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C o r p o r a t e P r o f i l e
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■ Tokyo Head Office Seavans North Building, 1-2-1, Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8449Phone: +81-3-5419-6110 (CSR & General Affairs Dept.)
■ Ube Head Office1978-96 Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8633Phone: +81-836-31-2111 (Ube Corporate Service Dept.)
Ube Industries, Ltd.
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The future is not something that just suddenly appears.
The future is something that is born from the results of
yesterday and today.
This is why we must always strive to refine our
technological capabilities.
Our passion for innovation that challenges boundaries
still burns.
Through monozukuri (the Japanese spirit of
craftsmanship in manufacturing), we support the
tomorrow of Japan and the rest of the world.
We will continue to challenge ourselves in the future.
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Supporting Tomorrow
Continually evolve without fearing change.UBE creates value to support tomorrow.The UBE Group, which was founded as a silent
partnership to develop coal mining in 1897, has
always brought about its own innovation based on
the “from finite mining to infinite industry”
philosophy. Since our founding more than 120
years ago, we have been engaged in unified
manufacturing that is rich with creativity through
the “coexistence and mutual prosperity” of
everyone involved from our customers and
partners to all of our stockholders and the local
communities.
Presently, the businesses of the UBE Group are
diversified in the regions of chemicals, construction
materials, and machinery and our products and
technology are widely used in things around each
one of us, such as digital appliances, household
goods, automotive components, and
pharmaceutical products as well as installations for
social infrastructures.
Our spirit steps up to the challenge of
monozukuri (the Japanese spirit of craftsmanship
in manufacturing) for a generation that demands
creative technology by always innovating
ourselves. We are committed to being a business
enterprise that continues to generate value which
contributes to the realization of a better society,
and this commitment is embodied in our corporate
philosophy, “Pursue technology and embrace
innovation to create value for the future and
contribute to social progress.”
We will continue to strive to realize this vision
by mobilizing the unified strength of the entire
UBE Group. We look forward to your continued
support and interest in our business activities.
President & Representative Director
Ube Industries, Ltd.
The UBE Group is growing around three businesses—chemicals, construction materials, and machinery. Our
factories in Japan include the Fujimagari (Yamaguchi), Chiba, Sakai, Isa (Yamaguchi), and Kanda (Fukuoka)
factories in addition to the Ube factory. We have established production locations for caprolactam, nylon
resins, and fine chemicals as well as other products overseas in Spain and Thailand, and we are active in the
global market.
Support today to create the future.Three businesses centered around chemicals are the pillars of UBE.
[History]
Machinery
Chemicals
Construction materials
Chemicals is the core business of
UBE that widely expands
from basic chemicals to
high functionality products
in leading-edge fields and
pharmaceutical products.
In the construction materials
segment, we provide cement,
building materials and
energy that help to support
social infrastructure.
Machinery segment conducts
the manufacturing and sales of
injection molding and die-
casting machines with our
unique technology as well as
our industrial machinery
and bridge business.Pursue technology and embrace innovation to
create value for the future and contribute tosocial progress.
UBE Corporate Philosophy
1897 Okinoyama Coal Mine is established. 1914 Ube Shinkawa Iron Works is established.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.
1951 Central Research Laboratory (now the Strategic Core Technology Research Laboratory and Pharmaceuticals Research Laboratory) is established.
1955 Isa Cement Factory is established. 1964 Kanda Cement Factory is established. 1967 Sakai Factory is established. 1971 Polybutadiene plant (now Chiba Petrochemical
Factory) is built in Chiba.1994 Spanish production location begins operations.1997 Ube Industries celebrates the 100th anniversary of
business operations. Thai production location begins operations.
