for 2016 rose 0.4 percent over that of the previous year, hitting 3,863 tons, according to data compiled by the Japan Rubber Manufacturers Association (JRMA). The slight increase marks the fourth consecutive year of year-on-year improvement. Although production was up for the year overall, it came with July–September production falling short of that...
Roll Production Up 7% in Q1 2016 Thanks to Capital Spending Plans
While production for rubber products languishes overall, domestic production volume of rubber and resin rolls is trending upward. According to statistics from the Japan Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (JRMA), year-on-year production volume has risen for four straight quarters from the second quarter of last year (April-June) through the first quarter of the current year (January-March). While production of rubber products used...