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Alberto Ancora joins Sumitomo Chemical Agro Europe as General Manager
St-Didier-au-Mont-d’Or (France), December 20, 2023 – Sumitomo Chemical Agro Europe, a subsidiary of the Japanese Sumitomo Chemical company, expert in crop protection for 60 years, nominates Alberto Ancora, as General Manager, effective December 1, 2023. He succeeds Shinichiro Imai who will continue to operate within the company as Deputy General Manager. Alberto Ancora was formerly [...]
Sumitomo Chemical to Establish a New Environmentally-Friendly Process for Producing Propylene Directly from Ethanol: Starting Construction of a Pilot Facility for Demonstration of the Technology as a Green Innovation Fund Project
Oct. 25, 2023 Sumitomo Chemical has begun construction of a pilot facility to establish a process for producing propylene directly from ethanol, which is attracting attention as a sustainable chemical raw material. The development of this technology is one of the projects supported by the NEDO* Green Innovation (GI) Fund. The Company will work to [...]
Sumitomo Chemical Launches In-house Generative AI Service « ChatSCC » Aiming for a Dramatic Improvement in Productivity and More Effective Use of Proprietary Data
Oct. 24, 2023 Sumitomo Chemical has developed an in-house generative AI service “ChatSCC,” which utilizes ChatGPT*, and has made it available for all of its approximately 6,500 employees. Through this, the Company aims to achieve a dramatic improvement in productivity in the short term, as well as to enhance the competitiveness of its existing businesses [...]
Sumitomo Chemical Newly Designates Five Products and Technologies as Sumika Sustainable Solutions FY2022 sales revenue of the Solutions reached 682.8 billion yen
Jul. 31, 2023 Sumitomo Chemical has newly designated five of its Group’s products and technologies as Sumika Sustainable Solutions. This is one of its initiatives to achieve a sustainable society, which marks its eighth anniversary this year. Sumika Sustainable Solutions, now including 71 products and technologies in total, represented annual sales revenue of approximately 682.8 [...]
Sumitomo Chemical Receives Gold Medal in EcoVadis Sustainability Assessment for the Fourth Consecutive Year
Jun. 30, 2023 Sumitomo Chemical has received a gold medal in a sustainability assessment by EcoVadis (headquartered in France), which evaluates the corporate ESG-related initiatives, for the fourth consecutive year. The gold medal is given to the top 5% of all evaluated companies. Established in 2007, EcoVadis is a performance rating agency, working to help [...]
easyconnect Closed Transfer System wins award for consumer benefit and convenience
Joint News Release May 10, 2023 The easyconnect Closed Transfer System (CTS) wins the Pack the Future Award for sustainable packaging innovations in the category Design for Consumer Benefit and Convenience on 09th May 2023 during the interpack trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany. The award is presented by the IK German Association for Plastics Packaging and [...]
Farmers: Help stop the spread of counterfeit pesticides in the EU
20 April, 2023 Crop-Life Europe Anti-Counterfeit Experts Group (ACEG) has edited a video to inform European farmers about the risks in using counterfeited pesticides. Find out why illegal and counterfeit pesticides are harmful for agriculture. The video is available on YouTube and exist in 19 different languages. Original version in English: https://youtu.be/HLNX_um19oY German: https://youtu.be/5OG5pn9_ZpU Polish: [...]
Sumitomo Chemical Receives Highest Rating in CDP’s Assessment of Corporate Action on Climate Change and Water Security
Named on the Climate A List for the fifth consecutive year, becoming the one and only diversified chemical company that has achieved this distinction December 14, 2022 Sumitomo Chemical (“the Company”) has been named on CDP’s “Climate A List 2022” and “Water Security A List 2022,” where it is recognized as a company delivering outstanding [...]
Sumitomo Chemical Submits Registration Application for New INDIFLIN™ Fungicide in EU
February 25, 2019 Sumitomo Chemical has submitted applications for registration of its new fungicide INDIFLINTM (ISO common name: inpyrfluxam) to the regulatory authorities of the EU. INDIFLINTM, a novel fungicide active ingredient discovered by Sumitomo Chemical, belongs to a class of compounds known as succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors (SDHI) that have a mode of action inhibiting [...]