◆23 Feb. 2012 Mikuni Kikai Kogyo establishes its local company in Malaysia
In January, Mikuni Kikai Kogyo, who distributes the reciprocating compressors of Mikuni Jukogyo a domestic compressor manufacturer, incorporated a company named Mikuni Kikai Asia Pacific in Kuala Lump…
◆22 Feb. 2012 Q3 closings of Japanese major industrial gas players
The third quarter financial results of Taiyo Nippon Sanso, Air Water, Iwatani were disclosed. The total amount of sales of these three producers came to 1181 billion yen, up by 3.5%, and ordinary pro…
◆22 Feb. 2012 Iwatani signs the third long-term contract for import of He
On January 30, Iwatani signed its third contract to import helium from Praxair. The contract term will be 10 years long. Helium has been in tight situation since last year due to the allocation imple…
◆18 Feb. 2012 TMD reveals effectiveness of introducing CF4 recycling system
Toshiba Mobile Display unveiled its Recycling System of Greenhouse Gas for use in the production of liquid crystal panels. It is a complete recycling system to recover 99% or more of waste gas by the …
◆17 Feb. 2012 Iwatani to move Shiga Technical Center to Amagasaki
Iwatani revealed that its Shiga Technical Center (STC) in Shiga Prefecture will be moved to Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, and reborn as a new comprehensive technical center. STC has been a center for r…
◆16 Feb. 2012 Arc welding machine still strong in uncertainty over the economy
Regarding their business results for FY 2011, the 2 arc welding machine and robot manufacturers Daihen and Panasonic Welding Systems are forecasting that sales for the current term will be up by a dou…
◆15 Feb. 2012 JNC commercializes production of COF2 in China
JNC, an affiliated enterprise of Chisso, starts to commercialize the production of COF2 as an alternative gas to NF3 and will put it into market on a full scale from April this year. Taking notice of …
◆14 Feb. 2012 The extraordinary Chinese LED business
HighChem put out a display at the next generation lighting technology exposition Lighting Japan held at Tokyo Big Sight in January. At the seminar held on the 19th a speaker from the company gave an …
◆13 Feb. 2012 Subsidy to the domestic production and R&D for reconstruction
In July 2011, METI compiled the Basic Policy for Reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake, in which it was clearly stated that the government would take measures to subsidize the domestic b…
◆10 Feb. 2012 TNSC revises the outlook for FY2012 closing downward
With the electronics manufacturing industry applying the brakes, as well as due to the earthquake and appreciation of the yen, sales were down by 1.9%, operating income by 14.9%, and ordinary income b…
◆9 Feb. 2012 Iwatani’s industrial gas business for 3Q FY increased in sales and profit
Iwatani remains at a steady pace marking increases in its total sales by 7.7%, operating income by 16.7%, ordinary income by 18.6% and net income by 100.1% for the 3rd quarter of fiscal year. Iwatani …
◆8 Feb. 2012 Reports obligatory regarding the emission of NF3, and HFC245fa
COP17, the Seventeenth Durban Climate Change Conference, was held in Durban, in the Republic of South Africa from November 28 to December 12 of last year. The regularly scheduled conference is based …
◆7 Feb. 2012 JIMGA expresses concern regarding raising of electricity fees
Tokyo Electric is planning a major price hike for electricity with respect to major users as of April. Because of this, Chairman Masahiro Toyoda of the Japan Industrial and Medical Gases Association …
◆6 Feb. 2012 A system to supply O2 for use with fitness clubs
In Japan, city sponsored marathons and as well as mountain climbing and touring by bicycle are very popular. This has lead to a heightened awareness of fitness. The number of people leaving fitness …
◆6 Feb. 2012 Construction machinery doing well in the hard environment
With concern about the financial crisis in Europe, inflation in China, and the appreciation of the yen, the market environment surrounding the Japanese manufacturing industry is just getting harder al…
◆3 Feb. 2012 Servomex expands sales of its Humming Bird brand products
Servomex is a division of the British firm Spectris, headquartered in Egham, Surrey, and a specialist in measurement instrument and control systems for electronics sector. Spectris is also a holding …
◆2 Feb. 2012 High speed glass melting technology, In-flight glass melting
A research group composed of Toyo Glass and Asahi Glass is working to come up with a new method of glass melting a using oxygen combustion and plasma which could greatly reduce production time. This t…
