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.
Toray Adds New LiB Testing Equipment in Pursuit of Next-Gen Battery Components
Looking to bring about next-generation battery components, Toray Industries Inc. (TYO:3402) recently installed equipment for LiB safety assessment and analysis…… Please subscribe to read the full story.
Interview: Asahi Kasei President Hideki Kobori Talks Shifting Global Business Landscape, Company Structure and Sustainability
Asahi Kasei Corp. (TYO:3407) has been busy over the last year with efforts to stay well prepared for various events…… Please subscribe to read the full story.
Sumitomo Chemical’s Liquid Crystal-Coated Polarizer Adopted for Use in Foldable OLED Smartphones
A liquid crystal-coated polarizer developed by Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. (TYO:4005) has been adopted for use in the circular polarizing…… Please subscribe to read the full story.
Coronavirus Report – Part 62: Methanol Demand in Asia Sinks to Lowest Level Since GFC
Methanol market conditions in Asia have plunged, with prices sitting at around $170 per ton – down by more than…… Please subscribe to read the full story.
