1.Outline
UBE makes a wide variety of products including chemicals, cement, plastics, and molding machines. Founded in 1897 in Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, today the company provides products and services from plants and offices in Japan and around the world.
| Corporate Name | UBE Corporation |
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| Accounting period | March 31 |
| Locations | Tokyo Head Office Seavans North Building, 1-2-1, Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8449, Japan Ube Head Office 1978-96 Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8633, Japan |
| Stock exchanges | Tokyo, Fukuoka [Code: 4208] |
| President | Masato Izumihara |
| Capital | 58.4 billion yen (As of March 31, 2022) |
| Number of employees | Consolidated 9,849 Non-consolidated 2,058 Fiscal year ended March 31, 2022 |
2.Business Areas
The Ube Group operates three main businesses. (As of March 31, 2022)
Chemicals
*Inter-segment internal sales are included (percentages add up to above 100%).
- Caprolactam (raw materials of nylon)
- Nylon resin
- Synthetic rubber
- Lithium-ion battery materials
- Fine chemicals (High-purity chemical products produced in small quantities for special applications), other
Net sales 341.5 billion yen
Operating profit 35.5 billion yen
Share of UBE Group net sales 52%
Machinery
- Molding machines
- Industrial machinery
- Bridges, other
Net sales 97.0 billion yen
Operating profit 5.1 billion yen
Share of UBE Group net sales 15%
3.History
The history of the UBE Group goes back to the founding of the Okinoyama Coal Mine in Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture with the establishment of a silent partnership. The Group continues to evolve with the times and adapt to structural changes in industry.
Okinoyama Coal Mine is established as a silent partnership.
Founded to develop an undersea coalfield in the Ube area. The Group continues to be engaged in the coal business under Construction Materials Business, and its industrial facilities in the Ube area are built on land filled with soil dug from coal mines.
Ube Shinkawa Iron Works is established as a silent partnership.
Precursor to the Machinery Business that was started to manufacture and maintain coal mining machinery.
Ube Cement Production, Ltd. is established.
Precursor to the Cement & Construction Materials Business that was started to utilize coal and soil dug from coal mines, and capitalize on rich limestone deposits in the Ube area.
Ube Nitrogen Industry, Ltd. is established.
Precursor to today's Chemical Business that was started to manufacture ammonium sulfate as a chemical fertilizer, using coal as a raw material.
Ube Industries, Ltd. is established through amalgamation of the four foregoing companies.
Ube Industries, Ltd. is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Central Research Laboratory (now the Strategic Core Technology Research Laboratory) is established.
Isa Cement Factory is established.
Kanda Cement Factory opens.
Sakai Factory is established.
Polybutadiene plant is built in Chiba.(now Chiba Petrochemical Factory)
Spanish production location began operations.
Ube Industries celebrates the 100th anniversary of business operations. Thai production location began operations.
Ube Machinery Corporation, Ltd. is established.
Ube Industries celebrates the 120th anniversary of business operations.
4.Global Expansion
The UBE Group operates a global network of plants and sales offices that supply high-quality products and services. In addition to operations in Spain, Thailand, the United States and other countries, the Group operates plants in Japan in Ube City (Yamaguchi Prefecture) as well as other parts of the country such as Ichihara City (Chiba Prefecture), Sakai City (Osaka Prefecture) and Kanda-machi (Fukuoka Prefecture).
5.Historical Business Results
The Corporate Group will adopt the “Accounting Standard for Revenue Recognition” (Accounting Standards Board of Japan, No. 29) from the beginning of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022.
6.Stock
| Transfer agent and share registrar and account management institution for special accounts | Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation Address: 1-4-5 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan |
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| Number of shares | Total issuable shares: 330,000,000 Total shares issued: 106,200,107 (including treasury stock) |
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| Number of shareholders | 69,262 (As of March 31, 2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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7.Business Principles
Pursue technology and embrace innovation to create value for the future and contribute to social progress
