Materials

Sumitomo Riko Breaks Ground for New Office Building at Matsusaka Plant

Sumitomo Riko held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new office building at its Matsusaka Plant in Matsusaka City, Mie Prefecture. The new office building marks an investment of 1.1 billion yen ($7.64 million), covering an area of 931 square meters with a total floor space of 2,341 square meters. Construction is scheduled to be completed in February 2026, and operations...

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Kuraray Obtains ISCC PLUS Certification in America and Europe

Kuraray has obtained ISCC PLUS certification, an international certification system for sustainable products, for six vinyl acetate-related products at four group companies and four production facilities in the U.S. and Europe by October 2024. The company has established a certified supply chain between Europe and the United States, starting with vinyl acetate (VAM) produced at the La Porte Plant in...

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Sumitomo Rubber Launches Sustainable Hydrogen Production

Sumitomo Rubber in April began full-scale operation of the Yamanashi Model P2G System, a hydrogen production system derived from renewable energy, at its Shirakawa Plant in Fukushima Prefecture, a major tire manufacturing base. With this, the company has established a two-fold system that enables the production of hydrogen within the plant in addition to the conventional use of hydrogen. This...

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Zeon Launches Kawasaki Innovation Frontier Port

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

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

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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