JSR Corp. (TYO:4185) has identified solution styrene butadiene rubber (S-SBR) as a lucrative growth area in JSR20i9, the company’s medium-term business plan for fiscal 2017 to 2019. JSR hopes to achieve the plan’s goals through plant construction, greater product sales and full-capacity operations at new lines. One focus of the plan is the release of new S-SBR products with better...
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Zeon Corp. (TYO:4205) has launched a prototype outsourcing service focused on molding microfluidic chip products using the company’s transparent thermoplastic cyclo-olefin polymers, Zeonex and Zeonor. Microfluidic chip products are used in drug design as well as in the medical examination and diagnosis fields, markets which are rapidly growing in advanced countries due to aging populations and an increased emphasis on...
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Ube Industries Ltd.’s (TYO:4208) butadiene rubber (BR) joint venture factory in Malaysia, Lotte Ube Synthetic Rubber Sdn. Bhd. (LUSR), expects to start fully operating in the second half of the current fiscal year. Synthetic rubber is one of the business areas designated for aggressive expansion in Change & Challenge 2018, Ube Industries’ three-year medium-term business plan launched in fiscal 2016....
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Chemicals manufacturer Osaka Soda Co. Ltd. (TYO:4046) has released its business results for the fiscal year ending in March 2017. The company saw sales of 93.59 billion yen ($840.94 million), a year-on-year decrease of 8.4 percent; operating profit of 6.59 billion yen, an increase of 2.2 percent; ordinary income of 6.54 billion yen, an increase of 1.5 percent; and net...
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Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. (TYO:7282) and Advanced Softmaterials Inc. have concluded an exclusive licensing agreement for the use and sales of Slide-Ring Material, a key material for e-Rubber. The agreement is limited to applications of the material in dielectric actuators and dielectric sensors. Advanced Softmaterials, which was established in 2005 with the aim of commercializing the Slide-Ring Material developed at...
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Ube Industries Ltd. (TYO:4208) has released its business results for the fiscal year ending March 2017. The company saw sales of 616.56 billion yen ($5.44 billion), a year-on-year decrease of 3.9 percent; operating profit was down at 34.96 billion yen, a 15.6-percent decline; ordinary income dropped to 33.35 billion yen, a 15.8-percent decline; and net profits rose to 24.19 billion...
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