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Westerlo, Belgium – February 28th, 2018 – Yesterday, the Japanese specialty chemicals firm Kaneka Belgium in Westerlo-Oevel won the Foreign Investment of the Year Trophy 2018 at FIT’s Foreign Investment Trophy, emerging victorious from a pool of 5 nominees after 3 rounds of voting—by a ...

Westerlo, 07 februari 2018 - Gisteren, 6 februari, mocht het Japans bedrijf Kaneka uit Westerlo-Oevel, producent van specialty chemicals, het “Lean & Green” certificaat in ontvangst nemen voor haar plan van aanpak om de CO2-uitstoot en het energiegebruik in haar transport- en logistieke ...

Westerlo, Belgium – January 17, 2018 – Kaneka Corporation (Tokyo, Japan), increases its production capacities of polyethylene and polypropylene expanded particle foams (product name: Eperan™ and Eperan™-PP) in Europe at its Kaneka Belgium plant, located in Westerlo. ...

Kaneka Corporation (Osaka, Japan; President: Mamoru Kadokura) was granted the “OK Biodegradable MARINE”^*1 certificate in September this year, certifying that a newly developed polyester-based biodegradable plastic (Product name: Kaneka Biodegradable Polymer PHBH, hereinafter “PHBH”) is ...

Kaneka Corporation (Osaka, Japan), significantly increases its production capacities of modified silicone polymers (product name: Kaneka MS Polymer™) in Europe at its Kaneka Belgium plant, located in Westerlo. Kaneka MS Polymer™ is a base resin for high-quality sealants, adhesives, and coatings. ...

Kaneka Corporation (Osaka, Japan; President: Mamoru Kadokura, herein after referred to as Kaneka) has decided to drastically increase its biopharmaceutical^*1 production capacity in Kaneka Eurogentec S.A. (Seraing, Liege, Belgium; President: Masanobu Sugawara), a wholly owned group company ...

As from October 1, 2015, Kaneka Corporation (further: Kaneka), headquartered in Osaka and Tokyo, establishes a European holding company in Brussels, Belgium, aiming to accelerate its business development in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (further : EMEA). Along with this, Kaneka Belgium, ...

Berlin, 22 June 2017 – European Bioplastics (EUBP), the association representing the interests of the bioplastics industry in Europe, has elected a new Board on 21 June 2017 to serve a two-year term. In a clear vote of confidence, the General Assembly of EUBP affirmed the strategic direction ...

On December 4th, 2013, Kaneka Belgium NV and BASF SE signed a contract for the transfer of BASF’s Impact Modifier and Processing Aid Business, a product line to improve the impact strength and processing of PVC and engineering plastics. The agreement was ...

Kaneka Belgium N.V. (Westerlo, Belgium; President: Masaaki Kimura; hereinafter “Kaneka Belgium”), a subsidiary of Kaneka Corporation (Osaka, Japan; President: Kimikazu Sugawara) has reached an agreement on acquiring the acrylic-based modifier* business of BASF SE ...