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  • Mitsui Chemicals Links R&D Closer to Business to Accelerate Innovation Oct. 7, 2025
    Mitsui Chemicals has implemented an organizational restructuring effective October 1 aimed at strengthening its research and development framework and accelerating product development. The company has separated its development divisions from the Research & Development Headquarters and reassigned them under the three designated growth areas—Mobility (including the Elastomers Business), Life & Healthcare, and ICT—so that each […]
  • Toyo Tires to Establish New R&D Center at Serbian Plant Oct. 6, 2025
    Toyo Tires has announced plans to build a new research and development facility within the premises of its Serbia Plant located in Inđija. The new facility will serve as the company’s European R&D Center and is scheduled to begin operations in January 2027. The total investment for the project amounts to approximately 5 billion yen […]
  • Toyo Tires Conducts Tire Safety Awareness Activities in Itami Oct. 3, 2025
    On September 23, 2025, during the nationwide Autumn Traffic Safety Campaign, the Toyo Tires Group participated in the “Traffic Safety Festa in Itami 2025,” held at the Hanshin Driving School and organized by the Itami Traffic Safety Council, to carry out tire safety awareness activities. The company set up its original driving simulator, allowing visitors […]
  • Michelin Japan Hosts the Michelin Guide Ceremony Tokyo 2026 Oct. 2, 2025
    Michelin Japan held the Michelin Guide Ceremony Tokyo 2026 on September 25 at The Westin Tokyo in Meguro Ward, Tokyo. Alongside the ceremony, the company hosted a media briefing to present the history and overview of the Michelin Guide and to announce the latest list of establishments featured in the new edition. In his opening […]
  • Vertical Conveyor Performing Strongly: Yoshino Rubber Oct. 1, 2025
    Yoshino Rubber Industry supports a wide range of infrastructure sites, including power plants, steel mills, tunnel construction projects and sewage treatment plants. Among its key offerings is a unique vertical conveyor belt capable of efficiently transporting large volumes of material vertically. This flagship product is highly regarded in the market for its two-belt structure—consisting of […]
  • Dunlop Tire Holds National TB Tire Service Contest Sep. 30, 2025
    The Dunlop Tire Shop Group (DTS), a tire sales arm of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, held the 15th “DTS National TB Tire Service Contest” on September 8–9 at Twin Messe Shizuoka in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture. The contest aims to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient tire replacement work for truck and bus (TB) tires, to standardize […]
  • Kuriyama Holdings to Establish New R&D Center Sep. 30, 2025
    Kuriyama Holdings will open a comprehensive research and development facility, tentatively named the Kuriyama R&D Center, in Higashihiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture. The facility is scheduled for completion around June 2026, with construction having begun in June 2025. The three-story building will occupy a site area of 4,800 square meters with a total floor area of […]
  • Sumitomo Rubber Supplies Sustainable Tires at All-Japan Kart Championship Sep. 26, 2025
    The fifth and sixth rounds of the EV category in the All-Japan Kart Championship, featuring one-make tire supply by Sumitomo Rubber, were held on September 14 at Citycircuit Tokyo Bay in Koto-ku, Tokyo. In 2023, Sumitomo Rubber formulated its unique circular economy initiative, Towanowa, within its tire business. The company is promoting the use of […]
  • Sumitomo Rubber Positions eSports as Third Core Business Sep. 25, 2025
    Sumitomo Rubber is making a serious push into the eSports market. In 2022, the company launched arm supporters under the Dunlop Gaming Muscle brand and has since expanded the product lineup. Leveraging its player-first philosophy, cultivated through supporting top athletes in golf and tennis, Sumitomo Rubber aims to appeal to younger audiences with the Dunlop […]
  • Hayakawa Rubber Eyes Boosting Sales of Infrastructure Solutions Sep. 24, 2025
    Hayakawa Rubber offers a wide range of infrastructure-related products designed to improve concrete quality, waterproofing and seismic performance. These include Spanseal waterstops for concrete joints, rubber waterstops and flexible joints for connecting concrete structures, and Santac IN Joints for flexibly connecting aging pipeline joints. In the first half of the fiscal year ending December 31, […]

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