JSR Corp. (TYO:4185) President Mitsunobu Koshiba is hoping to see stable earnings for his company’s elastomer business. But to achieve…...
Materials
Shin-Etsu Plans January Price Hike for PVC
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. (TYO:4063) recently announced that it will raise its polyvinyl chloride (PVC) price by at least 15…...
Osaka Soda to Raise Epichlorohydrin Rubber Prices in January 2018
Osaka Soda Co. Ltd. (TYO:4046) will raise the price of its Epichlomer line of epichlorohydrin rubber by 35 yen ($0.31)…...
Sumitomo Riko Aims to Bolster Overseas Production of Non-Automotive Products
Sumitomo Riko Co. Ltd. (TYO:5191) is gearing up to grow its business for general industrial products in non-automotive sectors. These…...
Dow Corning Toray’s Molykote Approaches 70th Year in 2018
Molykote, a special lubricant produced and sold by Dow Corning Toray Co. Ltd., will celebrate its 70th year in 2018…....
Zeon Opens High-Performance Materials Distributor in California
Zeon Corp. (TYO:4205) has established a new local distributor for high-performance materials in California’s Silicon Valley. The company, Zeon Specialty…...
