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.
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.
Ube Industries to Absorb Mitsubishi Heavy’s Injection Molding Business
Ube Industries Ltd. (TYO:4208) announced on July 29 that it will merge the injection molding machinery business operations of Mitsubishi…… Please subscribe to read the full story.
JNC Ramps up Nonwoven Fabric Production in Thailand, Japan and China
JNC Corp. is expanding capacity at three locations in its global production network for air-through nonwoven fabrics. A new production…… Please subscribe to read the full story.
