UV/EB Curing related Japanese Information December’18

National Inst. of Advanced Undustrial Science & Technology develops new polymer materials changing their viscoelasticity by lighting.
(The Chemical Daily, 12/3）
UBE Industries to develop new UV adhesives for car use using polycarbonate diol.
(The Chemical Daily, 12/7）
Asistant professor Honda of Tokyo Univ. and his group develop new silicone materials changing their fluidity with UV light.
(The Chemical Daily, 12/10）
DIC develops new phenolic resins( high heat resistance & high flexibility) for semiconductor thick film devices using chemiinfomatics.
(The Chemical Daily, 12/27）

UV/EB Curing related Japanese Information November’18

Megami-Ink expands grades(gold,silver,pearl,fluorescence) of UV flexographic inks.
(The Chemical Daily, 11/7）
Mitsubishi Chemical accerlerates the globalization(USA,Europe,Southeast Asia,India) of coating materials sales,article are suspension polymerization garades(beads types) and solution polymerization garades(automobile paints use).
(The Chemical Daily, 11/8）
AstraZeneca(AZ) introduces automated translation system(English-Japanese) using AI to the pharmaceutical industry.
(The Chemical Daily, 11/8）
Professor Nishino of Kobe Unv. succeeds in molding rubber shoe soles by UV 3D printer.
(The Nikkei Business Daily, 11/19）

UV/EB Curing related Japanese Information October’18

Japan Printing Ink Makers Association reports:The production volume of UV inks in 2017 was 16462t(increase of 8% over last year).
(The Chemical Daily, 10/12）
Shin-Etsu Chemical to increase production capacity of semiconductor materials( mask blanks ) by 1.3 times at Hukui factory.
(The Nikkei Business Daily, 10/24）

UV/EB Curing related Japanese Information September’18

Toyo Gosei to reinforce the production capacity of photosensitive materials for photoresists by 130～40% at Chiba factory.
(The Chemical Daily, 9／14）
UV/EB Curing technology: Ooyama toshiyuki, Professor of Yokohama National Univ.
「The development & perspective of photosensitive engineering plastics by new principle
ーRection Development Patterning(RDP method)ー」
(The Chemical Daily, 9／25）

UV/EB Curing related Japanese Information August’18

Tokuyama to increase production capacity of photoresist developing solution by 1.5 times at Tokuyama factory.
(The Chemical Daily, 8／1）
DIC enters tne combination resin business for 3D printers.
(The Nikkei Business Daily, 8/27）
Toyo Gosei to build new factory for photosensitive material at Ciba.
(The Chemical Daily, 8／30）
Orient Enterprise commercialises UV-LED curable loquid type repairing material for plastic parts.
(The Chemical Daily, 8／31）

UV/EB Curing related Japanese Information July’18

Sales of Japanese-made semiconductor manufactuing equipments expand 2.5385 trillion yen in FY2020 up 5.0% over the previous year by SEAJ report.
(The Nikkei Business Daily, 7/10）
Osaka Organic Chemical Industry expands the sales of monomers(keeps 65% of the workd market share) for ArF resist material.
(The Chemical Daily, 7／13）

UV/EB Curing related Japanese Information June’18

Megami-Ink expands sales of high elaborately-designed UV offset printing inks.
(The Chemical Daily, 6／6）

UV/EB Curing related Japanese Information May’18

ASML develops EUV exposure equipments applicable to under 5nm line width.
(The Chemical Daily, 5／18）
ITO puts new UV-LED exposure eauipmet with parallel light beam on the market.
(The Chemical Daily, 5／28）

UV/EB Curing related Japanese Information April’18

Mutoh Industries puts IJ printers using UV inks corresponding to LED-UV on the market.
(The Chemical Daily, 4／12）
Taiyo Ink MFG. to expand the sales of solder resits for USA Apple.
(The Chemical Daily, 4／12）

UV/EB Curing related Japanese Information March’18

Feature Article:UV/EB Curing Technology
(The Chemical Daily, 3／7）
Jujo Chemico puts UV flat coatings for PVC tiles on the market.
(The Chemical Daily, 3／12）
Akzo Nobel Coating commercializes new UV primer surfacers for atomobile repair painting system and the dedicated UV irradiation devices.
(The Chemical Daily, 3／19）
Aica Kogyo develops new UV potting resin.
(The Chemical Daily, 3／19）
Special Talk:Prof. Matsukawa of the President of Radtech Japan with Prof. Chujyo of the President of the Society of Polymer Science.
(The Chemical Daily, 3／19）
Shipment vakue of UV inks( 88 billion yen) exceeds its general garavure inks( 83 billion yen) in 2017, Japan.
(The Chemical Daily, 3／20）
Ushio and Electroplating Engineers of Japan(EEJA) develop new electronic packaging system by deep UV.
(The Chemical Daily, 3／26）

UV/EB Curing related Japanese Information February’18

DOWA Electronics Materials develops new high power deep UV-LED with 310nm center wavelength.
(The Chemical Daily, 2／9）
ADEKA reinforces photoinitiator lineups for LED (photoradical intiators, photobase generators, waterborne photoradical intiators).
(The Chemical Daily, 2／9）
Showa Denko develops new UV strippable adhesives for precision machining.
(The Chemical Daily, 2／19）
Taiyo Ink MFG increases the production of dryfilm resist for flexible PC(FPC) at Kitakyushu, reaching 5.6 million sq m annual output.
(The Chemical Daily, 2／23）

UV/EB Curing related Japanese Information January’18

Associate Prof. Ishigure of Keio Univ. develops optical communication devices, drawing optical wirings and curing them with UV light.
(The Nikkei Business Daily, 1/4）
New commers in the 3D printer field:Carbon Co.(UV system) & Desktop Metal Co.(metal injection molding system)
(The Nikkei Business Daily, 1／11）