◆1 Feb. 2012 Residential FC “ENE-FARM” grows 2.5 times in 3rd year on market
There is a great increase in the number of installations of the household-use fuel cell “ENE-FARM” which supplies electricity and heat (hot water) using LPG or town gas as fuel. The substa…
◆31 Jan. 2012 The 5 industrial gas producers obtain 133 patents in 2011
The 5 industrial gas producers, Taiyo Nippon Sanso, Air Water, Air Liquide Japan, Iwatani, and Koatsu Gas Kogyo, have announced that in 2011 (from December, 2010 to November, 2011) they obtained a tot…
◆26 Jan. 2012 The cylinder re-inspection market increased by 2.6% in 2011
With efficient re-usage of small and medium size cylinders focused on along with the slump in the cylinder market, and differentiation of the medical and beverage areas, capital investment on the part…
◆26 Jan. 2012 OCI Materials of Korea to establish joint venture in China
OCI Materials, Korean manufacturer of special material gases, is going to establish a joint venture with its local partner in China to produce and sell fluorinated acid (anhydrous hydrofluoric acid: A…
◆25 Jan. 2012 Soaring price of raw materials for welding material
The price of natural rutile which contains large amounts of titanium oxide all at once trebles in price. Uncertainty in the importation of the raw material ores which determine welding performance. T…
◆24 Jan. 2012 Saket Tiku elected as a new president of AIIGMA
All India Industrial Gases Manufacture’s Association (AIIGMA) revealed new managing committee for 2012-2014. Mr. Salet Tiku, a director of Esteem Gases, was elected as a new president. Mr. R.S. Sachd…
◆23 Jan. 2012 Taiyo Nippon Sanso starts takeover bid for Leeden Limited
Taiyo Nippon Sanso who announced on November 9 to implement a takeover bid for Leeden limited, a gas dealer listed on the Singapore stock market, on the premise of delisting has got authorization in p…
◆20 Jan. 2012 New Year’s comments of Masahiro Toyoda, chairman of JIMGA
At the New Year’s celebration party held in Tokyo on January 11, Masahiro Toyoda, chairman of Japan Industrial and Medical Gases Association (JIMGA) gave his view, “Last year we suffered q…
◆19 Jan. 2012 Showa Denko to raise the price of chemical products
Showa Denko will implement price increases of chlorine, caustic soda, and sodium hypochlorite as of February 16, this year. The company has been making effort at cost reduction to cope with the skyroc…
◆18 Jan. 2012 Tokyo Electric Power to raise price for high voltage electric power
Due to the skyrocketing of fuel cost caused by the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Tokyo Electric Power will increase the price of electric power of high voltage, which is used …
◆17 Jan. 2012 Riken Keiki offering free inspections of detectors for flood victims in Thailand
As of the middle of January Riken Keiki, a major producer of detectors, has been carrying out inspections free of charge of gas detectors at Japanese companies damaged by the flooding in Thailand. Th…
◆16 Jan. 2012 Cosmos Oil starts up some of facilities again at its Chiba plant
The Chiba plant of Cosmo Oil located in the city of Ishihara was badly hit by fire and explosion caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake which struck on March 11 of last year. On January 12 of this…
◆13 Jan. 2012 Toyota consistently to maintain production of annual 3 million
In 2011, Toyota temporary faced limit in production of cars due to the Great East Japan Earthquake and flood caused in Thailand. However the company revealed that they will consistently maintain pro…
◆12 Jan. 2012 Tokyo Gas tackles development of new combustion technology
Tokyo Gas is engaged now in research and development for a new combustion process to generate N2+CO2+heat, which takes out heat with nitrogen and carbon dioxide gas by means of the redox reaction of m…
◆10 Jan. 2012 AP to sell European homecare business to Linde
Air Products announced that it would sell its homecare business in Belgium, France, Germany, Portugal, and Spain to Linde. The enterprise value will be 590 million euro. The transaction s are subje…
◆6 Jan. 2012 Kaji Tec develops experimental compressor for CNG cars overseas
Kaji Technology, the leading compressor manufacturer dominating the Japanese market, developed an experimental unit of high-flow type compressor for fuel filling of CNG automobiles overseas in Novembe…
◆28 Dec. 2011 LDK Solar constructing 2000 t/y SiH4 plant
