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December 21, 2011
Recipients of VECfs Recycling Support Subsidy Determined

December 21, 2011
Additional PVC Inner Windows Installed in the University of Tokyo

December 21, 2011
PVC News No.79 Issued
November 16, 2011 VEC to Exhibit at Eco-Products 2011
November 16, 2011 PVC Monozukuri Contest Prize-Winning Works Displayed at IPF JAPAN
November 16, 2011 Eco-Point Program for Housing to Restart
October 19, 2011 VEC to Exhibit at Home Improvement Fair Tokyo 2011
October 19, 2011 PVC Lectures Steadily Provided at Middle Schools
September 21, 2011 VEC to Exhibit at IPF JAPAN 2011
September 21, 2011 Good Response to ‘Work-Note’
September 21, 2011 PVC News No.78 Issued
July 20, 2011 “Our Vision Towards Recycling”- Progress Report of the Activities
July 20, 2011 “PVC Monozukuri Contest 2011” - Successful Exhibition for Awarding Works
June 15, 2011 ‘Work-Note’ Prepared for Plastics Class
June 15, 2011 PVC News No.77 Issued
April 20, 2011 Large Number of Entries for “PVC Monozukuri Contest”
April 20, 2011 PVC News No.76 Issued
February 16, 2011 VEC to Exhibit at Architecture + Construction Materials 2011
February 16, 2011 Salt-Preventive Performance of PVC Sidings Confirmed in the Test
February 16, 2011 Protection Performance Test of PVC Sidings from Hydrogen Sulfide Corrosion Starts
December 15, 2010 Poster of “PVC Monozukuri Contest” for the Public Made
December 15, 2010 Eco-Products Exhibition Ended in Success
December 15, 2010 PVC News No.75 Issued
November 17, 2010 VEC to Exhibit at Eco-Products 2010
November 17, 2010 Lectures on PVC and Chemical Experiments for Elementary Schools in Okinawa
November 17, 2010 New Leaflet for PVC Windows Produced
October 20, 2010 “PVC Monozukuri Contest” To Be Held
October 20, 2010 VEC Participates In Andean PVC Forum
October 20, 2010 Introduction of PVC Health Insurance Card
October 20, 2010 VEC To Join Nikkei Housing Reform Exhibition
September 15, 2010 Experimental Demonstration on Thermal Insulation Effect of Plastic Windows Starts in Two Regions
September 15, 2010 Release of Study Result on Protective Effect of PVC Sidings against Salt Damage
September 15, 2010 PVC Fractal Sunshades Installed in Bio-Garden of LaLaport Toyosu
September 15, 2010 PVC News No.74 Issued
July 21, 2010 “Our Vision Towards Recycling”- Reporting on the Activities
July 21, 2010 New Tool for Promoting Eco-Remodeling
July 21, 2010 Follow-up of the Study on the Protective Effect for damage by Salt Attack with PVC Sidings
July 21, 2010 Inner Windows and Home Theater System
June 16, 2010 PVC News No.73 Issued
June 16, 2010 JIS for PVC-U Sash to be Established
June 16, 2010 New Labeling System of Grading for Windows to be Noticed
April 21, 2010 PVC Sidings Highly Publicized in Okinawa
April 21, 2010 Thermal Effect of PVC Windows Helps Health Improvement of the Elderly
March 17, 2010 PVC News No.72 issued
March 17, 2010 VEC's Presence at the Architecture and Construction Material Exhibition
February 17, 2010 Eco-Point System for Housing Implemented
February 17, 2010 PVC Building & Construction Promotion Seminar Held in Miyakojima
December 16, 2009 Eco-Products Exhibition Ended in Success
December 16, 2009 PVC News No.71 issued
December 16, 2009 Protective Effect Testing of PVC Sidings in the Hot-Spring Spa Resorts Starts
November 18, 2009 VEC to exhibit at Eco-Products 2009
November 18, 2009 “Vien Pod” Popular at the US Navy Air Base Energy Fair
October 30, 2009 Exhibited in “Hands-on Event: Chuo City Kankyo Matsuri for Children,”
Septembre 16, 2009 “Vien Pod” to Invited In Plastic Industrial Fair 2009 Nagoya
Septembre 16, 2009 Lectures on PVC for Elementary Schools Started
July 29, 2009 Exhibited in Koshigaya Eco Festa
June 17, 2009 PVC Fractal Sunshades to be Exhibited at the “Future Museum”
April 15, 2009 Reinforced tax incentives for energy-saving housing renovations
April 15, 2009 Recipients of VEC's recycling support subsidy determined
March 18, 2009 Update on PVC Windows Performance at the TSCP
March 18, 2009 PVC Mini-House Popular at the Architecture and Construction Material Exhibition
March 18, 2009 R-Inversatech Completes PVC Composite Recycling Technology Under VEC's Subsidy
February 18, 2009 PVC Windows Sampled at the Tokyo University's Sustainable Campus Project
February 18, 2009 Lectures on PVC for elementary schools
February 18, 2009 VEC Explains Japanese PVC Pipe Recycling Efforts in the Philippines
December 17, 2008 Recipient of VEC's recycling support subsidy determined
December 17, 2008 Eco-Products exhibition ended in success
December 17, 2008 PVC News #67 issued
November 19, 2008 VEC to exhibit at Eco-Products 2008
November 19, 2008 Potential tailwind for promotion of PVC windows again - NEDO's additional offering of subsidies for eco-buildings
October 15, 2008 The eco-housing reform exhibition and the housing seminar
October 15, 2008 APVN General Assembly
September 17, 2008 JMADO boosts its PVC sashes promotion in the Tohoku region
July 16, 2008 Nomination for REACH authorization of DEHP
July 16, 2008 PVC sashes and sidings presented at the environment exhibition celebrating the G8 summit
June 18, 2008 VEC's participation at the environment exhibition celebrating the Toyako summit
June 18, 2008 Sendai city scraps its PVC avoidance provision
June 18, 2008 VEC receives a performance award from a recycling research association
April 16, 2008 Recipients of VEC's recycling support subsidy determined
April 16, 2008 Installation of PVC inner window frames complete for all windows of the Ministry of Environment
April 16, 2008 NEDO subsidy project for this fiscal year ended successfully
March 19, 2008 AEON's sales and recycling of PVC gift cards
March 19, 2008 PVC window frames exhibited at the G-20 ministerial meeting
February 20, 2008 The Ministry of the Environment's energy saving reform - installation of PVC window frames to their entire building
February 20, 2008 NEDO's subsidy for PVC window frames
February 20, 2008 Beginning of the reinstatement of PVC
December 19, 2007 Assessment panel set up for our recycling initiative
December 19, 2007 Tax reduction granted for heat insulating window frames
December 19, 2007 VEC's presence at the Eco-Products exhibition
November 21, 2007 Eco Mark certification criteria released for 6 kinds of PVC construction products
November 21, 2007 VEC and JPEC to Join the Eco-Products exhibition for the first time in 2 years
October 17, 2007 The World Vinyl Forum ends in success
October 17, 2007 “PVC Data 2007” Issued
October 17, 2007 5th Seminar on Housing, the Environment and Energy Saving
September 19, 2007 The “PVC recycling support system”
September 19, 2007

