Dow Chemical Japan is raising the prices of solvents and amines effective for deliveries from today. The price increase applies to ethanolamine, ethylene amine, and ethylene glycol ether solvents, and will be 15 yen ($0.11) per kilogram. The company states that the price increase was decided in order to maintain supply to Japanese domestic customers amid a tightening global supply-demand...
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Dow Chemical Japan announced on November 9 that it will raise the prices of raw materials for polyurethane starting from deliveries on December 1. The products subject to the price increase and the range of the price increase 20 percent or more from the current price for polyols (North American and European origin) and polyurethane system products (for the automotive...
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Patrick McLeod has taken office on July 1 as Dow Chemical Japan’s new president as well as Chairman and CEO of Dow Toray, the company’s joint venture with Toray. At a recent press conference with former president Eriko Sakurai, MacLeod said that he is honored to be appointed to this position on the 125th anniversary of Dow Chemical in the...
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Dow Chemical Co. has added the sustainable brand Engage Ren to its Engage series of polyolefin elastomers. Engage Ren is manufactured using plant-derived raw materials – such as waste cooking oil – and renewable energy. Since it uses only waste residues and by-products from alternative production processes, it consumes no extra resources and does not compete with the food chain....
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Dow Chemical Japan Ltd. has raised its prices on functional chemical products, starting with supply on March 20. Ethanolamines and ethyleneamines from the company are up by 50 yen ($0.42) per kilogram; propylene glycol ethers by 35 yen per kilogram, or 40 yen for electronic material grades; isopropanolamines, ethylene glycol ethers, functional glycol ethers, propionic acid, alcohols and esters by...
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Dow Chemical Japan Ltd. has worked with BirdLife International Tokyo to run an environmental education program focused on the issue of ocean plastic waste. Dow Chemical Japan and BirdLife have been working together since 2019 to provide environmental education programs at primary schools. Conducting face-to-face lessons proved difficult this year due to COVID-19; but despite this, the pair kept on...
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