UBE Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates in the materials and machinery businesses across Japan, Asia, Europe, and internationally. It reports through four segments: Specialty Products, Polymers & Chemicals, Machinery, and Others. Specialty Products offers polyimide, separation membranes, ceramics, and separators, while Polymers & Chemicals provides composite, nylon polymer, caprolactam, ammonium sulfate, industrial chemicals, C1 chemicals, coating, and elastomer. The Machinery segment offers die casting machines, extrusion presses, injection molding machines, kilns, chemical equipment, vertical mills, bulk handling machines, water screening equipment, crushers, and bridges and steel structure machineries; the Others segment covers pharmaceuticals including APIs and intermediates, electric power supply, and real estate leasing and control. The company also provides semiconductor gas products, continuous inorganic fiber, and products for polyurethane resins. Formerly known as Ube Industries, Ltd., UBE Corporation was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.