Japan Polypropylene to Shut Down Slurry PP Facility at Goi Plant
Japan Polypropylene Corp. has announced that it will shut down one of the polypropylene (PP) facilities at its Goi plant…… Please subscribe to read the full story.
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…… Please subscribe to read the full story.
Mitsubishi Chemical Boosts Korean Production of MAA for Concrete Admixture
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. is set to increase its production of methacrylic acid (MAA) in South Korea, raising its annual Korean…… Please subscribe to read the full story.
Tokuyama Targets Sales of 50B Yen in Health Care Field
Tokuyama Corp. (TYO:4043) is looking to grow its health care business, which consists of dental materials, active pharmaceutical ingredients, diagnostic…… Please subscribe to read the full story.
Toray Executive VP Koichi Abe Talks R&D Processes, New Technologies
The Chemical Daily recently conducted a round of interviews with the heads of R&D divisions of major Japanese chemical companies. For this installment, we talked with Koichi Abe, executive VP, representative member of the board and chief technology officer of…
KIT, JAIST Discover Method for Creating Piezoelectric Elements from General-Purpose Plastic
A research group from the Kyoto Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST)…… Please subscribe to read the full story.
Toray Targets Development of CASE-Compatible Materials at Automotive Center
Toray Industries Inc. (TYO:3402) is looking to better respond to the automotive megatrend referred to as Connected, Autonomous, Shared, Electric…… Please subscribe to read the full story.
Zeon Targets New Applications for Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Zeon Corp. (TYO:4205) is making proactive efforts to find new applications for its single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). Different SWCNTs are…… Please subscribe to read the full story.
Interview: Sumitomo Chemical President Keiichi Iwata Discusses Company Prospects in Light of Major Activity, Projected Trends
Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. (TYO:4005) has shown no signs of letting up as it has transitioned to new leadership under…… Please subscribe to read the full story.
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Envisions Japan–Vietnam–Thailand Consortium Around Bio-Based Epoxy Resin
The Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) intends to put together a new biomass business that will tie in…… Please subscribe to read the full story.
