Research and Development organization
Corporate
Corporate R&D
- Environment & Energy Research Laboratory Development of technologies to reduce GHGs and recycle resources (biofuels, bio-chemicals, and CO₂ recycling) and bio-materials
- Advanced Organic Materials Research Laboratory Development of advanced organic functional materials
- Advanced Inorganic Materials Research Laboratory Development of advanced inorganic functional materials
- Analytical Technology Center Providing advanced analysis and solutions to a wide range of fields throughout the Group
- Idemitsu Kosan Collaborative Research Cluster for Advanced Materials Creating next-generation materials, enhancement and expansion of technologies
Production engineering
- Technology development in the area of engineering design, construction, operation, quality control & assurance, and asset integrity & reliability
- Technology-driven contribution to existing and new businesses

Functional materials
Lubricants
- Research and development of lubricants and tribology (lubrication technology)

- Local-based research and development of lubricants
- Global development of lubricants products and technologies with the Lubricants Research Laboratory (Japan) as the mother research center
- Rapid product development and provision of technical services to meet local needs overseas
- Local-based research and development of lubricants
- Global development of lubricants products and technologies with the Lubricants Research Laboratory (Japan) as the mother research center
- Rapid product development and provision of technical services to meet local needs oversea
Idemitsu Lube Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. R&D Center
- Local-based research and development of lubricants
- Global development of lubricants products and technologies with the Lubricants Research Laboratory (Japan) as the mother research center
- Rapid product development and provision of technical services to meet local needs overseas
- Research and development of grease, rust prevention oil, cutting oil, etc.
Advanced materials & performance chemicals
- Research and development of engineering plastics, adhesive base materials, functional liquid polymers, performance chemicals and functional coating materials

- Research and development of molded plastic products
- Design, development, and analysis of customer grades of composite materials that meet customer needs
Electronic materials
- Research and development of OLED materials
- Research and development of OLED materials
Bitumen
- Basic and applied research on asphalt and its applications
- Development of high performance asphalt

Agri-bio
- Development of active ingredients for pesticides and feed additives derived from microorganisms and natural products
- Development of safe and useful products for the protection of livestock and plants and prevention of diseases
Lithium-ion battery materials
- Development of sulfide-based solid electrolytes for practical application in all-solid-state lithium ion batteries

Power and renewable energy
Photovoltaic power generation
- Research and development aimed at commercializing the recycling of solar panels, including silicon-based panels
Resources
Coal and environment
- The only private research institute specializing in coal
- Provision of technology services that anticipate needs and development of clean coal technologies to meet the needs of a low-carbon society