UV/EB Curing related Japanese Information December’17

Tokyo Ohka Kogyo reinforces the photoresist business for advenced semiconductor, aiming at 3 nanometer scale in the EUV field.
(The Chemical Daily, 12／12）

UV/EB Curing related Japanese Information November’17

Origin Electric puts new dual curable coatings( thermoset＋UV curing ) on the market.
(The Chemical Daily, 11／14）
Nippon Shokubai expands sales of the reactive diluent, hybrid monomer「VEEA」for UV ink-jet inks.
(The Chemical Daily, 11／24）
Nippon Polytech increases the production of solder resists for COP.
(The Chemical Daily, 11／24）

UV/EB Curing related Japanese Information October’17

Nipponpaint Industrial Coatings develops new UV coatings with shape memory & fingerprint resistace.
(The Chemical Daily, 10／11）
Shikoku Chemicals develops new epoxy resin monomer.
(The Chemical Daily, 10／19）

UV/EB Curing related Japanese Information September’17

Special talk:Current status & future of UV/EB technology
Prof. Arimitsu, Koji of Tokyo Univ. of Science
Researcher Matsukawa, Kimihiro of Kyoto Institute of Tchnology
(The Chemical Daily, 9／22）
Outlook Chart for UV・EB Technology-10 by Senior researcher Oyama, Tomoko of National Intitute for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
(The Chemical Daily, 9／22）
Toyo Ink SC Holdings commercializes new EB curable flexographic inks.
(The Chemical Daily, 9／25）
Mitsubishi Materials develops new inorganic-type black pigment, balancing UV curing with visible light shielding.
(The Chemical Daily, 9／28）

UV/EB Curing related Japanese Information August’17

Outlook Chart for UV・EB Technology-9 by Prof. Washio, Masakazu of Waseda Univ.
(The Chemical Daily, 8／1）
Taisei Fine Chemical puts new UV curable hard coatings on the market.
(The Chemical Daily, 8／15）

UV/EB Curing related Japanese Information July’17

Outlook Chart for UV・EB Technology-7 by Researcher Matsukawa, Kimihiro of Kyoto Institute of Tchnology
(The Chemical Daily, 7／4）
Mitsui Chemicals starts global selling new 3D UV printers for dental use.
(The Chemical Daily, 7／10）
Harima Chemicals Groupe develops new non-solvent UV curable high refractive index material (refractive index =1.65).
(The Chemical Daily, 7／13）
Sakata INX has a strong UV ink sales (50% kncrease compared to the previous term).
(The Chemical Daily, 7／14）
Megami-Ink installs a special warehouse for UV inks in Gunma prefecture.
(The Chemical Daily, 7／18）
Toyo Ink SC Holdings to construct new UV ink production facilities in Yamanashi prefecture.
(The Chemical Daily, 7／20）
Outlook Chart for UV・EB Technology-8 by Researcher Matsukawa, Kimihiro of Kyoto Institute of Tchnology
(The Chemical Daily, 7／4）
Fujifilm Holdings develops new UV inkjet(IJ) technology, UVIQUE.
(The Chemical Daily, 7／26）

UV/EB Curing related Japanese Information June’17

Outlook Chart for UV・EB Technology-5 by Associate Prof. Sato, Eriko of Osaka City Univ.
(The Chemical Daily, 6／6）
Outlook Chart for UV・EB Technology-6 by Prof. Arimitsu, Koji of Tokyo Univ. of Science
(The Chemical Daily, 6／20）

UV/EB Curing related Japanese Information May’17

Outlook Chart for UV・EB Technology-3 by Prof. Oyama, Toshiyuki of Yokohama National Univ.
(The Chemical Daily, ５／８）
T&K TOKA to build a new facility for offset UV printing ink production in Shiga prefecture.
(The Chemical Daily, 5／17）
Outlook Chart for UV・EB Technology-4 by Prof. Watanabe, Hideo of Osaka City Univ.
(The Chemical Daily, ５／23）

UV/EB Curing related Japanese Information April’17

Dow Corning Toray develops new one component type UV curable resin for optical bonding( automobile use ).
(The Chemical Daily, 4／3）
Outlook Chart for UV・EB Technology-1 by Prof. Arimitsu, Koji of Tokyo Univ. of Science
(The Chemical Daily, 4／3）
Outlook Chart for UV・EB Technology-2 by Prof. Kudo, Hiroto of Kansai Univ.
(The Chemical Daily, 4／17）
Kantatsu develops new fast 3D printer capable of electronic circuit pattarning( photocurable ).
(The Chemical Daily, 4／24）
Three Bond develops new UV curable resin with color conversion from transparent to black.
(The Chemical Daily, 4／25）

UV/EB Curing related Japanese Information March’17

Kuraray puts new fast UV curable acrylic elastomers on the market.
(The Chemical Daily, 3／1）
Nippon Soda to enhance the production capacity of the semiconductor photoresist material「VP polymer」(polyhydroxy styrene)(PHS) by 50%.
(The Chemical Daily, 3／14）
Toagosei adds new grades to its Aronix series, these are 「Glycerine tracetate」,「High hydroxyl value Pentaerythritol triacrylate(PETA)」,「low viscosity Dipentaerythritol penta & hexaacrylate(DPHA)」.
(The Chemical Daily, 3／15）

UV/EB Curing related Japanese Information February’17

Muromachi Chemical Inc. develops new UV adhesives with good elasticity.
(The Chemical Daily, 2／24）

UV/EB Curing related Japanese Information January’17

Arakawa Chemical Industries develops new UV coatings for PC boards.
(The Chemical Daily, 1／12）
JMC Corp. installs new 3D printers with photo-fabrication system.
(The Chemical Daily, 1／17）