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May 15, 2012
Mitsubishi Chemical reported a 57.5% fall in net profits for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, compared with the previous fiscal year, to ¥35.5 billion ($446 million). Sales...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Mitsubishi-Chemical-and-Sumitomo-Report-Huge-Falls-in-Profits_43336.html
May 15, 2012
Asahi Glass (Tokyo) says it has decided to invest about ¥800 million ($10 million) to build a new production line for Tafluprost, an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) for...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Asahi-Glass-to-Double-Production-Capacity-for-Tafluprost-API_43468.html
May 14, 2012
Asahi Kasei says its Asahi Kasei E-materials (Tokyo) subsidiary has begun construction of a new plant for the production of Sunfort dry film photoresist at Changshu, China. The new...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Asahi-Kasei-Builds-Electronic-Materials-Plant-in-China_43436.html
May 14, 2012
Mitsui Chemicals and its Prime Polymer Co. (Tokyo) affiliate say they plan to increase production at their three sites for automotive use polypropylene (PP) compounds in China, Mexico...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Mitsui-to-Increase-PP-Compounds-Production-in-China-Mexico-U-S-to-Establish-New-Company-in-Brazil_43433.html
May 11, 2012
Tokuyama (Tokyo) reported a 4.1% fall in net profits for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, compared with the previous fiscal year, to ¥9.3 billion ($116.5 million). Sales...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Tokuyama-Reports-Fall-in-Profits-and-Sales_43388.html
May 11, 2012
DIC Corp. (Tokyo) recorded a 15.2% increase in net profits for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, compared with the previous fiscal year, to ¥18.2 billion ($228 million)...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/DIC-Reports-Rise-in-Profits_43389.html
May 10, 2012
Mitsui Chemicals recorded a net loss of ¥1 billion ($12.5 million) in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, compared with a net profit of ¥24.9 billion in...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Mitsui-Swings-to-Loss_43338.html
May 10, 2012
Ube Industries reported a 33% increase in net profits for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, compared with the previous fiscal year, to ¥22.9 billion ($288 million). Sales...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Ubes-Profits-Rise_43337.html
May 9, 2012
Jacobs Engineering says it has been awarded a contract by Evonik Industries to provide basic engineering services for a previously announced grassroots nylon-12 project in Asia. The...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/Jacobs-Awarded-Contract-for-Evonik-Nylon-12-Project-in-Asia_43334.html
May 9, 2012
Teijin recorded a 52.4% fall in net profits for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, compared with the previous fiscal year, to ¥11.9 billion ($150 million). Sales increased 4.7%...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Teijin-Reports-52-4-percent-Fall-in-Profits_43303.html
May 9, 2012
Asahi Kasei reported a 7.5% fall in net profits for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, compared with the previous fiscal year, to ¥55.7 billion ($699 million). Sales increased...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Asahi-Kasei-Reports-Fall-in-Profits_43302.html
May 8, 2012
Ube Industries, the only producer of nylon-12 in the Asia/Pacific region, tells CW that it does not intend to increase its production of nylon-12, despite a shortage in the global...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Ube-Does-Not-Plan-to-Increase-Production-of-Nylon-12_43279.html
May 8, 2012
Toray Industries reported a 10.9% increase in net profits for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, compared with the previous fiscal year, to ¥64.2 billion ($802 million). Sales...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Toray-Reports-Rise-in-Profits-and-Sales_43269.html
May 4, 2012
Advanced Petrochemical Co. (Advanced; Jubail, Saudi Arabia) and the Turkish trader Bayegan (Istanbul) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Thursday to build a $1-billion...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/Advanced-Petrochemical-and-Bayegan-to-Form-PP-Production-JV-in-Turkey_43222.html
May 4, 2012
Korea has approved the previously announced cap-and-trade system for cutting carbon emissions, and it will be established by 2015, say press reports. Korea will be on the first...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/korea/Korea-Approves-Carbon-Trading-System_43223.html
May 2, 2012
SK Innovation (Seoul) says its refining business, SK Energy, will invest about won1.62 trillion ($1.43 billion) to build a para-xylene plant at the company’s refining complex at...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/korea/SK-Innovation-to-Invest-$1-43-Billion-to-Build-P-Xylene-Plant_43174.html
May 2, 2012
The petrochemical segment of Idemitsu Kosan reported a 1.9% rise in sales for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, compared with the previous fiscal year...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Petrochemical-Business-of-Idemitsu-Kosan-Reports-Huge-Rise-in-Operating-Profits_43169.html
May 2, 2012
Petkim (Istanbul), Turkey’s biggest petrochemicals producer, reported a TL7.9 million ($4.5 million) loss for the first quarter of 2012 compared with a net income of TL77.2...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/Petkim-Reports-First-Quarter-Loss-on-High-Raw-Material-Costs_43168.html
May 1, 2012
Mitsui Chemicals announced today that its top executives will forfeit a part of their remuneration “as a sense of responsibility” following a recent accident at the...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Mitsui-Chemicals-Executives-Forfeit-Part-of-their-Pay-Following-Explosion_43137.html
April 30, 2012
Japan and Kazakhstan are planning to develop rare earths metals production facilities in Kazakhstan to cater for the electronics and automotive industries and to reduce Japan’s...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Japan-and-Kazakhstan-Plan-Rare-Earths-Metals-Alliance_43109.html
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