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...
LiB
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...
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...
Asahi Kasei Looks to Combine High-Level Performance and Safety for LiB Separators
Asahi Kasei Corp. (TYO:3407) is planning to accelerate its R&D efforts for separators used in the lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) of next-gen electric vehicles (EVs). Improvements to cathode materials are continuing...
Sekisui Chemical Plans Sixfold Production Increase for Film-Type LiBs
Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd. (TYO:4204) announced on April 23 that it will increase its production capacity of film-type lithium-ion secondary batteries (LiBs) for residential use. With the Japanese government’s feed-in...
Thailand Set to Become Hot Spot for LiB Investment
A number of firms engaged in the automotive and energy industries have formulated investment plans for Thailand as of late, intending to work with lithium-ion secondary batteries (LiBs) in the...
Nippon Chemi-Con Aims to Improve LiB Charge Cycles With New Carbon Material
Nippon Chemi-Con Corp. (TYO:6997) is striving to commercialize a new carbon material for use in lithium-ion secondary batteries (LiBs). Made using nano-hybrid technology, the new material was found to triple...
Ohara Pursues Better LiB Performance With Glass-Ceramic Powder Additive for Cathode Materials
Ohara Inc. (TYO:5218) is shifting up a gear with its lithium-ion conductive glass-ceramic solutions. The company is currently developing a powdered version of this ceramic for use as an additive...
Ube Industries to Jointly Develop Automotive Lithium-Ion Starter Batteries
Ube Industries Ltd. (TYO:4208) has announced that it will join Mazda Motor Corp. (TYO:7261) and Eliiy Power Co. Ltd. in the development of lithium-ion starter batteries. Ube Industries will develop...
JNC Filter Plans to Launch New Filter for Semiconductor and LiB Production
JNC Filter Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of JNC Corp., is looking to target the semiconductor industry with its development of a new liquid filter. The product is able to remove...
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Moves Toward Mass Production of Solid Electrolytes With Coating Process
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. Inc. (TYO:4182) is accelerating its development of solid electrolytes. Through a simple technique using organic solvent, the company has overcome bottleneck issues associated with the transition...
Eliiy Power Pursues Growth in Storage Battery Market With LiBs
Eliiy Power Co. Ltd. is looking to use lithium-ion secondary batteries (LiBs) to expand its business in the market for storage batteries. With the advance of technologies such as virtual...
Rise of Eco-Cars Draws Attention to All-Solid-State Batteries
With environmentally friendly cars starting to become more popular worldwide, needs for all-solid-state batteries are on the rise. This is in part because the safety of automotive batteries can be...
Kureha Plans Production Boosts for PPS, PVDF
Kureha Corp. (TYO:4023) has settled on a plan to increase production of polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) at its Iwaki Factory, located in Fukushima Prefecture, by fiscal 2020. Speaking with The Chemical...
Ricoh Accelerates Development of New High-Capacity Storage Batteries
Ricoh Co. Ltd. (TYO:7752) is set to accelerate its development of new storage batteries for use in a wide range of applications that will include smartphones and automobiles. Through this...
Teijin to Boost Production of Separators and Other Membranes
Teijin Ltd. (TYO:3401) will strengthen its business for porous membranes. This includes plans to boost the production capacity for the company’s Lielsort separators for lithium-ion secondary batteries (LiBs), as well...
JXTG Readies to Ramp up Anode Material Production
JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. aims to triple its annual production capacity of carbon material for lithium-ion secondary batteries (LiBs) to 3,000 tons this summer. While the company just...
Sekisui Chemical Plans Major Investment Into Film-Type LiB Production
Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd. (TYO:4204) has revealed plans to invest billions of yen (1 billion yen = $8.87 million) over the next several years into the mass production of film-type...
Ube Industries Moves Toward 300M Square Meter Annual Capacity for LiB Separators
Ube Industries Ltd. (TYO:4208) is continuing to make investments into increasing its production of separators, which are primary components of lithium-ion secondary batteries (LiBs). The company’s Sakai Factory in Osaka...
Sumitomo Chemical to Increase PP Production for Battery Separators
Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. (TYO:4005) plans to increase its Singaporean production of high-performance polypropylene (PP). Looking to complete improvements to some production lines by next summer, the Japanese chemical manufacturer...
