July 20 (Reuters) -
* Sumitomo Chemical will spend 5 billion yen ($46.9 million)
to open a plant in Ichihara, Chiba prefecture for making
polyethersulfone - Nikkei
* Sumitomo Chemical's facility is to debut by March 2018-
Nikkei
* Nippon Carbon is building a 6 billion yen plant in Toyama
Prefecture with partners such as General Electric to produce
silicon carbide fibers - Nikkei
* Nippon Carbon plans to launch mass production by the end
of this year - Nikkei
Source - http://s.nikkei.com/29ZuJKW
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