In 2016, the switches at the slab track of the Lille Metro in France were renovated with the technology of FFU® synthetic wood. This was the second successful installed FFU synthetic sleepers project in France after renewing two switches at slab track in Toulouse 2015.
On March 3, 2017, SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. celebrated its 70th anniversary and reached an important milestone. President Teiji Koge addresses all members of the SEKISUI Chemical Group in a personal message.
The vote is over – and the participation was quite impressive. Over 10.000 votes of SEKISUI employees worldwide determined the winners of the Greenest Person (2016) Award. One of the eight nominees in total was Bart Scheepers from SEKISUI S-Lec in Roermond. He ranks second place in this year’s vote.
Do you know what has been celebrated in Japan last Friday? The Doll Festival known as hina-matsuri. It is a very special day in Japan. Families celebrate good health and future happiness for girls in a unique and colourful matter. But also communities have their own individual way to solemnise this occasion. The tradition goes back to the Heian period in Japanese history.
2017 is an exciting year – SEKISUI Chemical turns 70! From a single plastics manufacturing plant to a 9 billion EUR global chemical and manufacturing company, SEKISUI Chemical continues to be a corporate leader in key industries and a strong advocate for environmental issues.
SEKISUI Alveo hosted the 6th European KAIZEN Convention from 15th to 17th November in Geisenheim, Germany. The “triadic” slogan of the event “wine, stone and health” not only represented the diversity of the emblematic landscape and its surroundings, but defined the course of the internal competition, which was held in the premises of the AKZENT Waldhotel Rheingau.
SEKISUI S-Lec Resin Plant convinced the jury with their presentation “Increase steam condensate”. SEKISUI S-Lec process PVA into PVB powder which is further manufactured into PVB film. This PVB film is used in the automobile industry such as in windshields, sun roofs and side doors. It can also be found in the building construction area to increase safety and additional functionality like sound or solar control to glass windows.
SEKISUI has agreed to divest SEKISUI Virotech GmbH in a stock sale to Virotech Diagnostics Holdings GmbH. The purchase price was not disclosed.
