Chiba Plant
Established in 1959 on the coastal industrial park in Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture, overlooking Tokyo Bay, the Chiba Plant manufactures chemical products using natural gas generated from its own Oami Shirasato Mine and such imported industrial materials as raw salt or fluorite.
As a company dealing with a wide range of chemical products, we consider harmony with the environment to be a fundamental premise of our business, and we consider environmental protection at every stage of our operations, from product development to disposal, and strive to continuously reduce our environmental impact and prevent pollution.
Location: Goikaigan 10, Ichihara City, Chiba, 290-8566, Japan
Start of operation: 1959
Representative: Masamiti Masuoka
Employees: 1,433 (as of December 2023)
Main business activities: Production of chemicals such as caustic soda, caustic potassium, potassium carbonate, sodium hypochlorite, gases and solvent, fluoropolymer/fluoroelastomer/Fluoropolymer film/fluorinated water and oil repellent agents etc., productions of pharmaceutical and agrochemical intermediate and active ingredients, biopharmaceuticals ingredients
Environmental Performance Data
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air | GHG (1,000 of tons) |
556 | 735 | 719 | 674 | 576 |
| NOx (tons) | 74 | 72 | 70 | 91 | 76 | |
| SOx (tons) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soot and dust(tons) |
3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |
| Water | Wastewater （1,000m3） |
8,091 | 8,811 | 9,324 | 10,620 | 10,296 |
| COD (tons) | 30 | 28 | 33 | 45 | 43 | |
| Waste | Waste finally sent to landfill(tons) | 215 | 77 | 0 | 90 | 119 |
Frequency Ratio of Accidents Requiring Leave
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.00 | 0.18 | 0.16 |
- The data cover all employees at the operating site (including business partners).