Businessweek

Ube Material Industries, Ltd. engages in the production, processing, and marketing of magnesia clinker and other refractory raw materials, calcia and other ceramic materials, and magnesium and calcium-based chemical products. The company also produces electronic and optical materials, fine ceramics and other composite materials, resin reinforcing materials, fertilizers, food additives, and soil stabilizers. In addition, it produces materials for civil engineering works and construction, housing construction, and agriculture and gardening applications; desulfurizer, dechlorinizer, and neutralizer of flue gas and sewerage; and improving agents of water and bottom sediments. The company is headquartered in Ube-City, Japan. Ube Material Industries Ltd. is a subsidiary of Ube Industries Ltd.