Ube Nitrogen Industries Co., Ltd.

Japanese: 宇部窒素工業[株] - うべちっそこうぎょう
Ube Nitrogen Industries Co., Ltd.

...The company's founding dates back to 1897, when Watanabe Sukesaku established the anonymous association Okinoyama Coal Mine to develop the Ube coalfields (reorganized as a joint-stock company in 1928). Later, the anonymous association Ube Shinkawa Iron Works (established in 1914, reorganized as Ube Iron Works Co., Ltd. in 1917) was established to manufacture and repair mining equipment, Ube Cement Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (1923) used the coal and clay from the mine and limestone mined nearby, and Ube Nitrogen Industries Co., Ltd. (1933) was established to manufacture ammonium sulfate by completely gasifying Ube coal. These four companies, which had the same capital, merged to form Ube Industries Co., Ltd. in March 1942. This is how the company came to be a diversified company. ...

*Some of the terminology referenced in "Ube Nitrogen Industries Co., Ltd." is listed below.

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Japanese:

…創業は,宇部炭田開発のため,渡辺祐策により匿名組合沖ノ山炭鉱が創設された1897年(1928年株式会社に改組)にさかのぼる。その後,炭鉱用機器の製作修理を目的とする匿名組合宇部新川鉄工所(1914年設立,17年(株)宇部鉄工所に改組),同鉱の石炭・粘土と付近に産出する石灰石を利用する宇部セメント製造(株)(1923),さらには,宇部炭の完全ガス化による硫安製造のために宇部窒素工業(株)(1933)が相次いで設立され,同一資本であるこれら4社が合併して1942年3月に宇部興産(株)が発足した。これが,多角経営に至る経緯である。…

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