Research & Development Vision

Our technology uses limestone and seawater, abundant natural resources. Building on this technology, we focus our high-value-adding R&D on three key areas: environment & energy, electronics & automotive, and industry & infrastructure. Through these efforts, we aim to provide greater value to our customers.
We strive to contribute to a sustainable society and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 by offering environmentally friendly products* to our customers.

* Criteria for environmentally friendly products and technologies:
  • Help prevent pollution (air, water, hazardous substances, and other contaminants)
  • Sustainably use resources
  • Support climate change mitigation and adaptation
  • Protect the environment and help restore biodiversity and natural habitats

Directions for next-generation R&D

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R&D Structure

  • Planning and intellectual property
    • Formulating R&D and intellectual property strategies, and setting R&D themes
    • Promoting the use of materials informatics
  • Corporate research
    • Developing products and technologies for new business opportunities from a medium- and long-term perspective
  • Divisional research
    • Developing products and technologies to help strengthen and expand our business activities

Promoting Open Innovation

  • Actively using cutting-edge technologies
  • Building partnerships with companies and external organizations that share common challenges
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Human Resource Development

  • Passing on our core and differentiating technologies
  • Training engineers to lead next-generation research and development