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Asahi Kasei Aims for Swifter Commercialization With Integrated Electronic Materials and Components Business Jun. 17, 2022. - Asahi Kasei Corp. (TYO:3407) plans to step up efforts to combine its electronic materials and components businesses. Having established cross-divisional... […]

Toyobo Looks to Grow Earnings With Materials for Inducing Bone and Nerve Regeneration Jun. 14, 2022. - Toyobo Co. Ltd. (TYO:3101) is looking to kickstart growth in its business for materials capable of inducing bone and nerve... […]

Cefic Highlights Urgent Action Needed to Diversify Procurement

Sanyo Chemical Industries to Triple Surfactants Output in Thailand

Sumitomo Bakelite Plans 40% Production Increase to Resin for Highly Integrated Devices

Sumitomo Revamps Agricultural Materials Business

Materials

JFE Chemical Eyes Shift to High-Value-Added Offerings in Phenol-Based Product Lineup Jun. 16, 2022. - JFE Chemical Corp. is pursuing a shift to high added value in its phenol-based chemical products. Looking mainly here at... […]

Kuraray Moves to Offer Range of New Materials for Sports & Outdoor Wear

Toray Creates New Polymer for Air Battery Separators

MCHG Positions Carbon Fiber SMCs for Use in Automotive Structural Materials

Polyplastics-Evonik, Toray Team up to Develop New Multilayer Tube Material

Market Background

Sharp Price Hikes Rain Down in Japanese Market for Chemical Fertilizer Ingredients Jun. 13, 2022. - With tight supply and demand pushing up international market prices across the board for chemical fertilizer ingredients, Japanese domestic price... […]

European Chemical Markets Impacted by Soaring Natural Gas Prices May. 25, 2022. - Soaring natural gas prices in Europe are taking a toll on several chemical markets. In addition to higher utility costs,... […]

Ethylene Facilities Run Slowly in Asia Amid High Raw Material Prices and Demand Slump

Taking a Look at Supply Chains – Part 4: International Marine Transport Sector Continues to Face Container Supply Crunch

Chinese Companies Consider Exporting CPL, Causing Disruption in Asian Markets

Taking a Look at Supply Chains – Part 3: US Chemical Exports to Europe Rise, While China Shows Bearish Signs

Innovation

Toyota Moves to Trial Cloud Services for Electronic Data Verification, Materials Analysis Jun. 8, 2022. - Toyota Motor Corp. (TYO:7203) is looking to begin providing two ICT services with the potential to turn into new businesses.... […]

Li–S Batteries Hold Promise of Light Weight, High Capacity Beyond LiBs – Part 1 Apr. 6, 2022. - As society’s demands continue to grow, a range of next-gen batteries are being looked at as potential successors to the... […]

Asahi Kasei Works to Develop Sulfur Cathode for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

Hokkaido University Uses CO2 to Convert Propane into Propylene

Zeon Eyes Unpowered Sensors Based on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Kao Develops Virtual Human Body Generative Model

Interviews

Interview: MCHG Executive VP Yoshihiro Ikegawa Discusses Move to Make Petrochemical and Carbon Businesses Independent Jun. 17, 2022. - Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Group (MCHG) has set a target of April 2023 to make its petrochemical and carbon businesses independent... […]

Interview: Asahi Kasei Chairman Hideki Kobori Discusses the Company’s Next 100 Years May. 26, 2022. - Asahi Kasei Corp. (TYO:3407) celebrated the centenary of its founding on May 25, 2022. Originally a producer of the ammonia... […]

Interview: Covestro Thailand Managing Director Timo Slawinski Discusses Business Environment, Plans

Interview: Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporate Executive Officer Hitoshi Sasaki Discusses MMA Business

Interview: Sika CEO Thomas Hasler Talks Strategy

Interview: Nippon Shokubai President Yujiro Goto Discusses New Medium-Term Management Plan

Sustainability

Series of Public–Private Partnerships in Japan Spurs Structural Reforms of Industrial Complexes

Tokuyama to Produce Green Hydrogen with New Alkaline Water Electrolyzer Using Diaphragm Process

Sekisui Chemical Creates New Brand in Push for Biorefinery Business

Coronavirus

JNC Develops Means to Detect COVID-19 in Wastewater in as Little as 30 Minutes Dec. 22, 2021. - JNC Corp. has developed technology that isolates COVID-19 in wastewater using the company’s patented Pegcision method. In terms of turnaround... […]

Development of COVID-19 Treatments Reaches Rapid Pitch

Spate of Japanese-Developed COVID-19 Vaccines Head Into Later Stages of Development, Clinical Trials

Indonesia Faces Worsening Shortage of Medical Oxygen as COVID-19 Cases Surge

Regulatory Agencies

METI Bans Export of Around 270 Items to Russia Mar. 23, 2022. - Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has banned the export of some 270 items to Russia. Effective March... […]

METI Lines up Host of New Amendments to Japanese Laws Feb. 10, 2022. - Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) is readying to submit three bills at the current ordinary session of... […]

METI Seeks to Scale up Demonstration Testing in Plastic Recycling Project

METI Project for Next-Gen Batteries Targets Quality Through New Materials

Japan Targets 60% Non-Fossil Fuel Power Supply by 2030

International Standards for Antiviral Plastics Take on Increasing Importance