Japan's Sumitomo Chemical revamps R&D structure

1. Head Office

To strengthen collaboration the Company-wide R&D structure and enhance its corporate research function, Sumitomo Chemical will reorganize the Research Planning and Coordination Department into two new departments. These new departments will be the Research Planning Department, which will be responsible for planning and coordination functions related to technologies and research and development across the whole Company, and the Corporate Research Planning and Coordination Department, which will be responsible for the promotion and management of topics related to corporate research.

2. Corporate R&D Laboratories

To optimize and enhance the commercialization studies for topics related to corporate research, as well as enhance its foundational technologies, the Company will merge the Environmental Health Science Research Laboratory, Advanced Materials Development Laboratory, and Bioscience Research Laboratory to form the new Advanced Foundational Technologies Laboratory. In addition, Corporate R&D Laboratories will be renamed to the Corporate Research Laboratories.

3. ICT & Mobility Solutions Sector

As a result of the restructuring and consolidation of the Company’s lithium-ion secondary battery separator business to SSLM, a subsidiary located in South Korea, the Battery Materials Division will be eliminated.

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ALCHEMPro News Desk (JP)