Tosoh to Establish Advanced Technology Base to Expand Specialty Business
Tokyo, Japan—Tosoh will construct and renovate additional research facilities and the Customer Support Center at its Tokyo Research Center in Ayase City, Kanagawa Prefecture, as part of a large-scale renovation. This will strengthen the center’s research and development (R&D) functions and accelerate Tosoh’s expansion of its specialty business and R&D of products and technologies that help resolve social issues. The Tokyo Research Center is home to the Life Science Research Laboratory, Advanced Materials Research Laboratory, and the development arm of the Bioscience Division and will thus become an advanced technology base for Tosoh’s three R&D priorities: life sciences, environment and energy, and electronic materials.
The Tokyo Research Center joins R&D facilities at Tosoh’s Nanyo and Yokkaichi Complexes in being the principal elements of Tosoh’s R&D network and R&D fortification efforts. The company is fortifying its entire R&D structure through aggressive investment and the continuous development of high-value-added products. Promoting R&D themes that support the achievement of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals figures prominently in Tosoh’s fortification efforts. Striving for those goals will drive the company’s long-term growth and contribute to a sustainable, prosperous society.
1. Four objectives
- Expansion of business domain through upgrading the bioscience product development structure
- Realization of advanced products and technologies by accelerating the development of materials using as the core technology materials informatics (MI)
- Improvement of customer support function through the addition of such as product display rooms and technology seminar facilities
- Enhancement of the research environment through expansion and better layout of research facilities to foster interaction among researchers
2. R&D network fortification
(1). Building construction
| New research building | Customer Support Center | |
| Function | Bioscience-related research | Customer support and customer exchange |
| Key facilities | Clean room for biotechnology
Equipment development area Office area (ballroom type) |
Product exhibition and technology introduction room
Technology seminar venue Customer training room |
| Total floor area | Approx. 12,000 m2 | Approx. 3,500 m2 |
| Structure | Six floors aboveground | Four floors aboveground |
| Construction start | December 2022 | June 2025 |
| Construction completion | April 2024 | May 2026 |
(2) Facilities renovation
| Research Building No. 8 | Research Building No. 9 | |
| Function | Environment and energy and electronic materials research | Advanced organic materials research |
| Key facilities | Clean room work area for large-scale MI computers and electronic materials (ballroom type) | Organic synthesis laboratory work area (ballroom type) |
| Total floor area | Approx. 7,500 m2 | Approx. 2,000 m2 |
| Structure | Six floors aboveground | Two floors aboveground |
| Construction start | May 2024 | May 2024 |
| Construction completion | October 2024 | October 2024 |
3. Capital investment
Approximately ¥10 billion, including construction and renovation of buildings
Tokyo Research Center
Address: 2743-1, Hayakawa, Ayase, Kanagawa, Japan
Total floor area: 36,624 square meters
No. of employees: Approximately 600 (including affiliated company employees)
| Advanced technologies development operations | Research areas | |
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A hub for the R&D of advanced technologies
Tokyo Research Center (Ayase City, Kanagawa Prefecture) |
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| Life Science Research Laboratory | R&D of materials and technologies in the healthcare and medical fields, such as testing technologies and separation agents for pharmaceutical purification | |
| Advanced Materials Research Laboratory | R&D of electronic materials and energy-related advanced materials based on organic and inorganic fusion and MI technologies | |
| Bioscience Division, R&D | Product development and customer support for measurement and diagnostic business | |
| Specialty product R&D operations | ||
| Nanyo Complex (Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture)
New research building completed in April 2020 |
Organic Materials Research Laboratory | Strengthening of the organic chemical products business and development of organic functional products in the information technology, electronics, and environmental fields |
| Inorganic Materials Research Laboratory | Strengthening of the advanced materials business and development of inorganic specialty products in the healthcare, environmental, and energy fields | |
| Petrochemical and polymer product R&D operations | ||
| Yokkaichi Complex (Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture)
New research building completed in August 2019 |
Functional Polymers Research Laboratory | Development of new polymer materials with optical, electronic, and biological functions by integrating molecular structure and functional design technologies |
| Polymer Materials Research Laboratory | Strengthening of the petrochemical and polymer businesses and development of fundamental polymer technologies, including catalysts, polymerization, property control, compounding, and molding | |
| Polyurethane Research Laboratory
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Strengthening of the urethane business and development of specialty urethane materials by developing polyurethane resin materials and systems | |
| Production technology, engineering, and safety technology operations | ||
| Nanyo Complex (Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture)
New research building completed April 2020 |
Technology Center | Design, development, improvement, and streamlining of processes; engineering and construction of plants; and establishment of process safety technologies |
TOSOH CORPORATION
Who We Are
Tosoh Corporation is the parent of the Tosoh Group, which comprises over 100 companies worldwide and a multiethnic workforce of over 12,000 people and generated net sales of ¥732.9 billion (US$6.9 billion at the average rate of ¥106.1 to the US dollar) in fiscal 2021, ended March 31, 2021.
What We Do
Tosoh is one of the largest chlor-alkali manufacturers in Asia. The company supplies the plastic resins and an array of the basic chemicals that support modern life. Tosoh’s petrochemical operations supply ethylene, polyethylene, and functional polymers, while its advanced materials business serves the global semiconductor, display, and solar industries. Tosoh has also pioneered sophisticated bioscience systems that are used for the monitoring of life-threatening diseases. In addition, Tosoh demonstrates its commitment to a sustainable future in part by manufacturing a variety of eco-products.
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