Ube Industriesltd

Ube Industries, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in chemicals, pharmaceuticals, cement and construction materials, machinery, and energy and environment businesses worldwide. Its Chemicals segment offers synthetic rubber, engineering plastics, caprolactam, industrial chemicals, liquefied gas, polyethylene, ammonium sulfate, polyimide, battery materials, telecommunication parts, separation membranes, fine chemicals, ceramics, phosphor, high purity chemicals, aerospace materials, inorganic fiber, and high temperature paints. The company's Pharmaceutical segment provides contract manufacturing services for APIs and intermediates; aromatic SF5 compounds; FLUOLEAD, a novel nucleophilic fluorinating agent; and drug discovery and pipeline services. Its Cement & Construction Materials segment offers various types of cement; building materials, including self-leveling, waterproofing, and renovation and aseismic retrofitting materials; limestone; ready-mixed concrete; calcia and magnesia; and specialty inorganic materials. This segment is also involved in resource recycling activities. The company's Machinery segment provides molding machines, including die-casting and injection molding machines, and extrusion presses; industrial machinery and bridges; steel products; control boards; and machinery services. Its Energy & Environment segment engages in the import, sale, storage, and distribution of coal; and independent power production activities. The company also manufactures and sells nylon, ammonia and industrial gases, plastic films, polypropylene molded products, fibers, fiber-reinforced plastics, magnesia clinker, quicklime, slaked lime, concrete piles, and cast iron and rolled steel billets; and offers domestic shipping, harbor transportation, shipping-agent, and customs clearing services. Ube Industries, Ltd. was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.