Direct or indirect participation in many national projects, including important technological development under the former Ministry of International Trade and Industry (desulfurization, heavy oil cracking, flue gas denitrification).
Technological contribution
Technological export
Chemical catalysts (former USSR), chemical catalysts (Romania), FCC catalysts (former USSR), flue gas denitrification (DeNOx) catalysts (Germany, Austria, United States, Korea, China), fine chemical-related (Taiwan)
Dissemination of information
Convention of Production Technology Presentation (biennially since 1982)
Publication of technical report "Catalysts & Chemicals Giho" (annually since 1983)
Technical cooperation
Implementation of technical training on FCC catalyst-related contents, for engineers of PetroVietnam, Vietnam’s national petroleum company, and the PVPro research institute under its umbrella.
Environmental initiatives
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Acquisition of, and management under, ISO9001 and ISO14001 certification(Registration number: JP16/062816, JP16/071471)
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Initiatives for Responsible Care (RC) activities
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Thorough environmental, safety, and health management across all production activities
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Thorough security export control
Evaluation by society
EcoVadis
Received “Silver” award in the EcoVadis (France) Sustainability Survey 2023 which reflects the percentile ranking of the top 25% of companies assessed.
Industry-academia collaboration
Commissioned and received commissions for research, as well as implemented numerous collaborative research projects with many universities and public research institutes, since establishment to the present day.
Contributing to the local community
Hosting trainees from overseas
Hosting technical trainees from developing countries every year since 1994, based on requests from the Kitakyushu International Techno-Cooperative Association (KITA). Conducting training on factory wastewater processing technology for engineers from 24 countries worldwide.
Agreements on NBC disaster measures, etc.
Concluded the Agreement on NBC (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) Disaster Prevention Measures with Kitakyushu City in 2008. Chemical disaster-related cooperation (first in Japan).
