Nippon Sheet Glass Co. Ltd. (TYO:5202) is planning to step up the expansion of its business for flooded lead–acid automotive battery separators in Southeast Asia. Facility improvements were completed earlier...
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Tokyo Chemical Industry Launches Reagent for Carbon Nanobelts
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...
Asahi Kasei Focuses in on Strategy of Added Value for POM Business
Asahi Kasei Corp. (TYO:3407) is accelerating a strategy to add value to its polyacetal (POM) operations. Asahi Kasei is the world’s only POM manufacturer to deal in both homopolymers with...
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....
METI to Conduct Demonstration Tests for Resource Recycling in Thailand
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) plans to start demonstration tests for resource recycling in Thailand this fiscal year. As part of demonstration projects over 2016–2020 toward the...
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...
Acetic Acid Prices Reach New High in Asia
Acetic acid prices have hit a new high in the Asian market. Coming in at $850 per ton, current prices are approximately 15 percent higher than those in early April....
Polyplastics to Ramp up POM, PPS Production in Malaysia
Polyplastics Co. Ltd. is set to expand compounding capacity at its Malaysian plant. The two new compounding lines — one for polyacetal (POM) and the other for polyphenylene sulfide (PPS)...
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...
Nisshinbo Holdings Ramps up Engagement in Future Mobility Solutions
Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. (TYO:3105) is accelerating its efforts to develop business directed toward the mobility of the future. In April, the company established subsidiary JRC Mobility Inc. to specialize in...
Sinopec E-Commerce Site Hits 300B Yuan in Cumulative Trade
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. – commonly known as Sinopec – has broken through the 300 billion yuan ($46.53 billion) barrier in cumulative trade with epec.com, one of the largest...
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...
Interview: Nitto Denko President Optimistic in Lead-Up to Company’s 100th Anniversary
Nitto Denko Corp. (TYO:6988) has entered fiscal 2018 in good shape as it prepares to celebrate the centenary of its founding this coming October. President and CEO Hideo Takasaki recently...
New 3D Printer from Kulzer Speeds up Work for Dental Technicians
Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (TYO:4183) subsidiary Kulzer Japan Co. Ltd. has been drawing attention for its cara Print 4.0 – a new 3D printer made by Kulzer GmbH and used for...
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...
