Ube Industries

Ube Industries, Ltd.
UBE
Type	Corporation (TYO: 4208)
Founded	10 March 1942
Headquarters	Tokyo,Japan Ube,Yamaguchi,Japan
Key people	Hiroaki Tamura, Representative Director & President
Industry	Chemicals
Products	Chemicals,Cement,Machinery,Aluminum wheels
Employees	10,673 (2006)
Website	[1]

Ube Industries, Ltd. (宇部興産株式会社, Ube Kōsan Kabushiki-gaisha^?) is a Japanese chemical engineering firm.

[edit] Main Products

Caprolactam：The world's third largest producer.
Polyamide:The Wold's fourth largest producer of polyamide6. And world's third largest producer of polyamide12.
Polyimide
Polyethylene
Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene：UMG ABS which is subsidiaries of Ube industries is the Japan's largest producer.
Synthetic Rubber：The Japan's largest producer of butadiene rubber.
Cement：Ube-Mitsubishi Cement which is subsidiaries of Ube industries is Japan's second largest supplier.
Coal
Aluminum wheels：The world's third largest producer.
Bridges
Injection Molding Machines
Die Casting Machines
Light Metals Extrusion Machines

1897 Okinoyama Coal Mine (沖ノ山炭鉱組合, Okinoyama Tankō Kumiai^?) is established as a silent partnership
1914 Ube Shinkawa Iron Works (宇部新川鉄工所, Ube Shinkawa Tekkōjo^?) is established as a silent partnership.
1923 Ube Cement Production, Ltd. (宇部セメント製造, Okinoyama Tankō Seizō^?) is established.
1933 Ube Nitrogen Industry, Ltd. (宇部窒素工業, Ube Chisso Kōogyō^?) is established.
1942 Ube Industries, Ltd. is established through amalgamation of the four foregoing companies.
1993 Capital investment is made in PQM of Spain (now Ube Chemical Europe, S.A.)
1997 Thai Caprolactam Public Co., Ltd. and Ube Nylon (Thailand) Ltd. open for business.
1998 Ube-Mitsubishi Cement Corporation (joint venture with Mitsubishi Materials Corporation) is established.