Year: 2023

Asahi Kasei to Utilize IP Information for Management Decisions in Push to Enhance Business Models

Asahi Kasei Corp. (TYO:3407) has launched an initiative to put intangible assets such as intellectual property (IP) to use in…… Please subscribe to read the full story.

Zeon Targets Automotive Sector With Adhesives for Heterogeneous Bonding

Zeon Corp. (TYO:4205) is set to bolster its marketing of adhesives for the bonding of different materials, making dedicated efforts…… Please subscribe to read the full story.

JSR Set to Offer Pre-Clinical Trial Services Using Cancer Organoids in Japan

JSR Corp. (TYO:4185) is working on the Japanese launch of pre-clinical trial services that utilize cancer organoids, which are tumor-derived…… Please subscribe to read the full story.

Industrial Complex Restructuring – Part 2: Plans for Carbon-Neutral Complexes Revised as Japan Prioritizes Energy Transition

A Japanese government document from this March has sent shock waves through local governments that host petrochemical complexes. Released by…… Please subscribe to read the full story.

Industrial Complex Restructuring – Part 1: Kashima Targets Growth Through Decarbonization

The Kashima region of Ibaraki, Japan, is home to a long list of chemical, steel and other such companies, as…… Please subscribe to read the full story.

BASF Looks to Free Itself of Russian Dependence Amid Potential Gas Supply Restrictions

In response to the ongoing war in Ukraine, the EU decided earlier this month to impose a partial embargo on…… Please subscribe to read the full story.

AGC Develops Proprietary Database Dedicated to Materials Informatics

AGC Inc. (TYO:5201) has developed a database tool for materials informatics (MI) and an analytical tool for improving R&D efficiency,…… Please subscribe to read the full story.

Sun A Kaken Works to Develop Monomaterial Air Cushioning

The light packaging department of Sun A. Kaken Co. Ltd. (TYO:4234) is set to begin offering easily recyclable monomaterial products……. Please subscribe to read the full story.  

New Japan Chemical Develops Polypropylene Crystallization Accelerator

New Japan Chemical Co. Ltd. (TYO:4406) has developed Rikacrysta, a crystallization accelerator for polypropylene (PP). Looking now to provide samples…… Please subscribe to read the full story.

Advances Through Innovative Materials – Part 1: TSMC Pursues Wide-Ranging R&D to Improve Semiconductors

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has started up R&D in Japan for next-gen 3D integrated circuits (3DICs) to be used…… Please subscribe to read the full story.