Year: 2023

Mitsui Chemicals to Re-Enter Nucleic Acid Drug CDMO Market

Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (TYO:4183) plans to get back involved in the CDMO business for nucleic acid drugs. By 2025, the…… Please subscribe to read the full story.  

Hokkaido University Uses CO2 to Convert Propane into Propylene

A Hokkaido University research group has developed a catalyst for the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane that uses CO2 to convert…… Please subscribe to read the full story.

Zeon Eyes Unpowered Sensors Based on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Zeon Corp. (TYO:4205) is looking to develop applications for a thermoelectric conversion module that uses single-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) made…… Please subscribe to read the full story.

Concerns Arise for Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Amid Crisis in Ukraine

Concerns are mounting that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could impact the business activities of pharmaceutical companies and the pharmaceutical supply…… Please subscribe to read the full story.

Tosoh Moves to Develop Chemical Recycling Technology for Composite Plastics

Tosoh Corp. (TYO:4042) is working with the likes of Toppan Inc. (TYO:7911) to develop a liquid-phase process for recovering monomers…… Please subscribe to read the full story.

Kao Develops Virtual Human Body Generative Model

Kao Corp. (TYO:4452) recently announced that it has teamed up with AI developer Preferred Networks Inc. to develop a prototype…… Please subscribe to read the full story.

CPCIF Announces Record Metrics for China’s Petroleum and Chemical Industry

The China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation (CPCIF) has released 2021 performance results for the Chinese petroleum and chemical industry……. Please subscribe to read the full story.

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Sumitomo Chemical and Microwave Chemical to Produce Hydrogen From Waste Methane

Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. (TYO:4005) and Microwave Chemical Co. Ltd. are aiming to establish a process for manufacturing turquoise hydrogen…… Please subscribe to read the full story.

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Column: China’s “Dual Carbon” Target Creates Waves in Chemical Sector

Faced with the 14th Five-Year Plan that the Chinese government has laid out for 2021–2025, key provincial authorities in the…… Please subscribe to read the full story.

NEDO Launches Carbon Recycling Initiative for Chemical Industry Under Green Innovation Fund

The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has gotten under way with an initiative to advance carbon recycling…… Please subscribe to read the full story.