• Establishment: July 20, 1950
• President: Mitsuaki Asai (Senior Corporate Adviser, Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.)
• Address: Tobu building 2^nd Fl., 1-5-26 Motoakasaka Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0051
• Tel: + 81-3-3408-7101
• Fax: + 81-3-3408-7106
• Membership: 126 (as of 2012.1.24)

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The Japan Rubber Manufacturers Association (JRMA) is an organization that represents the corporations in rubber and rubber products industry in Japan. The organization strives for the sound development of the Japanese rubber industry as a whole:

a) keeping mutually close connections among members;
b) surveying and distributing information and statistics relating to the rubber industry;
c) working as a liaison between the industry and government and related industries.

n Standing Committees

• General affairs
surveys and deliberates basic issues related to the management of the organization (revision and withdrawal of    bylaws, planning of business programs and budget, etc.).
• SME
surveys and deliberates issues on small-and-medium-sized enterprises in rubber industry.
• Finance
surveys, deliberates, and makes requests to relevant organizations on financial and tax issues in rubber industry.
• Logistics
surveys logistic issues in rubber industry.
• Labor
surveys labor issues in rubber industry and liaises with relevant government offices and other organizations.
• Health and safety
surveys health and safety issues in rubber industry and liaises with relevant government offices and other organizations.
• Trade
surveys and deliberates issues on import and export of rubber products.
• Environment
surveys and publicizes environmental issues under the following sub-committees:
  1. CO₂ (anti-global warming measures)
  2. 3R [recycle, reduce and reuse] (establishment of recycle-based economic society)
  3. Advanced environmental technologies
  4. Environmental protection manual
  5. Follow-up for VOC (volatile organic compounds) reduction.

n National Committee for ISO/TC45

The National Committee for ISO/TC45 is commissioned by Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC) to deliberate International Standards on ISO/TC45 (Rubber and rubber products) and Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS), participates in international meetings, and consists of 16 sub-committees below:

• Terminology (WG10)
deals with nomenclature and abbreviation for rubber, thermoplastic elastomer, and related compounding
ingredients
• Environmental aspects (WG16)
deals with guideline for environmental aspects related to rubber and rubber products
• Industrial, chemical and oil hoses (SC1/WG1)
deals with specifications for industrial, chemical, and oil hoses of rubber and plastics
• Automotive hoses (SC1/WG2)
deals with specifications for automotive hoses of rubber and plastics
• Hydraulic hoses (SC1/WG3)
deals with specifications for hydraulic hoses of rubber and plastics
• Hose test methods (SC1/WG4)
deals with test methods for rubber and plastic hoses
• Physical tests (SC2/WG1-4)
deals with physical testing methods for physical properties, visco-elastic properties, and degradation and application of statistical methods
• Chemical tests (SC2/WG5)
deals with methods for chemical analysis and testing
• Sampling, mixing, vulcanization, natural and synthetic rubber (SC3/WG1, 4, and 5)
deals with general methods for sampling, mixing, and vulcanization for rubber and evaluation methods for natural and synthetic rubber
• Latex (SC3/WG2)
deals with evaluation methods for rubber latex
• Carbon black (SC3/WG3)
deals with evaluation methods for carbon black of rubber application
• Non-black ingredients (SC3/WG6)
deals with evaluation methods for non-black ingredients of rubber application
• Flexible and semi-rigid cellular material (SC4/WG8)
deals with specifications and evaluation methods for flexible and semi-rigid cellular material
• Elastomeric seismic-protection isolators (SC4/WG9)
deals with specifications and evaluation methods for elastomeric seismic-protection isolators             
• Rubber-coated fabrics (SC4/WG13)
deals with specifications and evaluation methods for rubber-coated fabrics
• Rubber vibration isolators
deals with specifications and evaluation methods for rubber vibration isolator



n Product Committees
Each of the following product committees implements statistical survey of production, information exchange of market conditions, revision and withdrawal of relevant standards, liaison with government offices and industries concerned.

• Rubberized cloth and products
• Tyre retread materials
• Rubber sheetings
• Rubber linings
• Rubber-covered roll
• Rubber vibration isolators
• Extruded rubber tubings for gas supply
• Rubber goods for food sanitation and healthcare
• Rubber condoms
• Rubber tactile indicators
• Rubber products for water line

"The Rubber Industry in Japan"
Contents
- Production, export, and import of rubber products
- Environmental issues
- Labor
- World rubber supply and demand
- Forecast of rubber industry in Japan

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