Showa Denko Gas Products (SGP), a consolidated subsidiary of Showa Denko (SDK), recently announced that it 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.

SGP had been producing liquefied CO2 and dry ice at multiple production bases including Kawasaki Plant, which functions as the main base, and Yokkaichi Plant.

Start-up of Oita Plant has given SGP an additional capacity to produce 15,000 tons of liquefied CO2 per year.

Under tight supply-demand situation concerning liquefied CO2 and dry ice, SGP had been maintaining stable supply of CO2 products to customers throughout Japan by means of long distance transportation and the imports of dry ice.