Sumitomo Chemical

Sumitomo Chemical will build a new polypropylene (PP) resin plant in Poland, with an annual capacity of 30,000 tons. The investment is expected to be hundreds of millions of yen, and the plant is planned to be completed and operational in spring 2022.

Sumika Polymer Compounds Europe is setting up a new Polish subsidiary and a production site of about 5,500 square meters in Poznan. The site will add 30,000 tonnes of compounded polypropylene capacity, with about 30 jobs and production scheduled from Q1 2022.

Sumitomo Chemical will expand production capacity for photoresists for advanced semiconductor processes, including ArF immersion and EUV lithography, by installing new production lines at its Osaka Works. The new lines are due to commence operation in the first half of fiscal 2022.

JGC Japan Corp. received an order for engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning work for a high-efficiency gas-turbine power generation facility at Sumitomo Chemical's Chiba Works in Sodegaura, Japan. Delivery is expected in autumn 2023.

Sumitomo Chemical announced on September 15, 2020, that it will set up a polypropylene compounding plant in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China, as its fifth polypropylene production base in the country. The plant is expected to start operations in 2021.

Sumitomo Chemical is building a new plant at its Oita, Japan facilities to supply 1,3-diisopropanolbenzene (DIOL) to Nouryon as raw material for Perkadox 14 organic peroxide. Production is set to start in 2021.

Nouryon is expanding its partnership with Sumitomo Chemical to include a new plant Sumitomo is building at its site in Oita, Japan. The plant will supply DIOL, a key raw material for Nouryon's Perkadox 14 organic peroxide, and is due to start production in 2021.

Sumitomo Chemical will acquire the South American operations of Australian agrichemical maker Nufarm for approximately 70 billion yen ($650 million).

Sumitomo Chemical, through its subsidiary Sumika Polymer Compounds Europe Ltd., has acquired the Emas Group, a major plastic compounder in Turkey, to expand its polypropylene compounds business. The acquisition was announced on 5 August 2019.

Sumika Polymer Compounds Europe, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Chemical, has signed an agreement to acquire Turkish engineering plastics and polyolefin compounds manufacturer EMAS Group. The acquisition will increase Sumika's production capacity to 140,000 tons/year.

LG MMA Co., a unit of LG Chem, will spend about 130 billion won ($116 million) to expand its facility in South Korea to increase methylmethacrylate (MMA) output from 180,000 to 260,000 tons by 2019.

Sumitomo Chemical agreed to acquire the remaining 50% stake in Sumika Styron Polycarbonate Limited from Trinseo Holding B.V. for $42.1 million, making it a wholly owned subsidiary.

Sumitomo Chemical and Zeon Corporation have agreed to form a joint venture, ZS Elastomer Co Ltd, by integrating their solution styrene butadiene rubber (S-SBR) businesses. Zeon will hold 60% and Sumitomo Chemical 40%.