DIC Corp. (TYO:4631) is developing a business in the banknote market for secure, anti-forgery inks. With the company seeing a slowdown in its ink business due to the shrinking market...
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DIC Eyes 300B Yen Strategic Investment Budget for Next Business Plan
DIC Corp. (TYO:4631) expects to allocate 300 billion yen ($2.64 billion) to strategic investments such as M&A in its next medium-term business plan, doubling the current plan’s 150 billion yen...
DIC Considers New Business in Health Food Sector
DIC Corp. (TYO:4631) is exploring possibilities for a nutrition business – including spirulina, an algae which can be used as a health food or for blue pigment. This would follow...
DIC to Step up Production of Blue Pigment for LCD Color Filters
DIC Corp. (TYO:4631) plans to increase its production of blue pigment for color filters at its Kashima Plant in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture. The decision was made in order to respond...
DIC Contemplates Increased PPS Compound Production at Home and Abroad
DIC Corp. (TYO:4631) is looking at ramping up its Japanese and overseas production of polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) compounds, used in auto parts and other products. The plan under consideration would...
DIC Has Water Gliding off Surfaces With New Fluorine-Based Paint Additive
DIC Corp. (TYO:4631) has developed a fluorosurfactant that makes water droplets glide off glass and plastic surfaces more readily. When used as a paint or coating additive, the surfactant causes...
Digest: Chemical Price Hike Announcements for Week of March 27
A series of price hikes were announced by chemical companies during the week of March 27 – March 31. Unless noted otherwise, all price increases listed here are per kilogram....
DIC to Launch Saudi Arabian Printer Ink JV With Alliance Holding Co
DIC Corp. (TYO:4631) announced on March 29 that subsidiary Sun Chemical Co. Ltd. will merge its printer ink business with Ink Products Co. Ltd., a Riyadh-based company in the same...
DIC Develops Thin-Film Transistor Liquid Crystal With 30% Shorter Response Time
DIC Corp. (TYO:4631) announced on March 21 that it has developed a thin-film transistor liquid crystal (TFT LC) material, enabling smoother displays of fast-moving video images like those in live...
Digest: Chemical Price Hike Announcements for Week of March 6 – Part 1
A series of price hikes were announced by chemical companies during the week of March 6 – March 10. As with the second installment in this two-part special, unless noted...
Digest: Chemical Price Hike Announcements for Week of Feb. 20
A series of price hikes were announced by chemical companies during the week of Feb. 20 – Feb. 24. Unless noted otherwise, all price increases listed here are per kilogram....
Digest: Chemical Price Hike Announcements for Week of Feb. 6
A series of price hikes were announced by chemical companies during the week of Feb. 6 – Feb. 10. Unless noted otherwise, all price increases listed here are per kilogram....
Commentary: DIC and Taiyo Holdings Form Capital Partnership
DIC Corp. (TYO:4631) and Taiyo Holdings Co. Ltd. (TYO:4626) announced on Jan. 25 that they have entered into a contract making them business partners with capital involvement. Taiyo Holdings manufactures...
DIC Develops 3D Printing Mold Adhesive
DIC Corp. (TYO:4631) announced on Dec. 26, 2016, that it has developed a high-strength phenolic resin adhesive for 3D printing. The adhesive is used in such printing applications as the...
DIC Develops Resist Resin for Nano-Imprint Lithography
DIC Corp. (TYO:4631) announced on Dec. 20 that it has developed a resin for a resists used in nano-imprint lithography (NIL), a micromachining technique that shows promise as a next-generation...
DIC Plans Additional Investments in PPS Production, Mostly Outside Japan
DIC Corp. (TYO:4631) will make a decision by around February 2017 on investments in polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) to meet anticipated demand from 2020 onward. These plans will primarily involve new...
DIC Drastically Improves Brittle Properties of Epoxy Resin With CNF
DIC Corp. (TYO:4631) announced on Oct. 7 that it has developed a composite material consisting of cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) mixed in an epoxy resin in which the brittle properties –...
New DIC Adhesive Makes Food Packaging More Airtight
DIC Corp. (TYO:4631) has developed an adhesive that largely blocks the passage of oxygen and water vapor. It is designed for use with fairly airtight packaging for foods such as...
DIC Props up Research Into Sourcing Pigments, Oils From Algae
DIC Corp. (TYO:4631) is pursuing research into mass cultivation of algae as a source of pigments and oils. Already using algae to produce a blue pigment used as an ingredient...
Success and Hard Times in Flat-Panel Display Business
Companies in the flat-panel display (FPD) industry are experiencing varying levels of success. DIC Corp. (TYO:4631), a materials and components supplier, is enjoying brisk sales of pigments for color filters...
