Rubber sheets are on the road to recovery, with both production and shipments on the rise. With the market having been hit by COVID-19, figures for May 2020 slumped by more than 25 percent year-on-year; but the economy then started to recover in the following months, showing only a quite small year-on-year decline for October onward. And for the January–March...
Japanese rubber sheet manufacturers are showing largely positive business results for fiscal 2018. In addition to rubber sheets performing well in the automotive sector and the infrastructure and construction sector – which serve as the two primary sources of demand for such sheets – a healthy economy has led to activity in a wide range of other sectors too, causing...
Yoshino Rubber Industrial Co. Ltd., an Osaka-based manufacturer of conveyor belts and conveyor belt systems, is seeing strong sales for its ultrawide rubber sheets. Launched in 2015, the sheeting is manufactured by a partner firm in Taiwan and can be made with a width of up to 12 meters through the use of integral molding. It is available in thicknesses...
Kureha Elastomer Co. Ltd., a maker of rubber sheeting and molded products, is enjoying strong business performance for its ultrathin sheets. In addition to the electronics industry, which is the main source of demand, the company’s sheeting is being met with heavy demand for use in production processes at semiconductor manufacturing plants. Recent years have also seen demand continue to...
Rubber sheet manufacturer Tigers Polymer Corp. (TYO:4231) recently released strong business results for the first half (April–September) of the fiscal year ending March 2018. Robust results in the company’s rubber sheet business were evidenced by a nearly double-digit increase in revenue year-on-year. Demand from Tigers Polymer’s main customers in the civil engineering, construction and automotive industries was sluggish in the...
All-around rubber manufacturer Shimoda Rubber Industry Co. Ltd., which produces both rubber sheets and other products, is currently focusing on the development of a new rubber sheeting product. The sheets, which are targeted at industry use, are created with the use of a calender roll. The company boasts a highly adaptable manufacturing system and takes on even minor manufacturing requests....
