Basic Chemicals

We manufacture and sell products that can be used as raw materials for petrochemicals from naphtha and other materials obtained during the crude oil refining process. With the advantage of integrated operation with oil refining, we have the largest ethylene production capacity in Japan.
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What are Basic Chemicals?
We will introduce what Basic Chemicals are, along with our production capacity, bases, and manufacturing flow.
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Building a supply chain for biomass plastics
Aiming to reduce the carbon content of plastic raw materials, we are working to supply biomass chemicals and build a supply chain for biomass plastics.
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recycling used plastics
We aim to build Resources circulation system in which used plastics are recycled by heating and breaking them down into a refined oil equivalent to crude oil (oilification).
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We provide SDS (Safety Data Sheet) for safe product management.
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