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October 5, 2011
Bayer says it plans to expand its business in Japan despite the difficult conditions following the earthquake and tsunami that struck the country earlier this year, and the company...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Bayer-Targets-Sales-of-&euro2-4-Billion-in-Japan-by-2015_38042.html October 3, 2011
Asahi Kasei and FDK Corp. (Tokyo) say they have today established a joint venture company for their combined business operations related to lithium ion capacitors (LIC), a...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Asahi-Kasei-and-FDK-Form-Lithium-Ion-Capacitor-Business-JV_37991.html September 21, 2011
Mitsubishi Rayon says its 50-50 Daesan MMA (Seosan, Korea) joint venture with Honam Petrochemical (Seoul) will build a plant to produce 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, a raw material for...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Honam-Mitsubishi-Rayon-JV-to-Build-2-Hydroxyethyl-Methacrylate-Plant-in-Korea_37708.html September 16, 2011
Rare earths producer Molycorp (Greenwood Village, CO) and Sumitomo Corporation have decided to cancel a deal under which Sumitomo would have purchased a $100 million equity stake in...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Molycorp-Sumitomo-Nix-Funding-Deal_37654.html September 9, 2011
Mitsui Chemicals says it will today hold a ceremony to mark the opening of the Mitsui Chemicals Singapore R&D Centre, located in the Singapore Science Park. The center will have...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Mitsui-Opens-R-and-D-Center-in-Singapore_37495.html September 6, 2011
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Suhail Bahwan Group (SBG; Muscat) have established a joint venture engineering company to undertake projects in India. The jv, MHI Engineering and...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Mitsubishi-Heavy-Industries-and-Omani-Group-Form-JV-for-Projects-in-India_37384.html August 31, 2011
DKSH (Zurich) has acquired specialty chemicals distributor Tiger Chemicals (Melbourne, Australia) to expand its market presence in Australia and gain market access to the market...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/DKSH-Acquires-Australian-Chemicals-Distributor_37273.html August 30, 2011
Mitsui Chemicals has announced plans to replace isopropyl alcohol (IPA) production based on propylene feedstock at its Osaka works with a new plant based on acetone, a product the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Mitsui-Chemicals-Switches-IPA-Production-from-Propylene-to-Acetone-Feedstock_37252.html August 29, 2011
Late-reporting Japanese chemical companies posted a mixed set of results for the quarter ended June 30, 2011. Tosoh’s net profits for its fiscal first quarter ended June 30...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Japanese-Firms-Report-Mixed-Results_37146.html August 26, 2011
Mitsui Chemicals says it will form a new company for the production and sale of spunbonded fabrics at Tianjin, China, in response to increased demand resulting from a growing...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Mitsui-to-Build-Production-Capacity-for-Spunbonded-Fabrics-in-China_37198.html August 22, 2011
The top chemical companies in Japan reported mixed financial results for their fiscal first quarter ended June 30, 2011. Companies including Asahi Kasei and Toray Industries reported a...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Earthquake-Dents-Japanese-Companies-Results_36971.html August 19, 2011
This Week on CW: Coca-Cola's willingness to pay a premium for bio-based materials, particularly PET, could have vast impacts on the supply chain. The European Commission...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Chemical-Industry-Weekly-News-Round-Up-Aug-19_37045.html August 19, 2011
Amyris has signed an agreement to supply several hundred tons of renewable squalene to Nikko Chemicals. Squaline is a moisturizing ingredient used in cosmetics and Amyris makes it from...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Amyris-Inks-Squalene-Supply-Deal_37044.html August 18, 2011
Sumitomo Chemical says it has established a 50-50 joint venture company with Jilin Xindongtai Engineering Plastics, a plastic compound producer based at the automobile industry...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Sumitomo-Establishes-Polypropylene-Compounds-JV-in-China_36947.html August 17, 2011
Tosoh’s net profits for its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, 2011 increased more than seven-fold compared with the year-ago period, to ¥6.3 billion ($82 million). Sales...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Tosoh-Reports-Huge-Rise-in-Profits_36924.html August 16, 2011
JX Nippon Oil & Energy (Tokyo) and SK Global Chemical, the petrochemical business of SK Innovation (Seoul), formerly SK Energy, plan to establish a petrochemicals joint venture at...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/JX-Nippon-and-SK-Global-Chemical-to-Form-Petchem-JV_36732.html August 16, 2011
Oleochemical company Jayant Agro Organics (Mumbai) informed the Bombay Stock Exchange (Mumbai) that it has entered into a share purchase agreement with Mitsui & Co. and Mitsui...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Jayant-Agro-Organics-Buys-out-Mitsuis-Stake-in-Indian-Firm_36791.html August 8, 2011
Ikeda: New acrylic acid capacity in Indonesia, Japan. Nippon Shokubai (Osaka), a technology-driven, medium-sized chemicals company, is deciding on sites for its next investments to...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Nippon-Shokuba-Reinforces-Leadership-in-Acrylic-Acid-and-SAP-Enters-New-Fields_36641.html August 8, 2011
DIC Corp. (Tokyo) has recorded a 41% rise in net profits for its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, 2011, compared with the year-ago period, to ¥8.5 billion ($109 million). Sales...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/DIC-Reports-Rise-in-Profits_36762.html August 5, 2011
Biotech firm Amyris (Emeryville, CA) has signed a collaboration agreement with Kuraray to develop a renewable hydrocarbon technology. Under the agreement, Kuraray will use Biofene to...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Amyris-Partners-with-Kuraray-to-Replace-Petroleum-Feedstocks_36733.html |
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