Special Topics
28. Nov. 2008
Prefatory note ［Economic restructuring ］ (Dec. 2008 issue)
On November 6th, Toyota announced to revise down its operating profit for
the current term by 100 million yen. Japan’s stock market was shocked as
it was revealed that the decline of world economy caused serious influence
on a major export company in Japan....to read more, please login!!
Industrial Applications of Renewable Resources: A Conference on Biobased
Technology (Dec. 2008 issue)
From
October 13 through 16 the “Industrial Applications of Renewable Resources: A
Conference on Bio-Based Technologies” was held by the American Oil Chemists'
Society at Hyatt Regency Cincinnati. ...to read more, please login!!
Outlook: Bio-diesel Impact on the Palm Oil Industry (Dec. 2008 issue)
We would like to bring in a very useful article by Dr. Yusof Basiron placed
in “Global Oils & Fats”. Dr Basiron, the CEO of Malaysian Palm Oil
Council, brings up the future of the palm oil industry with an insightful
view....to read more, please login!!
30. Oct. 2008
Prefatory note ［Financial Crisis ］ (Nov. 2008 issue)
The Chicago soy bean market is tempted by the change of American stock
market as of this writing, the price of November fell below 850 cents which
is a lowest record this year, and to 825 cents which is a lowest price
since August, 2007 afterwards. The soy oil market was ...to read more, please login!!
Ethanol&Biofuels Asia 2008 opened (1) (Nov. 2008 issue)
The Ethanol & Biofuels Asia 2008 was held at Grand Hyatt Singapore
on October 8th and 9th as introduced on the September issue. ...to read more, please login!!
WOOC2008 was opened!!（2） (Nov. 2008 issue)
The sixth speech, “HOT Commodities” was conducted
by Jim Rogers. In 1973 he and George Soros co-founded Quantum. During the
following 10 years the fund gained 3,365%, while the Dow Industrials advanced
about 20%. ...to read more, please login!!
Spacial Report "Business Chance, Anti-Global Warming Effect &
Biofuels" (Nov. 2008 issue)
Big way project adopt an importation encouraging development system, and
we plant Jatropha in the land of about 30,000 ha in Indonesia, and import
it to Japan as biodiesel fuel....to read more, please login!!
10. Oct. 2008
Prefatory note ［Chinese food is safe? ］ (Oct. 2008 issue)The Chinese hygiene ministry had announced that numbers of infants whom feed polluted dry milk to toxic substance melamine, and was hospitalized in the last time was increased to 12,892 from 6,244. Makers who selling this dry milk are 22 companies including the major companies such as “YILI” or “MENGNIU” of the Beijing Olympic Games sponsor. ...to read more, please login!!
WOOC2008 was opened!!（１） (Oct. 2008 issue)
Price Outlook was held in the spring, and now WOOC (World Oils and Oil Seed Conference) started in the fall. Nowadays, Oil price is fluctuating widely. If you remember, CPO price was ...to read more, please login!!
8th Oils & Fats Paper Award Summary Presentation was opened (Oct. 2008 issue)
On September 17th 2008, presentation by the winner of the 2007 Oils and Fats Paper Award was held at Surugadai Campus, (Tokyo) Nihon University, organized by the Oil & Fat Industry Kaikan. Each speaker lectured with a prospective and effective manner with the 15 minutes they were given. ...to read more, please login!!
BASF’s announcement: Acquirement of Ciba for EUR 38 bln (Oct. 2008 issue)
World’s shakeout of chemical industry has been sped up. BASF announced
that it would acquire Ciba that is the Europe’s leading specialized chemical
producer. Major companies, which have comprehensive business platforms,
have tended to build cyclicality-resistant business structure with lowering
their oil-dependence by acquirement of specialty companies. ...to read more, please login!!
Prefatory
note ［The
Beijing Olympics ］ (Sep.
2008 issue)
The
Beijing Olympics will be ended soon. The Chinese audience rating of the opening
ceremony of the Beijing Olympic says 90%! It is a surprising number. In
addition, the acquired number of the Chinese medals in this Olympic game is
highest, so we believe this Olympic game was succeed in the aspect to appeal for
the nation by the Chinese government. ...to read more, please
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Ethanol
& biodiesel Asia 2008 will be opened soon (Sep.
2008 issue)
A
confluence of factors is compelling Asian nations and companies to seek out
renewable and clean energy solutions: the never ending voracious appetite for
energy, rising costs of fossil fuels, increasing awareness of environmental
consequences and growing international security threats posed by dependence upon
energy supplies from politically volatile regions. But ...to read more, please
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8th
Asia Surfactants Personal & Homecare Markets will be opened on
21st October (Sep.
2008 issue)
Surfactants
industry continue to bear the burden of record high feedstock costs but the
demand for personal and home care products is unwavering and remains a stable
market. As the market grows in sophistication, how would surfactant producers
position themselves to overcome these pressures? How can industry players find
their profitable niche as the market consolidates further? ...to read more, please
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Optimizing
Biodiesel production (Sep.
2008 issue)
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article is from OFI, so this is Japanese ver mainly.
“Jatropha
World 2008” was opened in Indonesia-2 (Sep.
2008 issue)
In
January 23rd and 24th, 2008, “Jatropha world 2008” was
opened. In part 2, we newly present noteworthy talk that could not be shown in
part 1 because of space limitations. Part 1 of this topic is appeared in March
issue of 2008. Thus, if you also refer to previous issue, you can cover almost
all contents of main lecture that was given at the conference.
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SODEOPEC・2008
at Walt Disney World Resort
sponsored by AOCS（2）
(Sep.
2008 issue)
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1. August. 2008
Prefatory note ［Toyako Summit Closes ］ (Aug. 2008 issue)
G-8
(Hokkaido Toyako Summit) came to an end on July 9th. The first summit was held
in Paris in 1975. This time 22 countries participated in the 34th summit.
According to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, separate talks with each head of states
reached a total of 62 times in 4 days. ...to read more, please login!!
Risk Mitigation for Renewable Energy Projects will be opened (Aug. 2008 issue)
Last year oil price was
below 100 dollars and it has reached 145 dollars this month. Although it has
dropped during the last few weeks, it is still in the 130 dollars range. ...to read more, please login!!
WOOC2008
will be opened in Singapore (Aug. 2008 issue)
The 2008 World Oils & Oilseeds Convention
(WOOC2008) will once again be held at the Raffles City Convention Centre,
Singapore on 9 - 11 September 2008. This conference presents itself as the
sequel to the inaugural Singapore International Oils & Oilseeds Conference
(SIOOC2007) held on 13 - 15 August 2007. SIOOC2007, the 1st ever conference for
the oils & oilseeds industry in Singapore, enjoyed the support of 250
delegates. We look forward to the continued support of the industry and to
another successful WOOC2008 gathering in Singapore come September this year....to read more, please login!!
Industrial Application of
Renewable Resources: A Conference on Biobased Technologies will be opened on
Oct 2008! (Aug. 2008 issue)
As we move forward in this century, we are
experiencing a time of rapid change. There will continue to be an unprecedented
demand for natural resources, which in turn is driving the cost of fuels and
industrial chemicals higher. This conference will provide an overview of
emerging technologies that are “Biobased” renewable resources....to read more, please login!!