Umicore and Solvay sell SolviCore joint-venture

02-Jul-2015 - Umicore and Solvay announced that they have sold their respective 50% stakes in joint venture SolviCoreto Japanese chemical company Toray. Since its inception in 2006, SolviCore has built up a strong portfolio of clients for its membrane electrode assemblies used in fuel cells and proton exchange ...

Toray to Boost Capacity of Carbon Fiber Production by Total of 4,000 tons in Japan, U.S. and France

13-Feb-2007 - Toray Industries, Inc. announced that the company made a decision to expand production capacity of its PAN-based carbon fiber TORAYCA composite material simultaneously at its three manufacturing bases in Japan, the U.S. and France. The move is aimed at responding to the full-scale expansion in ...

BASF and Toray start up PBT plant in Kuantan, Malaysia

50-50 joint venture between BASF and Toray

25-Apr-2006 - Toray BASF PBT Resin Sdn. Bhd., a 50-50 joint venture between BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Germany, and Toray Industries Inc., Japan, has successfully started commercial production on schedule at its newly built world-scale polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) plant at BASF's Verbund site in Kuantan, ...

Toray to Increase Production Capacity of ABS Resin Toyolac in Malaysia

Total Investment of 10 Billion Yen

20-Apr-2006 - Toray Industries, Inc. announced that it will enhance its production facility for ABS resin, Toyolac, in Malaysia. Toray also decided to begin the production of transparent grade ABS resins in Malaysia. Along with increasing the annual production capacity of Toyolac by 110,000 tons at its ...

Toray, Japan Tobacco, Torii Pharmaceutical Agree to Co-Develop and Market New Antipruritus Drug in Hemodialysis Patients

18-Mar-2005 - Toray Industries, Inc. (Toray), Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) and Torii Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Torii) announced that the companies have reached an agreement to jointly develop and market TRK-820, a novel selective kappa opioid receptor agonist discovered by Toray's Pharmaceutical Research ...