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April 28, 2011
Toray Industries and its Toray Advanced Materials Korea (TAK; Seoul) subsidiary say they plan to enter the high-performance polypropylene spunbond business in Indonesia. A new company...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Toray-to-Build-Spunbond-Manufacturing-Facility-in-Indonesia_34426.html April 27, 2011
Sumco (Tokyo), a manufacturer of silicon wafers for semiconductors, says that its plant at Yonezawa, Yamagata prefecture, which had partially restarted production earlier this month...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Sumco-Plant-Continues-Low-Level-of-Production_34406.html April 27, 2011
Kuraray reported a 76% rise in net profits for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, to ¥28.7 billion ($350 million), compared with the previous fiscal year. Sales increased 9%, to...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Kuraray-Records-Rise-in-Profits-and-Sales_34400.html April 26, 2011
Mitsui & Co. has agreed to acquire the pharmaceutical and chemicals business of Mercian Corp. (Tokyo) for an undisclosed amount. Mercian split off its pharmaceutical and chemicals...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Mitsui-and-Co-to-Acquire-the-Pharmaceutical-and-Chemicals-Business-of-Japanese-Firm_34377.html April 26, 2011
Air Liquide says it has signed 15 new long-term contracts with photovoltaic industry leaders in China, Japan, Taiwan, and Germany. New installations of solar photovoltaic panels...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Air-Liquide-Signs-Contracts-with-Solar-Photovoltaic-Manufacturers_34373.html April 26, 2011
Sumitomo Chemical says its Valent BioSciences Corp. (VBC; Libertyville, IL) subsidiary will invest $150 million to construct a new fermentation manufacturing facility at Osage, IA, for...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Sumitomo-Subsidiary-to-Build-Fermentation-Facility-in-Iowa_34371.html April 21, 2011
Pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo (Tokyo) says its Onahama plant in Fukushima prefecture, which produces active pharmaceutical ingredients (API), including pravastatin and...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Daiichi-Sankyos-API-Plant-at-Fukushima-to-Remain-Offline-Until-September_34288.html April 20, 2011
Tosoh says that two employees of its affiliate Toho Acetylene (Tokyo) died as a result of the powerful earthquake and tsunami that struck northeastern Japan on March 11. No further...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Two-Tosoh-Employees-Killed-in-Earthquake_34257.html April 18, 2011
Toray Industries says its Toray Advanced Film (TAF; Tokyo) subsidiary has decided to establish a company in Taiwan for the manufacture and sale of surface protection films. The new...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Toray-to-Establish-Company-and-Film-Plant-in-Taiwan_34214.html April 15, 2011
Showa Denko and mining company Antam (Jakarta) have started building the previously announced chemical alumina plant at Tayan in West Kalimantan province, Indonesia. The two companies...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Showa-Denko-JV-Starts-Construction-of-Chemical-Alumina-Plant-in-Indonesia_34172.html April 15, 2011
Mitsui Chemicals says that its manufacturing site at Kashima in Ibaraki prefecture will remain offline for at least over two months. Operations at the site were suspended following the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Mitsuis-Kashima-Plant-to-Remain-Offline-for-More-than-Two-Months_34170.html April 14, 2011
Asahi Kasei says that most of the manufacturing plants of its affiliates, which were offline since the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on March 11, have partially restarted...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Asahi-Kasei-Plants-Restart-Operations_34107.html April 12, 2011
MEMC Electronic Materials (St. Peters, MO) says it has partially restarted production of 300mm wafers at its facility at Utsunomiya, Japan. Full 300mm production is targeted to be...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/MEMC-Partially-Restarts-Plant-in-Japan_34080.html April 11, 2011
Mitsui Chemicals says its Kashima plant continues to be offline. The assessment of damage has been completed and the operation schedule is being decided, the company says. Mitsui is...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Some-Mitsui-Plants-Begin-Operations-Kashima-Plant-Offline_34041.html April 8, 2011
Mitsubishi Chemical says that one of the two steam crackers at the company’s manufacturing complex at Kashima, Japan will restart by May 20, 2011. The complex's other cracker is...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Mitsubishi-Chemical-Announces-Plan-to-Restart-Kashima-Crackers_34019.html April 8, 2011
Nippon Keidanren (Tokyo), the leading business association in Japan, which represents 1,281 companies, 129 industrial associations, and 47 regional economic organizations, has opposed...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Companies-Oppose-Japans-Plan-to-Cut-Electricity-Supply-to-Businesses_34022.html April 8, 2011
Mitsui Chemicals says it entered into a share purchase and transfer agreement with the shareholders of Acomon (Zug, Switzerland), a manufacturer and distributor of monomers for optical...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Mitsui-Acquires-Swiss-Firm_34011.html April 6, 2011
Ube Industries says that operations at its petrochemical facility at Ichihara in Chiba prefecture were suspended following the earthquake and tsunami that struck the northeast of Japan...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Shortage-of-Raw-Materials-Following-Earthquake-Disrupts-Production-at-Some-Ube-Facilities_33981.html April 5, 2011
Kuraray says it is preparing to partially resume production at the company’s facility at Kashima in Ibaraki prefecture by mid-April using raw material inventory available at the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Kuraray-to-Partially-Restart-Kashima-Plant_33958.html April 4, 2011
Mitsubishi Rayon says its wholly owned subsidiary Lucite International (Southampton, U.K.) will construct a new plant for the manufacture of methacrylic acid (MAA) at Lucite’s...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Mitsubishi-Rayon-to-Build-Methacrylic-Acid-Facility-in-U-S-_33935.html |
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