Japan’s Ethylene Factory Utilization Rate Reaches 93.8% in September
The Japan Petrochemical Industry Association (JPCA) has announced the production and shipment volumes of major petrochemicals for September 2021. Among…… Please subscribe to read the full story.
Ethyl Acetate Market Soars to Record Level on Back of Skyrocketing Feedstock Prices in China
Ethyl acetate has once again surged in the international market. With freight on board pricing out of China standing at…… Please subscribe to read the full story.
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Pledges to Reach Carbon Neutrality by 2050
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. (MCHC; TYO:4188) has declared its goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. And as an interim…… Please subscribe to read the full story.
Nippon Shokubai to Establish Technology for CO2 Capture and Conversion
Nippon Shokubai Co. Ltd. (TYO:4114) is looking to commercialize technologies to assist in the recycling of CO2. The company intends…… Please subscribe to read the full story.
MoE Moves to Launch Four-Year Demonstration Testing Project for Tidal Power
Japan’s Ministry of the Environment (MoE) is setting out on demonstration testing for tidal power, which is garnering attention as…… Please subscribe to read the full story.
AIST, Toyota, Toyota CRDL to Partner on Environmental and Energy Research for Carbon Neutrality
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Toyota Motor Corp. (TYO:7203) and Toyota Central R&D Labs Inc……. Please subscribe to read the full story.
CRIEPI Achieves Efficient Production of Ethylene From CO2 Using Iron-Oxidizing Bacteria
The Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI), a nonprofit foundation in Japan, has established an efficient method of…… Please subscribe to read the full story.
Build-up Film Meets With Rising Market Needs to Accommodate Increasing Demand out of Semiconductors
With the wave of digitalization in recent years driving a rapid increase in data communications, demand is on the rise…… Please subscribe to read the full story.
The Push for Monomaterial Packaging – Part 2: Major Polyolefin Players Work to Refine Proprietary Technologies
The growing need worldwide for monomaterial packaging suited to mechanical recycling is now prompting efforts from polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene…… Please subscribe to read the full story.
AIST Takes Aim at Efficient Bioplastic Production Using CO2
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology’s (AIST) Bioproduction Research Institute has gotten under way on a project…… Please subscribe to read the full story.
