The Chinese automobile industry has reached a turning point. Production rose 4.6 percent year-on-year to 13.526 million units in the first half of 2017, according to figures from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM). Sales increased 3.8 percent to 13.354 million units over the same period. Japanese parts and materials manufacturers with a presence...
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Teijin Promotes RFID Shelf Management System for Use in Medical Field
Teijin Ltd. (TYO:3401) is increasing its marketing for RecoPick, the company’s ultrahigh frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) shelf management system. In addition to expanding sales efforts toward factories and logistics, Teijin is targeting the medical field, where the company plans to begin full-scale marketing of the product as a solution to improve hospital management....
Teijin Targets Automotive Sector With New Heat-Resistant Polycarbonate Alloy
Teijin Ltd. (TYO:3401) has developed an automotive polycarbonate (PC)/polyester resin alloy with heightened rigidity and heat resistance. By adjusting the molecular weight of the resin and the amount of inorganic filler loading, Teijin was able to increase the heat resistance limit by about 10 degrees Celsius while also increasing rigidity. The new plastic also features...
Nexco West Japan and Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Develop Non-Ferrous Material for Expressway Bridges
West Nippon Expressway Co. Ltd., commonly known as Nexco West Japan, and Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co. Ltd. (TYO:1821) recently developed Dura-Slab, an ultra high-strength slab made of fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) rods and high-strength fiber-reinforced concrete. The product is designed for use in expressway bridges. Conventional slabs use rebar and prestressed concrete (PC) steel, which results...
Teijin to Supply Polycarbonate Resin for GLM Electric Car Windshield
Teijin Ltd. (TYO:3401) has announced that its polycarbonate (PC) resin has been selected for use in the pillarless front windshield of the Tommykaira ZZ, a sports electric vehicle (EV) manufactured by GLM Co. Ltd., a Kyoto University-spawned automaker. This represents the world’s first production model road car windshield to be made of resin. Teijin uses...
Teijin Prototypes Car Panel From Carbon Fiber Scraps
Teijin Ltd. (TYO:3401) recently carried out trial production of large auto parts using carbon fiber scraps discharged from a factory, taking place at the French base of Teijin’s U.S.-based group company Continental Structural Plastics Holdings Corp. (CSP). Growing worldwide demand for carbon fiber has brought the importance of utilizing scraps to the forefront, but the...
Chemical, Materials Firms Set to Exceed 1 Trillion Yen in Capital Investments for 2017
Investments in plant and equipment by major chemical and materials companies during fiscal 2017 are set to total 1.18 trillion yen ($10.62 billion), increasing 20 percent over the previous year’s total, which was less than 1 trillion yen. The wide margin of increase comes on top of levels of investment that were already high, owing...
Teijin Targets Car Sharing Market With New Concept Car
Teijin Ltd. (TYO:3401) has announced its fourth-generation concept car. Whereas material manufacturers typically outsource the building of concept cars, Teijin’s acquisition of a tier-one supplier in the North America has provided knowledge on parts design. In having the advantages of handling everything from the design stage in-house, Teijin is working to develop concept cars that...
Teijin Considers Boosting Production of High-Performance Microporous Membrane
Teijin Ltd. (TYO:3401) is looking at boosting the production of its Miraim high-performance microporous membrane to five times the current volume. The membrane is characterized by its multiple pore diameters available on the nano order level, and demand is increasing for use in elimination of foreign matter in the photoresist component of semiconductors. Teijin aims...
Porsche Race Car to Use Teijin’s CFRP Technology
The Chemical Daily has learned that the assembly carrier in the Porsche GT3 Cup II race car to be launched in 2017 will use Part via Preform (PvP), a carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) production technology developed by Teijin Ltd. (TYO:3401). PvP is a technique that minimizes wasted carbon fiber material through the use of...
Teijin Launches Ad Campaign in Thailand Featuring Thai Soccer Star
Teijin Ltd. (TYO:3401) announced on March 9 that it will launch its first corporate ad campaign for the Thai market. The one-year campaign will begin on May 1 and include TV spots, billboards and online media featuring Thai national soccer team player Chanathip Songkrasin. Reinforcing Thailand as a key region in Teijin’s global strategy, the...
Digest: Chemical Price Hike Announcements for Week of Feb. 13
A series of price hikes were announced by chemical companies during the week of Feb. 13 – Feb. 17. Unless noted otherwise, all price increases listed here are per kilogram. In chloroprene rubber, Showa Denko KK (TYO:4004) will raise prices by no less than 42 yen ($0.37) on March 1. In biaxially oriented polystyrene sheets,...
Sumitomo Chemical Takes Full Stake in Polycarbonate Joint Venture
Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. (TYO:4005) is making Sumika Styron Polycarbonate (SSPC) a wholly owned subsidiary. Headquartered in Chuo Ward, Tokyo, SSPC is a joint venture with U.S.-based Trinseo Holding BV. Sumitomo Chemical assumed ownership of Trinseo’s 50-percent stake in SSPC on Jan. 31. SSPC operates a polycarbonate plant in Niihama, Ehime Prefecture, with an annual...
Teijin President Discusses CSP Acquisition, Plans Moving Forward
Teijin Ltd. (TYO:3401) acquired Continental Structural Plastics Holdings Corp. (CSP), the largest North American manufacturer of composite materials for automobiles, for $825 million in Dec. 2016. Declaring that Teijin has entered a new phase, President Jun Suzuki says that the company is becoming more than a material company, and with regard to the acquisition of...
Teijin looks to Enter Market for Automotive Lithium-Ion Battery Separators
Teijin Ltd. (TYO:3401) plans to roll out separators for automotive lithium-ion secondary batteries (LiBs). The new separators will most likely be utilized by LiBs found in plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHVs) that are expected to hit the market around 2020. Teijin will begin large-scale sample shipments starting in fiscal 2017 and will ramp up production capacity...
Teijin Film Solutions Aims to Ramp up PEN Film Business
Teijin Film Solutions Ltd. is looking to shore up its polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) film business, aiming to generate 10 billion yen ($91.84 million) in annual revenue from the business for fiscal 2019. The company plans to expand sales of PEN films for flexible printed circuits (FPC) for automobiles and displays as well as for linear...
Teijin to Acquire Largest Automotive Composite Parts Manufacturer in US, Expand Light-weight Materials Business
Teijin Ltd. (TYO:3401) announced on Sept. 13 that it would purchase all the shares of Continental Structural Plastics Holding Corp. (CSP), North America’s largest manufacturer of automotive composite products, for $825 million. CSP will become a wholly owned subsidiary, with closing scheduled for December. The synergies of both companies are aimed at increasing Teijin Group’s...
Teijin to Acquire Continental Structural Plastics, Expand Automotive Business
Teijin Ltd. (TYO:3401) has announced that it will acquire U.S. company Continental Structural Plastics Holdings Corp. (CSP) for $825 million. Through the acquisition, Teijin aims to expand business in high-performance automotive composite materials. Teijin competes in carbon fiber with Toray Industries Inc. (TYO:3402) and Mitsubishi Rayon Co. Ltd. (TYO:3404). These two companies have been aggressively...
