Ube Industries
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Ube Industries, Ltd. | |
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UBE | |
Type | Corporation (TYO: 4208) |
Founded | 10 March 1942 |
Headquarters | Tokyo,Japan Ube,Yamaguchi,Japan |
Key people | Hiroaki Tamura, Representative Director & President |
Industry | Chemicals |
Products | Chemicals,Cement,Machinery,Aluminum wheels |
Employees | 10,673 (2006) |
Website | [1] |
Ube Industries, Ltd. (宇部興産株式会社 Ube Kōsan Kabushiki-gaisha?) is a Japanese chemical engineering firm.
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[edit] Main Products
- Caprolactam:The world's third largest producer.
- Polyamide:The Wold's fourth largest producer of polyamide6. And world's third largest producer of polyamide12.
- Polyimide
- Polyethylene
- Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene:UMG ABS which is subsidiaries of Ube industries is the Japan's largest producer.
- Synthetic Rubber:The Japan's largest producer of butadiene rubber.
- Cement:Ube-Mitsubishi Cement which is subsidiaries of Ube industries is Japan's second largest supplier.
- Coal
- Aluminum wheels:The world's third largest producer.
- Bridges
- Injection Molding Machines
- Die Casting Machines
- Light Metals Extrusion Machines
[edit] History
- 1897 Okinoyama Coal Mine (沖ノ山炭鉱組合 Okinoyama Tankō Kumiai?) is established as a silent partnership
- 1914 Ube Shinkawa Iron Works (宇部新川鉄工所 Ube Shinkawa Tekkōjo?) is established as a silent partnership.
- 1923 Ube Cement Production, Ltd. (宇部セメント製造 Okinoyama Tankō Seizō?) is established.
- 1933 Ube Nitrogen Industry, Ltd. (宇部窒素工業 Ube Chisso Kōogyō?) is established.
- 1942 Ube Industries, Ltd. is established through amalgamation of the four foregoing companies.
- 1993 Capital investment is made in PQM of Spain (now Ube Chemical Europe, S.A.)
- 1997 Thai Caprolactam Public Co., Ltd. and Ube Nylon (Thailand) Ltd. open for business.
- 1998 Ube-Mitsubishi Cement Corporation (joint venture with Mitsubishi Materials Corporation) is established.