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Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings to Establish Organizational Units for Each Market as Part of Push for Western Growth

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. (MCHC; TYO:4188) is slated to set out on a second round of organizational reform in the…… Please subscribe to read the full story.

China Adds 1.05M Tons of Caprolactam Production in 2021

Chinese production capacity for caprolactam – an ingredient used to make polyamide 6 (PA6) – increased by 1.05 million tons…… Please subscribe to read the full story.

Japan Polypropylene Develops Green Material for Food Containers

Japan Polypropylene Corp. is marketing an environmental product in the foods sector. The company has developed a composite biomass material…… Please subscribe to read the full story.

Ethylene Facilities Run Slowly in Asia Amid High Raw Material Prices and Demand Slump

Major chemical companies throughout China and Southeast Asia have been forced to slow down operations at their ethylene facilities. High…… Please subscribe to read the full story.

Shin-Etsu Chemical to Double Mass Production of GaN Epitaxial Substrates

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. (TYO:4063) is gearing up to expand its mass production toward commercialization of epitaxial membranes and substrates…… Please subscribe to read the full story.

MCHG Positions Carbon Fiber SMCs for Use in Automotive Structural Materials

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Group (MCHG) is looking to make a push with a carbon fiber sheet molding compound (SMC) that…… Please subscribe to read the full story.

Asahi Kasei Targets Sales of 1 Trillion Yen in Health Care Sector

Asahi Kasei Corp. (TYO:3407) is pursuing a growth strategy for its Health Care sector, with aims here being to achieve…… 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.

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Toray Launches New Unit to Combine Automotive & Environmental Materials

Toray Industries Inc. (TYO:3402) has merged its Automotive Center in Japan, which markets automotive-related technologies, with its Environment & Energy…… Please subscribe to read the full story.

Mitsui Chemicals to Increase Production Capacity of TPO

Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (TYO:4183) announced on July 28 that it will increase its production capacity for Milastomer, a thermoplastic olefinic…… Please subscribe to read the full story.