Du Pont-Mitsui Polychemicals Co. Ltd. is aiming to get ahead of schedule in hitting targets from its medium-term business plan. With food packaging and daily necessity applications driving demand growth...
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BASF Moves Step Closer to Second Verbund Site in China
BASF SE has begun looking into the construction of a $10 billion self-funded chemical plant complex in Guangdong Province, China. The complex would make use of the German-based chemical firm’s...
Asahi Kasei Eyes Acrylonitrile Production Boost in South Korea
Asahi Kasei Corp. (TYO:3407) is looking to boost its production base for acrylonitrile (AN) in South Korea. Bustling demand for this organic compound has Asahi Kasei’s production facilities here at...
Sumitomo Chemical to Manufacture OLED Modules in China
Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. (TYO:4005) is set to launch production of OLED panel modules in China. The company is preparing to supply panel manufacturers with modules that integrate a touch...
US Moves Toward Domestic Production of Butadiene
The U.S. appears to be shifting toward domestic production of butadiene as a series of shale-derived ethane crackers begin full-scale operations in the country. With this producing considerable amounts of...
Ube Industries to Restart 1,6-Hexanediol Production in Yamaguchi
Ube Industries Ltd. (TYO:4208) is planning next January to resume production of 1,6-hexanediol (1,6-HDL) at its Ube Chemical Factory in Yamaguchi Prefecture. The factory stopped production of the crystalline solid...
Ube Industries Plans 40% Increase to LiB Separator Production
Ube Industries Ltd. (TYO:4208) is looking to decide within the first half of fiscal 2018 on an investment that would boost its production capacity for lithium-ion secondary battery (LiB) separators....
Polatechno to Invest Over 5B Yen in Polarizing Film
Nippon Kayaku Co. Ltd. (TYO:4272) subsidiary Polatechno Co. Ltd. (TYO:4239) is planning to upgrade production facilities at its Niigata Factory, which serves to manufacture polarizing film. If the plan goes...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Ube Industries Looks to Revitalize Chemical Operations
Ube Industries Ltd. (TYO:4208) President Yuzuru Yamamoto recently gave a Tokyo press conference, offering up details on his company’s management and the progress of its current medium-term management plan, which...
Mitsubishi Chemical Targets 2019 for Mass Production of Upcoming Biodegradable Polymer
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. is targeting next year to get up and running on mass production of a new biodegradable biopolyester resin. This marks a second wave from Mitsubishi Chemical in...
Fujifilm to Test Mass Production of Microneedle Arrays
Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (TYO:4901) is looking to accelerate the practical application of microneedle arrays – a drug delivery technology whereby a sheet adheres to the patient’s skin and administers drugs...
Cataler Plans Czech Production for Exhaust Catalysts
Cataler Corp. is looking to establish a new exhaust catalyst production base in the Czech Republic. Current plans would see the base begin production in 2020, with an annual production...
Ethylene Production Volume Slips 12% in April Due to Routine Maintenance
Japan’s ethylene production volume for April 2018 dropped 11.8 percent year-on-year to 484,300 tons, according to a May 24 report from the Japan Petrochemical Industry Association. Two ethylene facilities in...
Stella Chemifa Ponders Possibilities for Added Semiconductor Chemical Production
Stella Chemifa Corp. (TYO:4109) is looking to raise its annual production capacity for semiconductor chemicals to 100,000 tons. The amount to be invested here is estimated to total several hundred...
Tosoh to Ramp up Zirconia Production
Tosoh Corp. (TYO:4042) is increasing its production capacity for zirconia powders. The company plans to make a 30 percent increase in capacity at its Nanyo Complex in Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture,...
Energy Absolute to Double Thai Biodiesel Production
Thai biodiesel manufacturer Energy Absolute PCL is planning by 2020 to double its daily production capacity of palm oil-derived biodiesel to 1.6 million liters per day. But with this move...
