Showa Denko

Showa Denko Obtains License to Process Industrial Waste, Aiming to Promote Plastic Chemical Recycling

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Monday, August 31, 2020

TOKYO, Aug 31, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko (SDK; TSE:4004) obtained a license to process industrial waste, and started to accept used plastics which were crushed and molded.

Key Points: 
  • TOKYO, Aug 31, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko (SDK; TSE:4004) obtained a license to process industrial waste, and started to accept used plastics which were crushed and molded.
  • SDK is the only company in the world that has track record of long-term commercial operation of plastic chemical recycling through gasification.
  • SDK obtained the license to process industrial waste as a response to the increase in such social needs.
  • Therefore, chemical recycling of used plastics attracts people's attention as one of key technologies that help people realize recycling oriented society.

SDK Revises Forecast of Consolidated Performance for Full-year 2020

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Wednesday, August 12, 2020

TOKYO, Aug 12, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko (SDK; TSE:4004) has revised its forecast of consolidated performance for full-year 2020 as described below.

Key Points: 
  • TOKYO, Aug 12, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko (SDK; TSE:4004) has revised its forecast of consolidated performance for full-year 2020 as described below.
  • (In our earlier news release of May 15, 2020, performance forecast was left "undecided.").
  • The revision is based on SDK's actual business results for the first half of this year, recent economic trends, and forecast of the performance of our newly consolidated subsidiary Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd. (Hitachi Chemical) for the July-December period.
  • (1) For full-year 2020 (Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2020)
    Following the consolidation of Hitachi Chemical, we have worked out our full-year 2020 consolidated performance forecast, taking into account Hitachi Chemical's expected performance for the July-December period.

Showa Denko Announces 2020 2Q Consolidated Financial Results

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Wednesday, August 12, 2020

TOKYO, Aug 12, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko K.K.

Key Points: 
  • TOKYO, Aug 12, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko K.K.
  • (SDK; TSE:4004) today announced its 2020 2Q consolidated financial results.
  • The Company also issued the following supporting release:
    Showa Denko K.K.
  • (SDK; TSE:4004, ADR:SHWDY) is a major manufacturer of chemical products serving from heavy industry to computers and electronics.

SDK Develops Wet-Resistant Heat-Conductive Aluminum Nitride Filler

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Tuesday, July 14, 2020

TOKYO, July 14, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko (SDK; TSE:4004) has developed wet-resistant heat-conductive aluminum nitride filler to be used as heat-radiation filler for semiconductor devices.

Key Points: 
  • TOKYO, July 14, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko (SDK; TSE:4004) has developed wet-resistant heat-conductive aluminum nitride filler to be used as heat-radiation filler for semiconductor devices.
  • However, if moisture sticks to the surface of aluminum nitride, aluminum nitride starts to hydrolyze, and corrosive ammonia is produced.
  • This time, however, SDK successfully developed a technology to treat a surface of aluminum nitride with ultra-thin film which drastically reduce the amount of corrosive ammonia produced when moisture sticks to the surface of aluminum nitride, to ten-thousandth of that of aluminum nitride without the surface treatment.
  • With this innovative surface treatment technology, SDK has successfully developed aluminum nitride filler which has excellent wet resistance and high thermal conductivity.

Showa Denko Group Recycles 4.43 Million Aluminum Cans in FY2019

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Friday, June 26, 2020

Showa Aluminum Can Corporation, a consolidated subsidiary of SDK, started its aluminum can recycling activity in 1972.

Key Points: 
  • Showa Aluminum Can Corporation, a consolidated subsidiary of SDK, started its aluminum can recycling activity in 1972.
  • The activity spread across the Showa Denko Group in 2001, continuing until today.
  • Collected aluminum cans are purchased by the Group, and used mainly by Showa Aluminum Can Corporation to produce aluminum cans to contain beverages.
  • Thus, this activity has been firmly established as a social action of the Showa Denko Group.

SDK Subsidiary, Hitachi Chemical Changes Name

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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

TOKYO, June 23, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko (SDK; TSE:4004) announces that Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd. (Hitachi Chemical), a consolidated subsidiary of SDK, has resolved at the annual general shareholders' meeting held on June 23, 2020 to change its firm name into Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd. on October 1, 2020.

