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.
Danger Ahead for Materials Industry – Part 2: Digitalization Drives Improvement for Solid-State Batteries
Tokyo Institute of Technology Professor Taro Hitosugi is working to establish process technology that can boost the energy density of…… Please subscribe to read the full story.
Showa Denko, Hitachi Chemical Proceed Toward Merging Management
With Showa Denko KK (TYO:4004) having now acquired Hitachi Chemical Co. Ltd. as a wholly owned subsidiary, the major M&A…… Please subscribe to read the full story.
Japanese Blast Furnace Manufacturers Turn to CO2 as Raw Material in Bid to Achieve Zero-Carbon Steel
Blast furnace manufacturers in Japan are accelerating efforts to cut down on carbon in their manufacturing processes. Looking here to…… Please subscribe to read the full story.
