UBE Corporation is a diversified manufacturer with a focus on the chemicals sector. The company’s chemicals are utilized in diverse applications ranging from articles for daily use to advanced applications for the aerospace industry.
The company also produces a range of products beyond the chemicals sector, supplying useful materials and goods, such as cement, building materials, and aluminum wheels.
Business Areas
Chemicals and Plastics
The company supplies a range of products for human lif...
UBE Corporation is a diversified manufacturer with a focus on the chemicals sector. The company’s chemicals are utilized in diverse applications ranging from articles for daily use to advanced applications for the aerospace industry.
The company also produces a range of products beyond the chemicals sector, supplying useful materials and goods, such as cement, building materials, and aluminum wheels.
Business Areas
Chemicals and Plastics
The company supplies a range of products for human life and various industries. The products include caprolactam as raw material for nylon, nylon resin for its use in engineering plastlcs, synthetic rubbers, and industrial chemicals.
Specialty Chemicals and Products
The company’s specialty products include super-heat-resistant polyimide, battery materials, dielectric devices, and separation membranes. It also has a lineup of pharmaceuticals. The company’s fine chemicals are used in producing materials for polyurethane, fragrance, and paints.
Cement and Construction materials
These products are supplied by Ube Mitsubishi Cement Corporation. The company also offers a variety of building materials. It offers interior and exterior materials, waterproofing materials, self leveling underlayment, plastering materials, and foundation materials. Its three cement factories recycle 3.25 million tons of waste materials and byproducts annually for use as raw materials or energy sources.
Machinery and metal Products
The company offers transportation systems, mills, crushers, and bridge and steel structures. In the metal products segment, the company produces aluminum wheels for automobiles. Aluminum wheels are mainly used to reduce the weight of vehicles. These wheels are equipped on vehicles primarily on large-size luxury vehicles and SUVs.
Significant Events
In April 2020, the company announced that it would establish a joint venture company by joint incorporation-type company split with Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation to succeed the electrolyte business for lithium-ion rechargeable battery and other applications of both companies.
History
UBE Corporation was founded in 1897.