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July 27, 2012
SK Global Chemical, the petrochemical business of SK Innovation (Seoul), formerly SK Energy, recorded a 23.5% rise in operating profits for the second quarter, ended June 30, 2012...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/korea/SK-Global-Chemical-Reports-Rise-in-Operating-Profits_45225.html July 26, 2012
Mitsui Chemicals says that several plants at the company’s Iwakuni-Ohtake production complex at Waki, Japan, that were shuttered temporarily following an explosion and fire at...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Several-Mitsui-Plants-at-Iwakuni-Ohtake-Restart-Operations_45200.html July 26, 2012
Shin-Etsu reported an 11.7% increase in net profits for the fiscal first-quarter, ended June 30, 2012, compared with the year-ago period, to ¥26.6 billion ($340 million). Sales...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Shin-Etsu-Reports-Rises-in-Profits-and-Sales_45199.html July 25, 2012
OCI (Seoul), formerly DC Chemical, recorded a 76% fall in net profits for the second quarter, ended June 30, compared with the year-ago period, to won70.7 billion ($61.5 million)...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/korea/OCI-Reports-Huge-Fall-in-Quarterly-Profits_45175.html July 24, 2012
ZBB Energy and Honam say they have completed the first phase a joint development agreement to develop battery technology for smart grid applications. Honam and ZBB worked together...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/korea/ZBB-Energy-Completes-Joint-Development-Agreement-with-Honam-Petrochemical_45163.html July 24, 2012
Maruzen Petrochemical says that Keiyo Ethylene will shut down its only naphtha cracker after an unspecified problem. The 768,000-m.t./year ethylene facility is owned 55% by...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Maruzen-to-Shut-Down-Chiba-Cracker-Following-Unspecified-Problem_45139.html July 20, 2012
China's Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom; Beijing) said today that it would begin antidumping and antisubsidy investigations into imported solar-grade polysilicon from the U.S., and launch an antidumping probe into imports of polysilicon from Korea....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/korea/Dow-Corning-Warns-of-U-S-Job-Losses-as-China-Probes-Polysilicon-Dumping_45049.html July 19, 2012
Styrolution (Frankfurt), the styrenics joint venture between BASF and Ineos, has opened its previously announced Luran S acrylonitrile styrene acrylate (ASA) copolymers plant at Ulsan...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/korea/Styrolution-Opens-Plant-in-Korea_44991.html July 19, 2012
BASF and Mitsubishi Chemical say they have signed a royalty-bearing licensing agreement that grants BASF usage rights for vinylene carbonate based on Mitsubishi’s proprietary...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/BASF-and-Mitsubishi-Chemical-Sign-Licensing-Deal-for-Vinylene-Carbonate-in-Lithium-Ion-Batteries_44994.html July 19, 2012
Kao Corp. (Tokyo) says its wholly owned oleochemicals subsidiary Pilipinas Kao Inc. (PKI; Jasaan, Philippines) will increase the production capacity for fatty alcohols at Jasaan by 1.4...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Kao-to-Expand-Fatty-Alcohols-Capacity-in-Philippines_44989.html July 18, 2012
LG Chem, Korea's biggest chemical company by sales, posted a 40% decline in second-quarter 2012 net profits compared with the same period of 2011, to won373.8 billion ($327 million) on...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/korea/LG-Chems-Profits-Fall-on-Slower-Chinese-Growth-Higher-Naphtha-Costs_44964.html July 18, 2012
Uhde Inventa-Fischer says it has been awarded a contract by Changle Highsun Synthetic Fiber Technology (Changle, China) to construct a polymerization plant to produce high-performance...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/Uhde-Inventa-Fischer-Receives-Nylon-6-Engineering-Contract-from-Chinese-Firm_44960.html July 17, 2012
CS Energy Materials (CSEM), a jv of H.C. Starck and Japan New Chisso Corp. (JNC; Tokyo, Japan) founded in 2010, has begun production at its Minamata, Japan facility. The plant will manufacture cathode materials for high-performance lithium-ion batteries. ...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/CS-Energy-Materials-Begins-Production-of-Cathode-Materials-for-High-Performance-Batteries_44758.html July 17, 2012
Teijin has announced plans to enhance its capability to supply dimethyl terephthalate (DMT) from the company's Matsuyama, Japan production site. Teijin will add a line that processes...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Teijin-to-Expand-DMT-Supply-Capability-in-Japan_44934.html July 12, 2012
Showa Denko says it has started producing the biodegradable polyester resin Bionolle on a commercial scale using bioderived succinic acid at the company’s site at Tatsuno, Japan...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Showa-Denko-Starts-Production-of-Biobased-Biodegradable-Plastic_44843.html July 11, 2012
Sojitz Planet, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sojitz Corp., says it has acquired the sales rights to green polyethylene (PE) bioplastic made from sugarcane by Braskem. Sojitz Planet...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Sojitz-Acquires-Asian-Sales-Rights-to-Braskems-Green-Polyethylene_44785.html July 9, 2012
Mitsubishi Rayon (MRC) says it has established a new subsidiary in Singapore as part of its efforts to strengthen its participation in water treatment projects around the world...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Mitsubishi-Rayon-Establishes-Subsidiary-in-Singapore-to-Strengthen-Water-Treatment-Business_44756.html July 9, 2012
Teijin says that Teijin CNF Korea (Asan), its previously announced joint venture with CNF, a major Korean film processor, has begun commercial production of Lielsort separators for...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/korea/Teijin-CNF-Korea-JV-Begins-Production-of-LIB-Separators_44753.html July 9, 2012
Idemitsu Kosan and Formosa Petrochemical Corp. (Mailiao, Taiwan), part of the Formosa Plastics Group (Taipei), say they have agreed to establish a joint-venture company to manufacture...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/taiwan/Idemitsu-Kosan-and-Formosa-Petchem-to-Form-Hydrogenated-Hydrocarbon-Resin-JV-in-Taiwan_44752.html July 6, 2012
Sony Corp. (Tokyo) has entered into definitive agreements for the previously announced sale of its chemical businesses to the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ; Tokyo) for about ¥58...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Sony-to-Sell-Chemical-Business-for-$730-Million_44727.html |
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