Chinese solar cell producer LDK Solar has been constructing a plant for silane (SiH4) since November, 2011, in Xinyu, Jiangxi province in China. The operation to be commenced during the first half of…
◆26 Dec. 2011 Showa Denko Gas Products to get underway
Showa Denko Gas Products will get underway as of January 1, 2012, and will start operation on the same day. Showa Denko announced on June, 2011, that they had decided to split and transfer its indus…
◆22 Dec. 2011 US gas majors to increase price of Helium
As of January 1, 2012, Air Products will be implementing a price increase for liquid and bulk helium in North America. Praxair also announced for bulk liquid helium customers in the world a price incr…
◆20 Dec. 2011 N2 inserted directly into pressure vessel at Fukushima nuclear power plant
Nitrogen had been injected into the containment vessel of the nuclear reactor at the Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Power Plant to prevent an explosion of hydrogen. As the nitrogen may not have reached the p…
◆16 Dec. 2011 RITE develops CO2 separation membrane with cost reduced by 50%
At a symposium held on November 4, on air separation technology research, The Industry Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE) announced that they had developed a CO2 recovery…
◆15 Dec. 2011 Tokyo Gas recovers CO2 at H2 station for the first time in Japan
Tokyo Gas has been implementing trial project to supply liquid carbon dioxide, which is recovered from exhaust gas emitted at hydrogen station of Haneda Airport and is purified, to plant factory in Ch…
◆14 Dec. 2011 Gas companies involved in business of delivery of drinking water
Japanese four industrial gas companies are getting into the business of home and office delivery (HOD) drinking water, utilizing the distribution system and not plastic bottles.
◆13 Dec. 2011 TNSC to begin two-year sales campaign in April of 2012
A sales campaign which was delayed by Great East Japan Earthquake and other conditions will finally get underway in April, 2012. A sale commemorating 100 years since the foundation of the company, or…
◆12 Dec. 2011 Atlas Copco builds new compressor factory in China
The Atlas Copco Group (based in Stockholm) the world-leading manufacturer of compressor and construction machinery for mining, announced on November 18 that it began construction of a new compressor a…
◆9 Dec. 2011 Osaka Gas steadily expands LNG sales to unaffiliated customers
Osaka Gas an energy giant who mainly handles city gas is steadily growing its LNG sales business direct to unaffiliated customers. The annual volume of delivery amounts to 320 thousand tons. The ener…
◆7 Dec. 2011 Air Water 2nd major shareholder of Kanto Natural Gas Development
On November 29 Air Water got a transfer from Tokyo Electric Power Company of 15% outstanding shares issued by Kanto Natural Gas Development who engages in the resource development and sales of natural…
◆6 Dec. 2011 Denki Kagaku Kogyo to supply technology to Sinochem
In September of 2011, Denki Kagaku Kogyo signed a contract with the major Chinese chemical company Sinochem International for supplying technology for generating acetylene used in vinyl chloride prod…
◆5 Dec. 2011 Sales of MOCVD facilities to reach 1,100 units a year
Pulled along by mass production of LED in China, sales of MOCVD facilities will reach 1,100 units a year. In 2012, China will be the world’s largest user, accounting for 80% of the global market of …
◆2 Dec. 2011 Tomoe Shokai shows growth in sales and profit for FY2011 closing
In its annual financial report for August, 2011, Tomoe Shokai, the largest gas distributor in Japan, announced that both earnings and profit were up. However it appears that this financial year will …
◆1 Dec. 2011 Downscaling trend apparent in production of silicon semiconductors
Under the influence of ultra-strong yen and the Great East Japan Earthquake, noticeably more semiconductor manufacturers in Japan are planning to close fabs or reduce the number of their fabrication l…
◆30 Nov. 2011 Toshiba partly commences operation of Fab5 at Yokkaichi plant
Toashiba commenced operation of the Fab5 at Yokkaichi plant in Mie Prefecture partly to produce NAND type flush memory. However, the plan for full operation will be postponed. While electronics indus…
◆29 Nov. 2011 Aixtron shows Q3 for FY2011 decreasing in earnings and profit
The German firm Aitron (headquartered in Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen) has announced that its financial report for the third quarter of FY2011, ending December, 2011, showed sales of €470 million, down…