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Dulles High School Visits Sekisui Specialty Chemicals Houston

On Monday, May 15th, our Houston based team members had the opportunity to host 40 organic chemistry students from Dulles...

Sekisui Chemical Celebrates 70th Anniversary

“70 years ago, on March 3, 1947, Sekisui was established with the aim of being a comprehensive plastics business. This...

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Betsy Taber is a Senior Environmental Engineer with Sekisui Specialty Chemicals at our Calvert City Plant. She went to Georgetown...

Sekisui Sponsors Science Day for Dallas Children

On Saturday June 4th, Sekisui Chemical Company sponsored a Science Day for the children of the Dallas Japanese Association. Along...

Sekisui’s High Purity Methyl Acetate Capacity Expansion

Sekisui Specialty Chemicals is pleased to announce the start-up of a major capacity expansion of its high purity (99.5%) methyl...

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Keith Martin is a Technical Service Chemist with Sekisui Specialty Chemicals at our Houston Technology Center. He has a Bachelors...

Top 7 Reasons to Use Selvol PVOH for Textile Warp Sizing

Polyvinyl alcohol is widely used textile warp sizing composition. Selvol Polyvinyl Alcohol for textiles is an excellent film former, providing...

4th Edition of the Sekisui Squash Open

The Sekisui Open will take place in the Sportpark Pilatus in Kriens, Switzerland from 7 to 13 March 2016. For...

A Message from the President

We would like to begin this New Year by thanking all of our customers for their support and patronage through...

Selvol Polyvinyl Alcohol and Water: A Love Hate Relationship

Because Selvol polyvinyl alcohol is a water-soluble polymer, it is sometimes perceived as having little or no water resistance. However,...

Sekisui Specialty Chemicals Awarded 1st Place at Kaizen Competition

Sekisui Specialty Chemicals (SSC) was awarded 1st place in Sekisui Chemical’s prestigious Kaizen competition this year. Kaizen is a nine...

Selvol in Your Living Room: Polvyinyl Alcohol in Wood Glue

Have you ever put together your own entertainment console or coffee table, gluing those little wooden pegs into pre-drilled holes?...

Premiol: The Environmentally Friendly Drilling Additive

Selvol Premiol is a line of high performance polymers specifically designed for the oilfield industry. The polymers improve fluid loss...

Sekisui Chemical Selected for the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices

Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. has been selected for the fourth year in a row by the World Index of the...

Improve Colorfastness in Semi-Permanent Hair Dyes with Selvol Ultalux AD

Sekisui Specialty Chemicals (SSC) has presented research at the Society of Cosmetic Chemist’s Annual Technology Showcase since the launch of...

Sekisui Encourages Tomorrow’s Leaders at European Children’s Eco Summit 2015

After three events in Asia, Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. brought its Children’s Eco Summit back to Europe. Co-hosted by Sekisui...

2 Examples of Oil & Gas Resistant, Barrier Polyvinyl Alcohol

Paper manufacturers are looking for new end uses for coated or treated paper. One area of progress is food packaging;...

Improving the Performance of Pore Cleansing Masks and Strips with Selvol Ultalux AD and Polyvinyl Alcohol

Polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) is one of the most commonly used film formers in personal care products. A quick search of...

9 Reasons to Use Selvol Polyvinyl Alcohol in Your Adhesive

Selvol Polyvinyl Alcohol is an excellent emulsifying and dispersing agent for a wide variety of materials. In particular, it is...

9 Reasons to Use Selvol Polyvinyl Alcohol in Your Ceramic Product

As eco-friendly products rise in popularity, more cultures adopt Western style sanitationware, and biomedicine advances in orthopedic and dental reconstruction,...