MOSCOE (MRC) -- JNC Corp. has completed a new production technology development center, which has been under construction at its Minamata factory in Japan, as per Apic-online.
The center comprises a development management building and an innovative technology building, equipped with examination facilities for existing technologies and innovative production technologies.
"We established the production technology development center in order to prepare a base for developing production technology for the future and to aim at further improving our technological competitiveness," JNC noted.
As MRC wrote before, in 2014, Wacker Asahikasei Silicone, a Japanese joint venture of Wacker Chemie AG, opened a new development laboratory for airbag applications. The competence center will spearhead the development of silicone coatings for airbags and technical textiles in the region. Investment in the new laboratory amounts to roughly JPY1 million. Wacker Asahikasei Silicone (AWS) is jointly owned by Wacker and the Japanese chemical group Asahi Chemical Industry each with a fifty-percent stake.
Besides, earlier, in 2013, DSM opened its first application development technical center for engineering plastics in Japan on 26 March 2013 in Yokohama City. The launch of the DSM Engineering Plastics Japan Technical Center is fully in line with DSM’s strategy to support and grow business not only with customers in Japan but also with overseas Japanese Transplants, for which material specifications are determined in Japan. DSM recognizes the importance of developing new innovative and more sustainable applications together with its customers in Japan. The main subjects for examination at the center are highly functional engineering plastics used in automotive, electrical and electronics, and flexible food packaging industries.
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