The report covers chemical companies' efforts to rebuild GX around economic security and diversify raw material sources through resource circulation. It also reports on specific initiatives, including support for perovskite commercialization and demonstrations of circular materials.
Chemical companies have positioned GX as a pillar of economic security and outlined a policy of diversifying raw material sources through resource circulation. The article provides an overview of the background to this policy and the specific initiatives based on it.
It highlights plans to revise the Plastic Resource Circulation Strategy during fiscal 2027, efforts to focus on bioplastic materials, and opportunities to improve recyclability in response to European packaging regulations. It also mentions demonstrations of circular methanol and the strength of remote support.
As news of support from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the article introduces support on the scale of ¥14 billion for perovskite commercialization, as well as efforts to demonstrate SAF feedstock production in Indonesia. These examples suggest that resource circulation and new-materials development can be pursued together.
Specific technological advances are also listed, including the development of polypropylene that can be used for PP fiber dyeing and demonstrations by Japanese companies of solar-cell sheet production methods. Initiatives by Sumitomo Chemical, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical and GЕI are among those introduced in succession.
Against this backdrop, the article points to the potential for the carryforward of CO2 emissions allowances and the expansion of circular materials through cooperation among companies to become key areas of focus going forward.