Union Showa K.K.

Profile

Company Name Union Showa K.K.
Head office 8-40,Konan 1-chome, Minato-ku Tokyo 108-0075, JAPAN
TEL : 81-3-5495-7031 (Administration Dept.)
FAX : 81-3-5495-7051
Founded May 1970
President Koichi Nishimura
Closing Date December 31
Capital ¥ 250 Million
Major stockholders
Resonac Corporation 50%
UOP LLC* 50%
* through Honeywell North Atlantic Holdings Ltd.
Management Team
President & CEO Koichi Nishimura
Senior Vice President(Absentee) Yasushi Fujii
Director Osamu Wada
Director Eijiro Onuma
Director Makoto Nishida
Absentee Director Satoshi Hara
Absentee Director John Gugel
Absentee Director Eric Seidel
Absentee Director Nicholas Negro
Absentee Director Brian McDermott
Absentee Auditor Tomo Sakuma
Absentee Auditor Kaien Zhong
(As of January 4, 2022)
Major Product/Service Production and sales of Molecular Sieves, High Silica Zeolite and Ion exchange resins
Sales of Activated Alumina, Versal Alumina and Claus catalysts
Sales office in Japan Union Showa K.K. Head Office
8-40,Konan 1-chome, Minato-ku Tokyo 108-0075
TEL : 81-3-5495-7031
Operation Site in Japan

Yokkaichi Plant
3-27, Hinaga-higashi 3-chome Yokkaichi Mie 510-0886
TEL : 81-59-345-1480
Major product/service : Production of Molecular Sieve

Aizu Plant
111, Aza Nagayachi, Higashinagahara, Kawahigashimachi, Aizu-wakamatsu, Fukushima 969-3431
TEL : 81-242-75-2171

Company History

1970 May Union Showa K.K. was founded as a joint venture between Showa Denko K.K. and Union Carbide. Union Showa K.K. built a new plant in Yokkaichi in Mie prefecture and began the production of Molecular Sieve using the technology introduced from Union Carbide.
1988 August Union Carbide handed over its Molecular Sieve business to UOP LLC, and UOP LLC became one of the parent companies.
2014 December Union Showa K.K. acquired the license of High Silica Zeolite from UOP LLC and completed the construction of a new plant in Aizu in Fukushima prefecture and began the operation.