UBE Corporation
UBE Corporation is a Japanese chemical company manufacturing chemicals, plastics, battery materials, pharmaceuticals, cement, construction materials, and machinery.
The former company name is Ube Industries, Ltd.
The company was founded in 1897 when Sukesaku Watanabe —an industrialist, a member of the House of Representatives of Japan and a deputy mayor of Ube— established Okinoyama Coal Mine, the predecessor of the present Ube industries.
Since then, the company has established six core business units: Chemicals & plastics, specialty chemicals & products, cement, pharmaceuticals, machinery and metal products, energy and environment.
The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Fukuoka Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index.
Ube Industries is a member of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group keiretsu.
History
- 1897: Okinoyama Coal Mine is established as a silent partnership
- 1914: Ube Shinkawa Iron Works is established as a silent partnership.
- 1923: Ube Cement Production, Ltd. is established.
- 1933: Ube Nitrogen Industry, Ltd. is established.
- 1942: Ube Industries, Ltd. is established through amalgamation of the four foregoing companies.
- 1993: Capital investment is made in PQM of Spain
- 1997: Thai Caprolactam Public Co., Ltd. and Ube Nylon Ltd. open for business.
- 1998: Ube-Mitsubishi Cement Corporation is established.
Main products
Chemicals and plastics
Speciality chemicals and products
- Liquid electrolyte
- Diol
- dimethyl carbonate
- Polyimide
- High Purity [Silicon Nitride Powder]
- N2 Separation Membranes
Pharmaceutical
- Pharmaceutical materials
- Pharmaceutical licenses
Cement and construction materials
Energy and environment
Machinery and metal products
Defense technology
Ube provides advanced materials for various defense and aerospace applications, for example it's Tyranno fiber is used as a stealth material in the X-2 Shinshin|X-2] experimental aircraft.Corporate governance
Board directors
- Chairperson and Director
- *Hiroaki Tamura
- President and Representative Director
- *Michio Takeshita
- Representative Director
- *Kazuhiko Okada
- Directors
- *Akinori Furukawa
- *Makoto Umetsu
- *Yoshiomi Matsumoto
- *Mitsutaka Motoda
Locations (UBE Group)
Japan
The presidents of the Ube Chamber of Commerce and Industry are elected from retired persons of The company. Serving president Yasuhisa Chiba also holds the post of vice chairperson of the Chemical Society of Japan. Some employees of the Ube Group are elected to assemblyman.Worldwide
- Thailand
- Spain
- Nantong, China
- U.S.
- Seoul, South Korea
- Shanghai, China
- Hongkong, China
- Singapore
- Düsseldorf, Germany
- São Paulo, Brazil
- Taiwan
UBE Group is doing business worldwide, especially Thailand and Spain are main sites for petrochemical business. UBE Chemicals Public Company Ltd. is one of the cogent chemical companies in Thailand. The company is the sole caprolactam producer in Thailand. Dr. Charunya Phichitkul, the president of UCHA also holds the post of vice chairperson of the petrochemical Industry Club The Federation of Thai Industries.