Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. (TYO:7282) has announced it will start producing automotive parts at the company’s Saga Plant, which discontinued production of LEDs at the end of September 2016. The company has invested around 3.5 billion yen ($31.07 million) to prepare the plant to produce automotive parts. Production is set to start in May 2018 for airbag inflators, as well...
Japan Rubber Weekly recently conducted a study of the top 100 companies in Japan’s rubber industry, analyzing their business performance for fiscal 2016. Of these 100 companies, 48 posted a year-on-year revenue increase. Seven companies managed a double-digit increase to revenue, including NOK Elastomers Processing Co. Ltd., which ranked 42nd out of the 100 companies with an 11.9 percent increase,...
A number of new employees in technical positions at Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. (TYO:7282) recently took part in a cleaning activity held on five separate days at the Inazawa Prefectural Special Needs School in Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture. The event was a first for Toyoda Gosei, which added it to the company’s new employee program this year. The purpose of the...
Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. (TYO:7282) has announced that it will acquire a 100 percent stake in Pecval Industria Ltda., a Brazilian-based manufacturer of automotive interior and exterior parts, by December 2017. Pecval is currently a joint venture between Toyoda Gosei and Shimizu Industry Co. Ltd. Now, however, the two companies have agreed that Toyoda Gosei will acquire a full ownership...
Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. (TYO:7282) recently announced that it has jointly developed a new side airbag with Toyota Motor Corp. (TYO:7203). Compatible with various makes and models, the new airbag has already been adopted for use in Toyota’s new Camry and is scheduled to be equipped in about 2.5 million vehicles annually. Side airbags, which are mounted by the side...
Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. (TYO:7282) has developed a new LED product that serves as a light source for automobile headlights, providing both top-class luminosity and low power consumption. The LED light source applies the blue LED crystal growth technology Toyoda Gosei has developed over the years to fashion an improved gallium nitride crystal structure. Also used in the light source...
