Showa Denko Gas Products Co., Ltd. (SGP), a consolidated subsidiary of Showa Denko (SDK) (TOKYO:4004), has established a new plant to produce liquefied carbon dioxide (CO2) in its Oita Plant located in the premise of SDK’s Oita Petrochemical Complex, and started shipment of products. Liquefied carbon dioxide and dry ice (solidified CO2) are used in many fields including beverage, food, and other manufacturing industries. Liquefied carbon dioxide is made from CO2 gas contained in by-product gas generated in the processes of oil-refining, steel-making and ammonia production. However, the scaling back of oil-refining and ammonia production processes in Japan has been resulting in reduction in supply of by-product gas used to produce […]