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Zeon Launches Kawasaki Innovation Frontier Port

on April 17, 2025 in Materials

Zeon has designated its Kawasaki Factory and Comprehensive Development Center, located in the Kawasaki coastal area of Kanagawa Prefecture, as the Kawasaki Innovation Frontier Port (KIFP) and has begun operations. By integrating the two organizations and gradually unifying management functions for seamless collaboration, KIFP aims to accelerate the creation of new value. The adjacent Kawasaki Factory and Comprehensive Development Center...

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Asahi Kasei Announces New Medium-Term Management Plan

on April 16, 2025 in Industry, Materials

Asahi Kasei announced the outline of its new medium-term management plan, “Trailblaze Together,” starting this fiscal year. The plan focuses on three core principles: Profit growth through investment outcomes, capital efficiency improvement via structural transformation and productivity gains, and evolution of “Diversity × Specialty.” Performance targets for the final year, fiscal 2027 ending March, are set at an operating profit...

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Resonac Raises Prices of Chlorinated Polyethylene

on March 26, 2025 in Materials

Resonac announced that it will raise the Japanese domestic sales price of chlorinated polyethylene, a type of synthetic resin sold under the brand name Elaslen, for deliveries on April 1. The products subject to the price increase and the price increase range are 45 yen ($0.30) or more per kilogram for Elaslen powder and 55 yen or more per kilogram...

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Zeon Establishes Chinese JV for Lithium-ion Battery Anode Binders

on March 11, 2025 in Industry, Materials

Zeon Trading (Shanghai), a wholly owned subsidiary of Zeon Corporation, has agreed with Zhuhai Chenyu New Materials Technology (Chenyu), an affiliate of Shanghai Energy New Materials Technology (Semcorp), to establish Shanghai Chenon New Materials Technology, a joint venture to sell binders for negative electrodes used in lithium ion batteries. The investment ratio is 51% by Chenyu and 49% by Zeon...

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Lanxess Introduces Sustainable Anti-Aging Agent to Improve Tire Durability

on March 11, 2025 in Materials

Lanxess has announced the launch of a new anti-aging agent, Vulcanox HS Scope Blue, which contributes to improved tire durability. The product is a highly sustainable addition to the proven Vulcanox HS (TMQ) line of anti-aging agents, which effectively protects tires against oxidative and thermal degradation, and is characterized by low volatility and elution resistance. The use of renewable energy...

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Tsurumi Chemical to Raise Prices of All Sulfur Products on April 1

on March 10, 2025 in Materials

Tsurumi Chemical will raise the prices of all sulfur products for shipments on April 1. The price increase is 8 yen ($0.05) per kilogram for soluble sulfur and 3 yen per kilogram for insoluble sulfur. “In addition to an increase in procurement costs due to a change in suppliers following the withdrawal of our main raw material supplier from business,...

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