traded as tyo 4208 fse 4208 nikkei 225 component industry chemicals founded june 1897 ; 119 years ago 1897 06 founder sukesaku watanabe headquarters seavans north building 1 2 1 shibaura minato ku tokyo 105 8449 japan tokyo head office 1978 96 kogushi ube yamaguchi 755 8633 japan ube head office area served worldwide key people michio takeshita president and ceo products chemicals plastics pharmaceuticals cement building materials industrial machinery power generation defense technology revenue 6.3 billion usd fy 2013 650.5 billion jpy fy 2013 profit 122 million usd fy 2013 12.6 billion jpy fy 2013 number of employees 11 225 consolidated as of march 31 2014 website official website footnotes references 1 2 ube industries ltd. ube k san kabushiki gaisha is a japanese chemical company manufacturing chemicals plastics battery materials pharmaceuticals cement construction materials and machinery . 2 the company was founded in 1897 when sukesaku watanabe an industrialist a member of the house of representatives of japan and a deputy mayor of ube established okinoyama coal mine the predecessor of the present ube industries . since then the company has established six core business units chemicals & plastics specialty chemicals & products cement pharmaceuticals machinery and metal products energy and environment . the company is listed on the tokyo stock exchane and fukuoka stock exchange and is a constituent of the nikkei 225 stock index . 3 ube industries is a member of the mitsubishi ufj financial group mufj keiretsu . contents 1 history 2 main products 2.1 chemicals and plastics 2.2 speciality chemicals and products 2.3 pharmaceutical 2.4 cement and construction materials 2.5 energy and environment 2.6 machinery and metal products 2.7 defense technology 3 corporate governance 3.1 board directors 4 locations ube group 4.1 japan 4.2 worldwide 5 see also 6 gallery 7 references 8 external links history edit 1897 okinoyama coal mine okinoyama tank kumiai is established as a silent partnership 1914 ube shinkawa iron works ube shinkawa tekk jo is established as a silent partnership . 1923 ube cement production ltd. okinoyama tank seiz is established . 1933 ube nitrogen industry ltd. ube chisso k ogy is established . 1942 ube industries ltd. is established through amalgamation of the four foregoing companies . 1993 capital investment is made in pqm of spain now ube chemical europe s.a. 1997 thai caprolactam public co. ltd. and ube nylon thailand ltd. now ube chemicals asia public company ltd. open for business . 1998 ube mitsubishi cement corporation joint venture with mitsubishi materials corporation is established . main products edit chemicals and plastics edit caprolactam polyamide synthetic rubber ammonia acrylonitrile butadiene styrene polyethylene speciality chemicals and products edit liquid electrolyte diol dimethyl carbonate polyimide high purity silicon nitride powder n2 separation membranes pharmaceutical edit pharmaceutical materials pharmaceutical licenses cement and construction materials edit cement concrete limestone magnesia energy and environment edit coal machinery and metal products edit aluminum wheels bridges injection molding machines die castingmachines defense technology edit ube provides advanced materials for various defense and aerospace applications for example it s tyranno fiber a material incorporating a silicon titanium mix is used as a stealth material in the atd x program . 4 corporate governance edit board directors edit chirperson and director hiroaki tamura president and representative director michio takeshita ceo also holds the post of vice chairperson of the japan chemical industry association 5 representative director kazuhiko okada directors akinori furukawa cco general director of general affairs and personnel office makoto umetsu general director of research and development yoshiomi matsumoto he was vice president of the industrial bank of japan mitsutaka motoda he is president of the sanwa research institute and used to be senior managing director of sanwa bank locations ube group edit japan edit tokyo headquarter ube headquarter r & d plant bulk terminal limestone mine fukuoka sales branch plant chiba r & d plant osaka plants sales branch nagoya sales branch the presidents of the ube chamber of commerce and industry are elected from retired persons of the company . serving president yasuhisa chiba he was representative director of ube industries also holds the post of vice chairperson of the chemical society of japan . 6 some employees of the ube group are elected to assemblyman . worldwide edit thailand sales branch r & d plant spain sales branch r & d plant nantong china plant u.s. sales branch plant seoul south korea sales branch shanghai china sales branch hongkong china sales branch singapore sales branch d sseldorf germany sales branch s o paulo brazil sales branch taiwan sales branch etc. ube group is doing business worldwide especially thailand rayong province and spain province of castell n are main sites for petrochemical business . ube chemicals asia public company ltd. ucha is one of the cogent chemical companies in thailand . the company is the sole caprolactam producer in thailand . dr. charunya phichitkul the president of ucha also holds the post of vice chairperson of the petrochemical industry club the federation of thai industries . 7 see also edit japan portal chemistry portal engineering portal companies portal ceramic matrix composite gallery edit ube kosan building in ube city statue of company founder sukesaku watanabe watanabe memorial hall ube s chemical plant in ube yamaguchi ube mine expressway a ube dedicated road in yamaguchi prefecture references edit company outline . ube industries . retrieved september 19 2014 . a b company profile . bloomberg l.p. retrieved september 19 2014 . components nikkei stock average . nikkei inc. retrieved september 18 2014 . ministry to support boost defense equipment r & d . yomiuri shimbun . retrieved october 8 2014 . official website of jcia about jcia officers retrieved on march 6 2011 . official website of csj retrieved on march 6 2011 . official website of ftipc ftipc organization chart 2010 2011 retrieved on march 6 2011 . external links edit ube global site english ube homepage english ube in thailand site english ube latin america servicos ltda portuguese ube in europe site answers.com ube industries v t e nikkei 225 companies of japan 7 & i advantest on agc ajinomoto alps ana amada aozora bank asahi breweries asahi kasei astellas bridgestone canon casio chiba bank chiyoda chuden chugai citizen comsys concordia financial credit saison dai ichi life daiichi sankyo daikin dainippon screen dainippon sumitomo pharma daiwa house daiwa securities denka denso dentsu dnp dowa ebara eisai fanuc fast retailing fuji electric fuji heavy industries fujifilm fujikura fujitsu fukuoka financial furukawa co. ltd. furukawa electric gs yuasa heiwa real estate hino 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