Key Points: 
  • TOKYO, June 23, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko (SDK; TSE:4004) announces that Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd. (Hitachi Chemical), a consolidated subsidiary of SDK, has resolved at the annual general shareholders' meeting held on June 23, 2020 to change its firm name into Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd. on October 1, 2020.
  • Here SDK announces the change in the firm name of Hitachi Chemical because it was resolved at Hitachi Chemical's annual general shareholders' meeting held on June 23, 2020.
  • The new firm name "Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd." represents Hitachi Chemical's determination of opening its new chapter as a consolidated subsidiary of SDK, and now SDK and Hitachi Chemical share the idea of offering their customers and society optimum solutions by combining Showa Denko Group's wide-ranging material technology with Hitachi Chemical Group's material design technology utilizing characteristics of raw materials, ability to evaluate functions, and ability to design functions leading to process technology, including module segmentation.
  • (SDK; TSE:4004, ADR:SHWDY) is a major manufacturer of chemical products serving from heavy industry to computers and electronics.

SDK Group Completes Expansion of Lines to Produce Vinyl Ester Resin and Synthetic Resin Emulsion in Shanghai

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Monday, June 15, 2020

TOKYO, June 15, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko (SDK; TSE:4004) expanded production lines to produce vinyl ester resin (VE) and synthetic resin emulsion (EM) in the premises of Shanghai Showa Highpolymer Co., Ltd. (SSHP), a Chinese subsidiary of SDK, and has increased production of VE and EM there, aiming to expand the Showa Denko Group's functional resin business in China.

Key Points: 
  • TOKYO, June 15, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko (SDK; TSE:4004) expanded production lines to produce vinyl ester resin (VE) and synthetic resin emulsion (EM) in the premises of Shanghai Showa Highpolymer Co., Ltd. (SSHP), a Chinese subsidiary of SDK, and has increased production of VE and EM there, aiming to expand the Showa Denko Group's functional resin business in China.
  • As a result, the demand for VE, which is used in the process to produce electronic parts including LCDs and touch panels, has been rapidly increasing in China.
  • Responding to these movements, SHHP increased the capacities of its production lines to produce VE and EM to about twice as much as before.
  • (SDK; TSE:4004, ADR:SHWDY) is a major manufacturer of chemical products serving from heavy industry to computers and electronics.

SDK Revises 2020 Consolidated Performance Forecast and Dividend Payment Forecast

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Friday, May 15, 2020

TOKYO, May 15, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko (SDK; TSE:4004) announces its decision to withdraw its forecast of consolidated financial results for the first half of 2020 and full-year 2020 published on February 13, 2020.

Key Points: 
  • TOKYO, May 15, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko (SDK; TSE:4004) announces its decision to withdraw its forecast of consolidated financial results for the first half of 2020 and full-year 2020 published on February 13, 2020.
  • SDK also decided to withdraw its forecast of dividend payment for 2020.
  • Thus, SDK's consolidated performance forecast and dividend payment forecast are left undecided for the time being.
  • We will announce a new dividend payment forecast as soon as it becomes possible to make a reasonable estimate of our business results.

Showa Denko Announces 2020 First Quarter Financial Results

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Friday, May 15, 2020

TOKYO, May 15, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko K.K.

Key Points: 
  • TOKYO, May 15, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko K.K.
  • (SDK; TSE:4004) today announced its 2020 first quarter financial results.
  • The Company also issued the following supporting release:
    Showa Denko K.K.
  • (SDK; TSE:4004, ADR:SHWDY) is a major manufacturer of chemical products serving from heavy industry to computers and electronics.

KBR Awarded First Commercial License for Vinyl Acetate Monomer Technology

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Monday, November 18, 2019

HOUSTON, Nov. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- KBR (NYSE: KBR) has been awarded a contract for Vinyl Acetate Monomer (VAM) technology by Shenghong Refining Petrochemical (Lian Yun Gang) Co. Ltd., China.

Key Points: 
  • HOUSTON, Nov. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- KBR (NYSE: KBR) has been awarded a contract for Vinyl Acetate Monomer (VAM) technology by Shenghong Refining Petrochemical (Lian Yun Gang) Co. Ltd., China.
  • This is the first commercial VAM technology license secured under an alliance agreement between KBR and Showa Denko K.K.
  • "We are excited that Shenghong has selected KBR-SDK's VAM technology," said Doug Kelly, President, KBR Technology Solutions.
  • Except as required by law, KBR undertakes no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason.