Asia Africa Intelligence Wire articles from January 2004, page 1162

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Vacuum chuck coating lowers electrostatic buildup: Nippon Fusso.
January 1, 2004... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) A fluorocarbon resin coating for the contact plate of a vacuum chuck has been developed by Nippon Fusso as a replacement for one made from alumite. No electrostatic charge builds up...

China establishes cleaning centre to protect ozone layer.
January 1, 2004... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) A cleaning technology centre is to be established in China as part of the government's environmental protection policy. A main aim will be to find a substitute for carbon...

Toyobo to double injectables contract manufacturing capacity.
January 1, 2004... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Around Yen 3 bn is to be invested by Toyobo to expand capacity for the contract production of injectable preparations at its existing facility or a new facility. The additional...

Drug firms see 1H fiscal 2003 sales drop at home, rise overseas: Japan. [1 table].
January 1, 2004... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) The 1H fiscal 2003 financial results for 31 members of the Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association are summarised in a table. Sales of 16 companies rose. Overall, there was no...

Iwaki Seiyaku to build investigational drug plant.
January 1, 2004... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) At Shizuoka, a facility for production of investigational drugs is to be built by Iwaki Seiyaku. It will comply with GMP standards. By working with companies which are developing...

Japan: chemical production capacity in Aug 2003. [1 table].
January 1, 2004... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Japanese production capacity and operating rates are given for a wide range of chemicals in Aug 2003 in a table from METI. Capacity for ammonia was 151,025 tonne/y, with an...

Bayer HealthCare to close Kyoto central laboratory.
January 1, 2004... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) 75 workers at the Bayer Yakuhin central research laboratory are to be offered a transfer elsewhere within the Bayer Group, with Bayer HealthCare or early retirement when the...

Tosoh to debottleneck PVC plant, expanding to 100,000 tonne/y in Philippines.
January 1, 2004... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) In mid 2004, capacity for PVC is to be debottlenecked by 10,000 tonne/y to 100,000 tonne/y at the facilities of Philippine Resins Industries, an equally owned joint venture between...

China: Mitsubishi Rayon eyes acrylic coating resins.
January 1, 2004... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) In spring 2005, a $5 M, 3500 tonne/y facility for production of acrylic coating resins is due to be brought onstream in Nantong, China, by Mitsubishi Rayon. Demand for such resins...

Japan: chemical production in Sep 2003. [1 table].
January 1, 2004... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) A table from METI gives the production of a wide range of chemicals in Japan in Sep 2003. Production of ammonia was 103,631 tonnes, while that for caustic soda was 367,142 tonnes....

US: Sumitomo Chemical plans 5000 tonne/y elastomer facility.
January 1, 2004... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) In 2H 2004, production of olefin thermoplastic elastomer is due to be started by Sumitomo Chemical America at a new production unit in Georgia, US. Capacity will be 5000 tonne/y,...

Spandex output seen keeping up doubling clip: Asian and China.
January 1, 2004... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Expansions in capacity for production of spandex have been concentrated in China and elsewhere in Asia over the past few years because of the inability of old European facilities to...

China: Mitsubishi Rayon goes for Yen 40 bn operations with Yen 3.4 bn investment.
January 1, 2004... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Four facilities are being built in China by Mitsubishi Rayon at a cost of Yen 34 bn. They are for acrylic resin moulding compounds, which began operations in Dec 2003, acrylic fibre,...

China: SK Kaken builds up footholds for coatings for buildings.
January 1, 2004... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Japan Chemical Week) Over the next 5-6 years, sales and stock bases for building coatings are to be established in at least 10 Chinese locations by SK Kaken. Full scale production has been restarted...