Together with Hiroshima Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.
History of Nishikawa Rubber has started with making sponge rubber sandals and continued to focus on sponge technology. Although Nishikawa Rubber has lost its plant and many lives of employees due to the Second World War, Mr. Nishikawa and few surviving employees have decided to continue on the path they set out previously on regardless of obstacles they had to overcome and has become an automotive sealing supplier and has grown as automotive industry in Hiroshima develops.
全てはスポンジ草履から始まった。
It all started with sponge rubber sandals.
当時の仕上げライン。
Finishing line at that time.
ドアウェザーストリップ
Door weatherstrips
「正社員の証として名前入りの番傘が配布された。
嬉しくて母と喜んだのを思い出す」
当時の従業員
"Personalized umbrella was given as a proof of fulltime employment. I still remember how delighted I was with my mother when I received it."
Former Employee
Nishikawa Rubber started manufacturing automotive parts when the tide of the post war motorization arrived. It has now become a fundamental of our business.
A small factory in Hiroshima that was rebuilt by few remaining employees has now grown to a company takes great pride in being top weatherstrip market share in Japan. At present, Nishikawa Rubber is a Global company with locations in the U.S.A., China, Thailand, India, Mexico and Indonesia.
Nishikawa Rubber has committed to promoting regional development around the globe.
Diversity and Inclusion
誰もが幸せに働ける職場
Workplace where everyone can work happily
The best possible solution for the sealing systems
高度なシーリングシステム
Complex Sealing Systems
Natural products
人にやさしい100% こんにゃくスポンジ
Shower sponge made 100% from konjac potatoes
Investment in the future
未来への投資。大学への寄付。
Donation to a University
飛躍的に拡大・進化するモビリティ‐ライフ
西川ゴムは、サスティナブルな快適空間を独自の「シール&フォーム技術」で築きます
Rapidly Expanding and Progressing mobility as a Lifestyle
Nishikawa Rubber creates sustainable and comfortable space with its own "Seal & Foam Technology"
バイオマス材料の活用拡大
Biomass material
自動車用ドアシール材 ウェザーストリップは、ドアまわりに装着して車室内への雨・風・騒音の侵入を防ぐ、快適ドライブになくてはならないアイテムです。これは、主に合成ゴムや樹脂などからつくられますが、西川ゴムでは、バイオマス原料や再生材料を使用した「地球環境に配慮したウェザーストリップ」の研究開発を進めています。
Door weatherstrips seal the edges of doors when they are closed, preventing the rain, the wind and the noise.They maintain the comfort in the car cabin. Weatherstrips are currently made of synthetic rubber or plastic, but Nishikawa Rubber is studying eco-friendly weatherstrips made from biomass materials and recycled materials.
高難度リサイクルに挑戦
Challenging difficult recycling
製造過程でやむなく発生するスクラップ(廃材)。ゴムの場合、これを再び同じ製品にリサイクルすることはとても難しく、これまでは燃料資源として活用するのが一般的でした。西川ゴムでは、ここに新たな英知のリサイクル技術を投入し、量産適用への研究を進めています。
Scraps are typically viewed as necessary evils when manufacturing. It has been very difficult to recycle rubber materials, so scrap rubbers are normally used as fuels. Nishikawa Rubber is now trying to introduce recycled rubber in to production by using the latest technology.
復興に尽力した企業に残る80年前からの資料を基に、広島在住のクリエイターの視点を介し復興を感じ取る場「Pride of Hiroshima」の展示を現地でご覧ください。
Divide the footprints of the era related to reconstruction into six categories
Please take a look at the "Pride of Hiroshima" exhibition, a place where you can get a sense of the recovery through the perspective of creators living in Hiroshima, based on documents from 80 years ago that remain at companies that worked hard for the recovery.