Tokyo Chemical Industry Co. Ltd. has launched a reagent for carbon nanobelts (CNBs), a new form of carbon nanomaterial. CNBs are made of benzene rings – aromatic rings consisting of...
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Sumitomo Chemical Sees Major 5G Role for Liquid Crystal Polymer
Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. (TYO:4005) is looking to grow the potential role of its liquid crystal polymer (LCP) in upcoming 5G telecommunications. Scheduled to become available around 2020, 5G promises...
Sumitomo Rubber Limits Biopharmaceutical Deterioration With New Prefilled Syringe Stopper
Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110) has developed a rubber stopper that inhibits deterioration in biopharmaceuticals. Liquid biopharmaceuticals are delivered to end users in prefilled syringes that already contain the drug....
Tokyo Printing Ink Targets Biodegradable Plastics for Masterbatches
Tokyo Printing Ink Mfg. Co. Ltd. (TYO:4635) is making moves with its masterbatch products for biodegradable plastics, using the success it has found with technologies for agricultural materials to now...
Sakai Chemical Looks to Boost Production of High-Purity Barium Carbonate for MLCCs
Sakai Chemical Industry Co. Ltd. (TYO:4078) has started to look into increasing its production capacity for high-purity barium carbonate, a dielectric material used in multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs). The company...
NEDO Launches Second Phase of R&D Project for All-Solid-State LiBs
The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) announced on June 15 that it has started the second phase of an R&D project aimed at the early commercialization of...
Kureha Targets Higher Chinese Sales of PVDF for Automotive LiB Binders
Kureha Corp. (TYO:4023) is planning to grow its sales of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), a material used in automotive lithium-ion secondary batteries (LiBs), in China – the world’s largest electric vehicle...
Nippon Paint Holdings Tests New System of Corporate R&D With Development of Suction Adhesives
Nippon Paint Holdings Co. Ltd. (TYO:4612) is speeding up its horizontal development for new coating technologies. With a focus on its corporate R&D headquarters, the company intends to introduce a...
Toray Eyes Top Market Share for PPS Composite Materials
Toray Industries Inc. (TYO:3402) is boosting its production capacity of polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) composites, aiming to capture a top share of 30 percent of the world market within fiscal 2018....
Daikin Sets Sights on Next-Generation Automotive Components
Daikin Industries Ltd. (TYO:6367) is stepping up a gear in its quest to break into the automotive sector via its chemicals business. The company has positioned expansion into next-generation automotive...
Monomaterial Trend Speeds up for Packaging Materials
The global industries for food, drinks and daily necessities are seeing an increasing shift toward packaging with monomaterial compositions. Swiss-based food industry giant Nestle SA announced this April that its...
Polyplastics Moves to Redouble Efforts Around Automotive POM
Polyplastics Co. Ltd. is making moves to strengthen its operations for new grades of polyacetal (POM). One such grade developed by the company specializes in having low volatile organic compound...
Nippon Gohsei to Boost Production of Optical PVOH Film
The Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry Co. Ltd., commonly known as Nippon Gohsei, announced on June 12 that it plans to increase production of OPLFilm, the trade name for its optical...
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings to Strengthen Group’s Operations for Auto Parts
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. (TYO:4188) is looking to use the full strength of its group companies to make a push with automotive components. As part of this, subsidiary Mitsubishi Chemical...
Sekisui Plastics Looks to Turn Organic Polymer Particles Into Major Business
Sekisui Plastics Co. Ltd. (TYO:4228) is planning to make organic polymer particles into a mainstay of its product and business lineup. Coming under Sekisui Plastics’ Techpolymer line, the company’s organic...
All Signs Point to CNF Making Way Into Auto Parts
The subject of cellulose nanofiber (CNF) development for use in vehicles has shifted from materials to the downstream end of the equation. Prototype development and evaluations are being accelerated by...
Mitsubishi Chemical Looks to Solidify Global Business Base for Performance Polymers
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. is accelerating the global rollout of its Advanced Polymer operations. In terms of regional strategy, Mitsubishi Chemical has plans to bolster its production systems for thermoplastic elastomers...
China Pingmei Shenma Group Looks to Establish Polyamide Chain in Henan Province
Major Chinese state-owned enterprise China Pingmei Shenma Group is looking to build a production base for polyamides in Pingdingshan, Henan Province, China. The plan here is to invest roughly 20...
Mitsui Kinzoku Moves Closer to GPF Catalyst Commercialization, Eyes 2020 for Mass Production
Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. Ltd. (TYO:5706), commonly known as Mitsui Kinzoku, is moving closer toward making a business of proprietary gasoline particulate filter (GPF) catalysts. Japanese automakers have entered...
Sumitomo Chemical Speeds up Development of Next-Gen LiB Materials
Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. (TYO:4005) is moving quickly to introduce new separators and cathode materials for lithium-ion secondary batteries (LiBs). Coated with aramid fiber, the company’s heat-resistant separators are recognized...
