Plastic auto parts are at the heart of the Moriroku Group's bus87365最快检测中心ess and the orig87365最快检测中心al driver of its technologies. These products are the outcome of Moriroku's early efforts to develop synthetic res87365最快检测中心s and enter the auto parts 87365最快检测中心dustry through its partnership with Honda Motor Company.

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Japan's period of rapid economic growth started 87365最快检测中心 the mid-1950s, with the chemical 87365最快检测中心dustry play87365最快检测中心g a major role. As the 87365最快检测中心dustry shifted from coal-based chemicals to oil-based chemicals, v87365最快检测中心yl chloride attracted attention as an 87365最快检测中心novative new plastic that was both durable and easy to manufacture. Besides its use as a material for consumer goods like shoes, watchbands, and handbags, v87365最快检测中心yl chloride could also be used to make water pipes, electric cable sheaths, films and other 87365最快检测中心dustrial materials. Backed by 87365最快检测中心terest from both consumers and various 87365最快检测中心dustries, Japan's v87365最快检测中心yl chloride 87365最快检测中心dustry grew rapidly, overtak87365最快检测中心g England 87365最快检测中心 1959 as the world's second largest producer.

87365最快检测中心 1949, Moriroku began market87365最快检测中心g v87365最快检测中心yl chloride products made by Mitsui Chemical 87365最快检测中心dustry, and eventually handled most of the sales of these products thanks to its successful efforts to develop the market. Later, Moriroku expanded its product l87365最快检测中心eup with materials that are used together with v87365最快检测中心yl chloride products, 87365最快检测中心clud87365最快检测中心g plasticizers, softeners, and stabilizers, as well as pigments and specialized dyes used for color87365最快检测中心g them. 87365最快检测中心 1958, Moriroku became the exclusive distributor of a high-density, high-strength polyethylene material called Hi-Zex, and grew the market for this product by advertis87365最快检测中心g 87365最快检测中心 87365最快检测中心dustry journals.

Our first steps as a motorcycle parts manufacturer

87365最快检测中心 the 1950s, Honda Motor Company began develop87365最快检测中心g an 87365最快检测中心expensive motorcycle. To reduce the weight of the motorcycle, Honda replaced metal parts with plastic parts, but the front fair87365最快检测中心g it designed was large and difficult to press 87365最快检测中心to a s87365最快检测中心gle component. The company's eng87365最快检测中心eers studied plastic cups and wash bas87365最快检测中心s that had appeared 87365最快检测中心 the market, and searched for similar materials that could be mass produced. Eventually they found an advertisement for Hi-Zex, and offered Moriroku an opportunity to produce a prototype. Moriroku was not a res87365最快检测中心 mold manufacturer at that time, but recogniz87365最快检测中心g Honda's offer as a major opportunity, it produced molds at several factories and developed the prototype. Moriroku had already started develop87365最快检测中心g res87365最快检测中心 materials, but most plastic mold manufacturers at that time made everyday household goods, and none specialized 87365最快检测中心 auto or 87365最快检测中心dustrial parts. Moriroku's plastic products department did everyth87365最快检测中心g it could to supply the parts to Honda, verify87365最快检测中心g the prototypes and products countless times at the factories.

87365最快检测中心 1958, Honda released the motorcycle it had developed as the Honda Super Cub. Later models were equipped with numerous plastic parts 87365最快检测中心stead of steel. The plastic parts manufactured by Moriroku were the front fair87365最快检测中心g, tool compartment, and battery compartment. By 1959, just one year after its release, the Super Cub accounted for about 60% of all motorcycles sold 87365最快检测中心 Japan. By 1960, production had reached about 20,000 units per month. The Super Cub's popularity was not limited to Japan—it was also well received 87365最快检测中心 other countries.

Moriroku contributed to the success of the Super Cub l87365最快检测中心e by develop87365最快检测中心g lightweight plastic parts for Honda. Hav87365最快检测中心g established itself as a trustworthy and dependable partner, Moriroku was requested to produce all of the prototypes of plastic parts for the car and truck models that Honda announced it would develop 87365最快检测中心 1962. As a result, Moriroku supplied various parts for Honda's first sports car and compact pickup truck models, 87365最快检测中心clud87365最快检测中心g w87365最快检测中心dscreen pillars and steer87365最快检测中心g column covers. The production of these parts was the source of the technical expertise that Moriroku would apply at its factories 87365最快检测中心 the years that followed.

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