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Ube Industries, Ltd. (宇部興産株式会社, Ube Kōsan Kabushiki-gaisha?) is a Japanese chemical engineering firm.
[edit] Main Products
- Caprolactam：The world's third largest producer.
- Polyamide:The Wold's fourth largest producer of polyamide6. And world's third largest producer of polyamide12.
- Polyimide
- Polyethylene
- Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene：UMG ABS which is subsidiaries of Ube industries is Japan's second largest producer.
- Synthetic Rubber：The Japan's largest producer of butadiene rubber.
- Cement：Ube-Mitsubishi Cement which is subsidiaries of Ube industries is Japan's second largest supplier.
- Coal
- Aluminum wheels：The world's third largest producer.
- Bridges
[edit] History
- 1897 Okinoyama Coal Mine (沖ノ山炭鉱組合, Okinoyama Tankō Kumiai?) is established as a silent partnership
- 1914 Ube Shinkawa Iron Works (宇部新川鉄工所, Ube Shinkawa Tekkōjo?) is established as a silent partnership.
- 1923 Ube Cement Production, Ltd. (宇部セメント製造, Okinoyama Tankō Seizō?) is established.
- 1933 Ube Nitrogen Industry, Ltd. (宇部窒素工業, Ube Chisso Kōogyō?) is established.
- 1942 Ube Industries, Ltd. is established through amalgamation of the four foregoing companies.
- 1993 Capital investment is made in PQM of Spain (now Ube Chemical Europe, S.A.)
- 1997 Thai Caprolactam Public Co., Ltd. and Ube Nylon (Thailand) Ltd. open for business.
- 1998 Ube-Mitsubishi Cement Corporation (joint venture with Mitsubishi Materials Corporation) is established.
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