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• Sumitomo Chemical Reports Consolidated Financial Results for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2008

  - 2008-07-31

  Tokyo, July 31, 2008 - JCN Newswire - Sumitomo Chemical has reported consolidated financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2008. The Group posted sales of JPY 496.3 billion for the first quarter, an increase of JPY 57.1 billion over the same period the previous year. Operating income...

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• Superabsorbent polymer market sees worldwide growth: a look at recent production figures from global SAP makers

  - 2008-05-01

  Table 1 shows the production capacity of the major producers of superabsorbent polymer SAP in the world. Although the total production capacity of the six global companies on this list was 1.2 million tons per year in 2004 and 1.3 million tons per year in 2005, these figures had increased...

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• SAUDI ARABIA: Total joint venture envisioned cost of initially planned $4,300,000,000 petrochemical complex balloons-up to $8,500,000,000 in view of construction plan changes and projected increased costs, SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO. [Japan] & SAUDI ARAMCO

  - 2005-09-01

  PROJECT OVERVIEW: A Japanese/Saudi joint venture that teams-up SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO. and the local SAUDI ARAMCO recently announced that the total cost of its planned petrochemical plant project in Saudi Arabia will almost double to $8,500,000,000 from its initial plan of $4,300,000,000. The projected...

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• SAUDI ARABIA: Joint venture project feasibility study for proposed $5,000,000,000 to $6,000,000,000 cracker construction project and upgrade of refinery is tentatively scheduled for completion some time during the 3rd quarter of 2005, SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO

  - 2005-07-01

  PROJECT OVERVIEW: Japan-based SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO. LTD. signed a memorandum of understanding MOU with the local SAUDI ARAMCO in May 2004 regarding the construction of a Greenfield ethane-based cracker as well as the upgrade of a topping refinery. The complex to be sited...

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• CHINA: Joint venture construction plans for proposed 10,000 metric ton per year polypropylene (PP) plant to be followed by the doubling of production, SUMITOMO CHEMICALS, TOYO INK MANUFACTURING [Japan] & SUMIKA POLYMER COMPOUNDS (ZHUHAI) [China] - Ord

  - 2005-05-01

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• CHINA: Joint venture construction plans for proposed 10,000 metric ton per year polypropylene (PP) plant to be followed by the doubling of production, SUMITOMO CHEMICALS, TOYO INK MANUFACTURING [Japan] & SUMIKA POLYMER COMPOUNDS (ZHUHAI) [China].

  - 2005-05-01

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• TAIWAN: Construction plans for proposed $48,000,000 second-generation (2G) color-filter (CF) plant, SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO. LTD. [Japan] - Order #: 023005.

  - 2005-02-01

  PROJECT OVERVIEW: Japan-based SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO. LTD. is currently planning to build a second-generation (2G) color-filter CF plant in the Hsinchu Science Park HSP, Taiwan. The project in question is to be implemented through its local subsidiary SC-IK TECHNOLOGY. Construction plans under...

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• Sumika Electronic Materials Acquires Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment to Bolster Product Lines and Increase Production

  - 2005-01-05

  PHOENIX -- Equipment purchase agreement transfers assets to Sumika's epiwafer facility in Phoenix, Arizona; Sumika adds pHEMT capacity to current HBT production Sumika Electronic Materials, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited, has purchased epiwafer manufacturing equipment from a major semiconductor manufacturer. The transaction will enable Sumika to add...

  Tags: asset, chemicals, GAAS, manufacturing, Phoenix Technologies, semiconductor, Sumitomo Corp.

• Japanese SAP producer announces exit

  - 2004-10-01

  After more than a decade in the market, Japanese superabsorbent polymer producer Toagosei has announced plans to exit the market. A relatively small-scale producer--capable of producing 10,000 tons of the material annually--Toagosei reportedly had trouble competing with increasingly large SAP producers including Nippon Shokubai, San-Din Polymers and Sumitomo Seika Chemicals,...

  Tags: chemicals, SAP AG, Sumitomo Corp.

• SAUDI ARABIA: Joint venture construction plans for proposed $4,300,000,000 petrochemical complex, SAUDI ARAMCO [Saudi Arabia] & SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO. LTD. [Japan] - Order #: 052906a.

  - 2004-06-01

  PROJECT OVERVIEW: A Saudi/Japanese joint venture recently agreed to build what is claimed to be a giant petrochemical complex in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia. The partners in the planned undertaking include the local SAUDI ARAMCO and SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO. LTD. of Japan. According...

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