{"id":93,"date":"2017-10-24T11:23:16","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T02:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/?page_id=93"},"modified":"2022-03-28T18:40:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T09:40:07","slug":"structure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/rd\/structure","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Organizations and Facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our Our Technical Research Division is composed of the Technical Research Center and the Research Administration Department.<br \/>\nThese units and their facilities are introduced below.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subtitle_border\">Technology Research Center<\/h2>\n<p class=\"small\">The Technical Research Center is based in the R&#038;D Center, which is located in the same site as our Kawasaki Plant.<br \/>\nIt is composed of Technical Development Dept., Application Development Dept., and New Business Development Dept., making a total of three units.<\/p>\n<div id=\"laboratory\" class=\"cbox\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/english\/rd\/laboratory_photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"right\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"left\">\n<h3>Technical Development Department<\/h3>\n<p>This department mainly develops technologies to improve processes and support production for established products.<br \/>\nWe also investigate more efficient processes by not only utilizing our established technologies but also incorporating latest ones in order to supply our customers with our products that make their demands.<\/p>\n<h3>Application Development Department<\/h3>\n<p>This department is developing new applications for existing and new products.<br \/>\nIn addition, we correspond immediately to customers&#8217; requests for performance and applications, such as developing surfactants for polymerization using our products, additive-type resin modifiers using new monomers, or developing customized detergents based on the blending technical using our products as a main component.<br \/>\nTogether with customers, we develop products that will be desired at present to the near future and contribute to the society as soon as possible with our products.<\/p>\n<h3>New Business Development Department<\/h3>\n<p>This department is creating new product lines with the viewpoint of environmental contribution, while leveraging our strengths and  incorporating new technicals. We are also conducting a wide range of open innovation, aiming to transform our business portfolio by combining other companies&#8217; technicals.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"development_department\">\n<h2 class=\"subtitle_border\">Research Administration Department<\/h2>\n<p class=\"small\">This department has three functions below to support research activities, which enable various activities of the Technical Research Center to be carried out smoothly and effectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"small\"><strong style=\"display: inline-block;\">Research Strategy:<\/strong><span style=\"display: inline-block;\">Management of research projects at the Technical Research Center and supports for activities to connect research achievements to businesses.<\/span><br \/>\n<strong style=\"display: inline-block;\">Intellectual Property: <\/strong><span style=\"display: inline-block;\">Inventions and research achievements created by the Technical Research Center are protected as intellectual properties (patents), and maintained and managed.<\/span><br \/>\n<strong style=\"display: inline-block;\">Research Management:<\/strong><span style=\"display: inline-block;\">Responsible for compliance with domestic and global laws and regulations related to chemical substances, maintenance and management of research facilities, and general research affairs.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"subtitle_border\">Research Facilities<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"icon_og\">R&amp;D Center<\/h3>\n<p class=\"small\">The R&amp;D Center, the hub of research and development at Nippon Nyukazai, was completed in August 2012 and is located in the same site as our Kawasaki Plant.<br \/>As it is adjacent to our production facilities, the center is able to achieve highly efficient research and development.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/english\/rd\/research_image.jpg\" alt=\"R&amp;D\u30bb\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\" id=\"research_image\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"facility\">\n<h4 class=\"icon_square_gr\">Equipment<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/english\/rd\/facility_photo01.jpg\" alt=\"Laboratory\" \/><strong>Laboratory<\/strong>The laboratory table for synthesis experiments has a hood and is equipped with an exhaust system.<\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/english\/rd\/facility_photo02.jpg\" alt=\"Clean Room\" \/><strong>Clean Room<\/strong>An ICP-MS (inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer) has been installed for research and development into low-metallic products.<\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/english\/rd\/facility_photo03.jpg\" alt=\"Dry Room\" \/><strong>Dry Room<\/strong>The laboratory has equipment to make batteries and electrodes for battery-related experiments.<br \/>It is also climate controlled to keep the dew-point temperature at about -50\u00b0C.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"analysis\">\n<h4 class=\"icon_square_gr\">Analytical instruments<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/english\/rd\/analysis_photo01.jpg\" alt=\"ICP-MS\" \/><strong>ICP-MS<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/english\/rd\/analysis_photo02.jpg\" alt=\"GC-MS with odor sensing instruments\" \/><strong>GC-MS with odor sensing instruments<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/english\/rd\/analysis_photo03.jpg\" alt=\"NMR\" \/><strong>NMR<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/english\/rd\/analysis_photo04.jpg\" alt=\"LC-Qtof\" \/><strong>LC-Qtof<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"trial\">\n<h4 class=\"icon_square_gr\">Experimental and prototype equipment<\/h4>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<th>Autoclave<\/th>\n<td>Pressure resistance 1.0 to 20 MPa, Capacity 0.3 to 30 L)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Reactor and refiner (SUS and glass lining)<\/th>\n<td>Capacity 80 to 100 L<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Batch distillation tower<\/th>\n<td>Bottom capacity 40 L, 100 L<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"none_bottom\">Emulsifying apparatus<\/th>\n<td class=\"none_bottom\">Capacity 5 L, 200 L<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/english\/rd\/trial_photo01.jpg\" alt=\"Distillation apparatus\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Distillatory<\/strong>Batch distillation tower (40L)<br \/>Installed in the R&amp;D Center<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Our Technical Research Division is composed of the Technical Research Center and the Research Administration Department. These units and their facilities are introduced below. Technology Research Center The Technical Research Center is based in the R&#038;D Center, which is located in the same site as our Kawasaki Plant. It is composed of Technical Development Dept., Application Development Dept., and New Business Development Dept., making a total of three units. Technical Development Department This department mainly develops technologies to improve processes and support production for established products. We also investigate more efficient processes by not only utilizing our established technologies but also incorporating latest ones in order to supply our &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/rd\/structure\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Introduction to Organizations and Facilities<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":91,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-93","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234,"href":"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93\/revisions\/234"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}