Sumitomo Chemical acquires LCP business from Belgian company Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. announced that it acquired a liquid crystal polymer (LCP) resin business from Syensqo SA/NV, a leading chemical company based in Belgium. By incorporating the products and technology acquired from Syensqo, the Company will strengthen its LCP business, particularly in mobility and IT applications. LCP is used in various applications, including electronic compo...

News  Updated at: 2025/03/04

PoGo Charge and LCP partner to deploy over 900 DC charging points across UK On August 6, PoGo Charge, a UK-based charging network, signed a second-phase development agreement with LCP, the national commercial property and investment company, to install ultra-rapid DC charging points at 52 retail sites across the UK. The agreement will add 254 ultra-rapid DC charging points to the 252 deployed in the first phase, which included 658 DC charging poi...

News  Updated at: 2024/08/08

EV Metals Group, UK, and Metso, Finland plan lithium chemicals plant in Saudi Arabia On January 15, EV Metals Group plc. (EVM), a global battery chemicals and technology company signed a technical partnership frame agreement with Metso for a Lithium Chemicals Plant (LCP) to be built in Yanbu Industrial City in Saudi Arabia. The collaboration will produce high-purity chemicals required by electric vehicle and battery cell manufacturers. Metso’s ...

News  Updated at: 2024/01/18

Solvay introduces new polymer for high-heat EV battery module insulation On March 23, Solvay presented a new high-heat and flame-retardant grade in the company’s Xydar liquid crystal polymers (LCP) portfolio, which is designed to meet critical safety demands in EV (electric vehicle) battery components. The new Xydar LCP G-330 HH material addresses challenging thermal and insulation requirements and is targeted particularly at battery module pla...

News  Updated at: 2023/03/23

. At the time, the company conducted a company-wide investigation, but it didn’t identify falsified UL test cases. This time, Toray Industries identified inappropriate cases involving 110 varieties of 6 resins: TOYOLAC ABS resin, Amilan nylon resin, TORAYCON PBT resin, TORELINA PPS resin, SIVERAS LCP resin, and Ecodia PLA resin. The production volume of affected products based on sales in the fiscal year that ended in March 2021 (FY 2020) was 4...

News  Updated at: 2022/02/02

Sumitomo Chemical to strengthen LCP supply system; expanding equipment at Ehime Plant On January 25, Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited (Sumitomo Chemical) announced that it would add production equipment for liquid crystal polymers (LCP) at its Ehime Plant (Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture). The company will strengthen its LCP supply system to meet growing demand for electric vehicles (EV) and 5G (5th generation mobile communication system). The e...

News  Updated at: 2022/01/26

will guide potential customers by through a simple and logical structure.   The three new functions that are made possible by the EAS introduction are the following, adding either comfort or increased safety: LKA – Lane Keep Assist, LDW AS – Lane Departure Warning with Active Steering, and, LCP – Lane Change Collision Prevention. Scania press release...

News  Updated at: 2020/11/26

that Nippon Mektron Ltd. (Nippon Mektron), an NOK Group company, has developed a high-speed transmission flexible printed circuit (FPC) featuring a new structure made of a modified polyimide (MPI). The MPI FPC has transmission characteristics equivalent to those of existing liquid crystal polymer (LCP)-based FCPs and provides increased bend and heat resistance. Nippon Mektron has already established a system for volume production of the MPI FPC....

News  Updated at: 2020/10/14

Polyplastics to boost super engineering plastics production Polyplastics Co., Ltd. announced that it will greatly increase the production capacity of VECTRA liquid crystal polymers (LCPs), its super engineering plastics with high heat resistance and excellent machining properties. The high molecular weight polymer line at the Fuji Plant, Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, will be reinforced to increase the capacity by approx. 60% from the cur...

News  Updated at: 2006/12/15