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JAPAN Restrictions on some SUPs from 1 April / Nikkei reports rise in plastics use in 2021 due to Covid-19	20.01.2022
MITSUI CHEMICALS Project uses microwaves to chemically recycle plastics / Scale-up to be studied following verification	09.12.2021
MEDICAL PLASTICS Coronavirus creates sharp rise in global demand of masks / PetroChina and 3M currently expanding production	05.03.2020
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Japan races to catch up on tackling marine litter / Subsidies for biodegradables producers / New Zealand to phase out plastic carrier bags	26.09.2018
JAPAN METI industry ministry calls on petrochemical sector to implement more cracker consolidations	13.11.2014
SUMITOMO Chiba ethylene cracker to cease operations in 2015 / Responding to declining domestic demand and structural market shift	13.02.2013
MITSUI Plans to quit KEC ethylene joint venture / First steps toward consolidation of Japanese production	06.02.2013
TICONA Full range of engineering plastics now available directly in Japan	24.05.2012
JAPAN Output and volume sales decline in 2011 / Both standard and engineering thermoplastics hit	11.04.2012
FAIRS Attendance plummets at "IPF Japan" in Tokyo / Multiple issues blamed / Many Japanese activities in Thailand	10.11.2011
JAPAN Follow-up: More supply chains in difficulty / Speciality cable manufacturers suffer from shortage of fluoropolymers / TPE and polymerisation additives scarce / BOPET film for LCD also tighter	04.04.2011
JAPAN The post-quake reality: One-third of ethylene capacities offline / Petrochemical industry crippled by electricity shortages / European and US companies appear largely unaffected / Numerous plants idled as a cautionary measure	18.03.2011
JAPAN Almost half the olefin chain affected by quake and tsunami / Exact extent of damage remains unclear	14.03.2011
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Earthquake devastates Japan's east coast / Tokyo Bay refineries ablaze / Several countries issue tsunami warnings / Petrochemical industry under threat	11.03.2011
ASAHI / MITSUBISHI Cracker consolidation in Mizushima to go ahead as planned	28.02.2011
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE New bio-based integral PU foam / Mass production earliest in 2013	15.12.2010
JAPAN Industry in uproar over proposal to tax naphtha	29.11.2010
PET Japan's Mitsui and Teijin merge their PET bottling activities	11.08.2010
JAPAN Plastics machinery manufacturers end a disastrous year 2009 / Massive pressure from China	06.04.2010
JAPAN PETROCHEMICALS Producers face pressure from Middle East / Overseas expansions targeted	29.03.2010
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL Offer to acquire Mitsubishi Rayon	20.11.2009
MITSUBISHI RAYON Aerospace materials collaboration with Cytec	13.10.2009
TEIJIN Bio-based PLA demonstration plant starts up / Production capacity to reach 5,000 t/y by 2011	01.10.2009
MITSUBISHI RAYON Possible takeover by Mitsubishi Chemical / Keeping pace with the rest of the world / New structure for PMMA	17.08.2009
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL Exit from caprolactam and styrene production / Consolidation of ethylene activities in Mizushima	12.06.2009

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