{"id":7268,"date":"2018-01-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shokubai.mediawars.ne.jp\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=7268"},"modified":"2022-11-24T17:15:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T08:15:40","slug":"nippon-shokubai-announces-expansion-of-production-capacity-for-performance-chemicals","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/news\/201801267268\/","title":{"rendered":"Nippon Shokubai announces expansion of production capacity for performance chemicals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Osaka; President: Yujiro Goto, TSE:4114, hereinafter \u201cNippon Shokubai\u201d) expands its production capacity for functional monomer \u201cVEEA\u201d, and functional polymers \u201cEPOCROS\u201d and \u201cEPOMIN\u201d to meet the strong growth in global demand. <br><br>\u201cVEEA\u201d is a low viscosity, high performance UV curable acrylic monomer. The demand for VEEA is increasing especially in Europe\/USA as reactive diluent for UV inkjet printing.<br><br>\u201cEPOCROS\u201d is a highly reactive polymer with oxazoline-functional monomer as its key material. \u201cEPOCROS\u201d has excellent adhesion to films and base polymers, and its demand is increasing for PET films and coating materials as environment-friendly waterborne crosslinker. <br><br>\u201cEPOMIN\u201d is a water-soluble polymer (Polyethyleneimine) with the highest cationic charge density among existing materials. \u201cEPOMIN\u201d has excellent reactivity and adhesiveness, and its demand is increasing for water treatment and pigment dispersion. <br><br>&lt;Schedule&gt;<br> Products\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Mechanical completion\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Location<br>\u201cVEEA\u201d (2-(2-Vinyloxy Ethoxy) Ethyl Acrylate)\u3000\u3000\u3000December 2019\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Himeji Plant<br>\u201cEPOCROS\u201d\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000August 2018\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Himeji Plant<br>\u201cEPOMIN\u201d (Polyethyleneimine)\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000September 2019\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000Kawasaki Plant<br><br>Nippon Shokubai continues to deliver the new values throughout our high performance products including \u201cEPOCROS\u201d, \u201cEPOMIN\u201d and \u201cVEEA\u201d, and strives to achieve our group mission of \u201cTechnoAmenity: Providing affluence and comfort to people and society, with our unique technology\u201d.<br><br><br>About NIPPON SHOKUBAI Co., Ltd.: Since 1941, Nippon Shokubai has grown up its business with unique catalyst technology. Nippon Shokubai has supplied, for example, ethylene oxide, acrylic acid, automobile catalysts, process catalysts and so on. Among all, our global market share of superabsorbent polymer is the largest in the world now. Nippon Shokubai is a global chemical company operating under its corporate mission &#8220;Providing affluence and comfort to people and society with our unique technology.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/\">https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/<\/a><br><br>\u3010Contacts\u3011\t<br>Investor &amp; Public Relations Dept., <br>NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.<br>TEL: +81-3-3506-7605\tE-mail: shokubai@n.shokubai.co.jp<br><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"cbox\">\n<!--_image_-->\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"file\">[Files]<br><ul><li><a href=\"\/en\/upimage\/file1_0166.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nippon Shokubai announces expansion of production capacity for performance chemicals<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD. 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