This section introduces R&D activities, which are highly evaluated from outside the company, by award category.

Year Awarded	Name of Award	Objective of Award	Administering Organization
2022	Grand Prize in the 54th Annual JCIA Technology Awards	Development and industrialization of environmentally-friendly chlorine production process by hydrogen chloride oxidation	Japan Chemical Industry Association
2020	Grand Prize in the 52nd Annual JCIA Technology Awards	The development and commercialization of a process for manufacturing propylene oxide (PO) using cumene, which has low environmental impact and is free from co-products	Japan Chemical Industry Association
2019	Japan Aluminium Association Award for Technological Development of the First Year of Reiwa	Aluminum fin material for heat exchanger with high corrosion resistance	Japan Aluminium Association