Sumitomo Rubber Reports Half-Year Figures
(Staffordshire, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) Sumitomo Rubber Industries has announced its consolidated interim financial results for the period between Jan. 1 and June 30, 2007.
Net Income Up for Sumitomo Rubber
(Staffordshire, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) Japan’s Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. has announced its consolidated financial results for the 2006 year.
Sumitomo Chemical Opens Synthetic Rubber Plant in Singapore
Japan-based chemical firm, Sumitomo Chemical, has opened its first solution-styrene butadiene rubber plant in Asia outside Japan. The plant will make Singapore’s Jurong Island one of the world’s largest manufacturing sites for synthetic rubber. The plant, which will serve customers in Asia, Europe and North America, has an annual capacity of approximately 88,000,000 pounds.
Sumitomo Forms Two Natural Rubber JVs in Thailand
Sumitomo Rubber Industries has announced its intention to establish two joint venture companies in Thailand, together with Thai Eastern Group. One of these joint venture companies will center on a natural rubber plantation, while the other will focus on setting up a natural rubber processing plant. The joint venture natural rubber plantation, to be known
Plant-Based Rubber Innovations Fuel Sustainable Tire Growth
Many alternatives – soybeans, dandelions, tomatoes, moss and much more – are being studied and used in potential future products.
Sumitomo Recalls Nearly 6,000 Falken Pro G5 CSV Tires
Sumitomo Rubber USA (Sumitomo) announced it is recalling 5,814 Falken Pro G5 CSV tires. An inadequate sulfur level in the tread base compound prevented proper curing of the tread base rubber which the manufacturer says may lead to the tread separating from the tire, causing vehicle instability – increasing the risk of a crash. See
Sumitomo Recalls Almost 7,000 Sumitomo and Falken Tires
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. (Sumitomo) is recalling certain Sumitomo and Falken tires. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said a deformation may occur in the tires near the bead, which could result in bead separation. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 119, “New Pneumatic
Sumitomo to Increase Prices Effective Jan. 1
The price increase will be on Falken, Ohtsu and private brand passenger and light truck tires in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean.
Sumitomo’s Smallwood to Retire; Darren Thomas to Succeed Him
Sumitomo Rubber North America President and CEO Richard Smallwood will retire and Darren Thomas will take over his role on Jan, 1, 2022, the company said.
12 Rubber Companies Commit to Human Rights, No Deforestation
As members of GPSNR, each company’s policies have components such as respecting human rights, increased production efficiency and more.
