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Toyota homeward bound: Japanese auto giant also makes homes on efficient assembly line
; KASUGAI, Japan -- Cubicles that are bits of homes, tucked with stairways, built-in closets and pink bathtubs, roll off the assembly line at a bustling Toyota plant in central Japan -- not the usual rows of shiny cars. Kasugai Housing Works, a plant for prefabricated housing run by Toyota Motor Corp., prides itself ...
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FUJI SILYSIA CHEMICAL Ltd.(Brief Article)
; FUJI SILYSIA CHEMICAL Ltd., in Kasugai, Province Aichi, Japan, and Ausimont SpA, Milan, Italy, have formed a joint venture...venture's plant at Greenville, N.C. Fuji also has silica gel plants in Japan at Kasugai, Hyuga, Ehime and Toyota City.
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Ihara President Not Deterred by Economy.(Brief Article)
; Kasugai, Japan--If you ask Ihara President Masayuki Ito how his company will survive the current industry malaise, he'll give you a knowing...
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Fuji Silysia Plans Silica Unit in North Carolina.(Brief Article)
; Fuji Silysia (Kasugai, Japan) says it has completed construction of a new micronized silica gel plant at Greenville, NC, which is due to come onstream...
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Boning up on Ti[O.sub.2] and HDPE. (innovation).(Brief Article)
; Researchers from Chubu University (Kasugai City, Japan) and the Japan Fine Ceramics Center (Nagoya) say they have developed a composite of high-density polyethylene (HDPE...
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Ausimont and Fuji Silysia Form Silica Gels Venture.(Brief Article)
; Montedison subsidiary Ausimont (Milan) and Fuji Silysia Chemical (Kasugai, Japan) are forming a silica gels joint venture, Silysiamont. The partners will invest L25 billion ($12.5 million) to build a silica...
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Lightweight sunroof.(Automotive)
; ...making this component. In US Patent 6 706 370, the company from Kasugai says that components for use in the automobile trade need to...Patent 6 706 370, or contact: Howa Textile Industry Co Ltd, Kasugai, Japan; tel: +81-568-34-8332; Internet: www.houwasenni.com
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Ausimont Forms JV With Silysia.(Brief Article)
; AUSIMONT SpA, Milan, is forming a 50-50 joint venture with Fuji Silysia Chemical, Kasugai, Japan, to use Silysia's technology for the production and marketing of micronized silica gel in Europe. The joint venture is building...
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ICHIRO RISING SUN AMONG P-I STARS MARINERS' PRIZE SHOOK MAJORS IN FIRST SEASON.(Sports)
; Byline: DAVID ANDRIESEN P-I reporter Attached to Ichiro Suzuki's family home in Kasugai, Japan, is an addition called the Ichiro Exhibition Room. Covering the walls and filling the glass cases are mementos from Ichiro...
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Mariners' Ichiro leads baseball's newest wave.(Sports)
; ...have a new hero. His name is Ichiro. Yup, Ichiro Suzuki, the smooth swingin' right fielder for the Seattle Mariners by way of Kasugai, Japan, is my latest Man of the Moment. Every morning I scan the box scores, searching for his latest exploits. He almost never...
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