Chemicals Division
Message from the COO
- Executive Officer, COO, Chemicals Division
- Naoya Iwashita
The Chemicals Division supplies a host of industries worldwide with the chemicals that serve as raw and basic materials. This regular contact with trends across a range of industries is the division’s greatest strength. The division also maintains a broad portfolio encompassing petrochemicals, inorganic and agricultural chemicals, electronic materials, as well as vinyl alkali, plastics, and specialty chemicals.
Leveraging insight and networks gained through the division’s strengths in trade, we will accelerate business investment and push synergies with our trade business to maximum effect.
Sources of Strength
• Established and leading presence in markets for olefins, synthetic fiber intermediates and plastics
Through specialty tanker chartering, the Chemicals Division enjoys a top-class industry position today in Asia and the Middle East, particularly in the olefin market. Similarly, in synthetic fiber intermediates, plastics and vinyl alkali, the division is leveraging alliances with prominent suppliers to enlarge its global sales network.
• Sale of agricultural materials and initiatives in the fertilizer raw materials and agricultural chemicals fields
The division has some of the best-known agricultural material distributors in the United States and the United Kingdom, and is moving to further develop operations in the fertilizers and agricultural chemicals fields. In raw materials for fertilizers, the division is diversifying its supply sources for the trade of sulfur, while working to extend its presence in nitrogen and phosphate-based fertilizers through synergies with distributors and grain business.
• Operations across the entire chemicals supply chain
Upstream, the division invests in and finances some of the world’s leading supply sources for salt, boric acid and other inorganic mineral resource fields to ensure supply stability. Downstream, the division is identifying projects that contribute to earnings in various electronic materials, such as LCDs and solar and semiconductor materials, as well as in specialty chemical fields, such as functional materials and fatty alcohol.
News & Topics
Strategic Partnership Agreement with Major Chinese Chemical Company
Operating Company Established for Manufacture of Synthetic Rubber Through a Joint Venture in India
Rapid expansion in China LCD market
Agreement on Joint Venture for Manufacture of High-Purity Lithium Carbonate