2017 Ube Industries celebrates the 120th anniversary of business operations.
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Core business of UBE to widely support industry and livelihoods.From finite mining to infinite industry. Chemicals is a business that most personifies the philosophy
we have instilled since our founding and it is also the core of the UBE Group today. For example, our
nylon is used in products from fibers to automotive components and our synthetic rubber is a raw
material of tires. In addition, we provide products with high-added value such as separator film and
electrolytes, which are vital components to lithium-ion batteries, and polyimide, which is
indispensable to electronic devices including displays. We also promote research and development of
drugs and manufacturing of substances in the pharmaceuticals segment. UBE has become the
infrastructure to support the industry and lifestyle of tomorrow in a wide range of facets.
[Chemicals Business]
Chemicals Business
Separator films and electrolytes for the lithium-ion batteries prevalent in the market for in electronic devices and automotive vehicles.
Synthetic rubber adopted by major tire manufacturers worldwide for its high reliability and functionality.
Polyimide widely used in machines such as liquid crystal televisions and mobile devices as a material for insulation and circuit boards.
A wide-range of fine chemicals such as polycarbonate and diol to improve functionality of artificial leather and paint.
The business revolves around drug discovery in partnership with pharmaceutical companies,and manufacturing of APIs and intermediates for proprietary drugs and generic drugs, and contract drug manufacturing.
Nylon resin responds to diverse needs from automotive components to food packaging.
Multi-functional ceramics and silicon nitride adapt to automobiles, aircrafts, semiconductors, etc.
Gas separation membrane module that uses superior gas separation performance of polyimide hollow fibers.
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Providing a wide range of construction materials and energy, and contributing to shaping a recycling-oriented society through waste recycling.
Responding to customer needs worldwide with global capabilities.
We are expanding our lime and magnesia products
business for construction materials such as interior
and exterior materials as well as industrial material
applications, in addition to a rich product line-up
from standard and specialty cement to
solidification materials and ready-mixed concrete.
Furthermore, we are advancing a business to
effectively use various waste as raw materials of
cement and alternative fuel by taking advantage
of the benefits of cement kilns to fire raw materials
at high temperatures around 1,450°C to incinerate/
separate substances that cannot be processed in a
standard kiln. We are also helping to support social
infrastructure through our involvement in the coal
industry—providing a stable supply of coal from
overseas to meet energy needs—and through
electric power wholesaling, as well as promoting
low-carbon energy such as the introduction of
biomass fuels.
Usage example of standard cement (Shiodome Sio-Site)
Injection molding machine manufactured by Ube
Machinery Corporation, Ltd.
UBE die-casting and injection molding machines
have a track record of sales that exceeds 6,000
units worldwide and support many automotive
manufacturers. Various transport devices, grinders,
and bridges are also widely adopted both inside
and outside of Japan and contribute to
infrastructure improvement.
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Supporting Tomorrow[CSR]
Contributing to society with a spirit unwavering since our founding.
We have been pouring our strengths into
installations of social infrastructure such as the
power, railways, schools, and hospitals and social
contribution activities in the land we were founded
while expanding our businesses since the time
when the words corporate social responsibility still
did not exist to answer the expectations and
requests of local communities. Currently, we are
promoting global CSR activities by aiming to
“coexist” with all of our stakeholders at the UBE
Group. We are advancing initiatives toward
sustainability in particular by cooperating with our
business locations worldwide such as Thailand and
Spain on environmental conservation measures
such as the prevention of global warming.
[Research and Development]
Ceaseless endeavor toward technology aims for the innovation of UBE.
We have established an R&D Division within our
Chemicals Company, and we are furthering the
development of innovative technology to respond
to social issues and the potential needs of our
customers, in order to evolve our existing
businesses and create new businesses geared
toward future generations at UBE. We are working
while utilizing open innovation to strengthen
strategic technologies in the advanced chemical
field in addition to core fundamental technology
such as organic/inorganic synthetic chemicals,
catalytic chemicals, high polymer chemistry, and
computational chemistry/simulation technologies
to respond to more complex needs.
Research institutes in the Ube district
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