5th Seminar on Housing, the Environment and Energy Saving

September 19, 2007 World Vinyl Forum to be held in Boston
September 19, 2007 “Fire Properties of PVC and its Safety upon Fire Incidents” Published
July 18, 2007 Secondary public offering of NEDO's subsidy for installing PVC sashes
July 18, 2007 The Tokyo Metropolitan Government formerly allows use of PVC electric cables in their Policy for Green Procurement Promotion 2007
June 20, 2007 The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announces removal of the PVC cable avoidance criterion from its Policy for Green Procurement Promotion 2007
June 20, 2007 Another good news on PVC sashes: the bill on environment conservation agreement
April 19, 2007 World Vinyl Forum III to be held in Boston in September
April 13, 2007 Cabinet decided upon a new governmental action plan against global warming
March 22, 2007 Installing PVC sashes will become a lot easier - application season for NEDOfs annual subsidy program starts
March 22, 2007 Additional installation of inner windows at the Ministry of the Environment
March 22, 2007 PVC News #60 issued
February 21, 2007 PVC Inner windows to be added at the Ministry of the Environment
February 21, 2007 Request for inclusion of PVC fixtures in the common specification on public housing construction
February 21, 2007 Vol. 4 of the well received PVC newsletter released
January 17, 2007 VEC's Grand New Year Reception 2007
December 20, 2006 Articles on PVC sashes uploaded on the Team Minus 6% website by the Ministry of the Environment
December 20, 2006 Asia Pacific Vinyl Network (APVN) starts full activity
- General assembly held in Mumbai, India -
December 20, 2006 PVC News #59 issued
- Full color print and renovated design -
November 15, 2006 An apartment using PVC sashes was the only one that achieved full marks within the environmental rating system of apartments by Metropolitan Tokyo
November 15, 2006 The@4th@Energy Seminar on Housing and the Living Environment to be held
October 18, 2006 Partial completion of PVC inner windows at the Ministry of the Environment
October 18, 2006 2006 version of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's “construction facilities design standard (tentative translation)” has been issued, where reference to PVC cables have significantly improved
September 20, 2006 The long awaited “PVC inner-window” to be installed at the Ministry of the Environment
September 20, 2006 PVC newsletter volume 3 released
September 20, 2006 The 4th seminar on the living environment and energy to be held
July 19, 2006 PVC window frames in full gear - the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport publishes its draft “nationwide living environment plan”
July 19, 2006 “PVC Newsletter Vol. 2” published for the media
July 19, 2006 JCIA submits an opinion to NHK on their TV program on endocrine disruptors
July 18, 2006 Call for Green and Sustainable Chemistry Awards
June 21, 2006 Takashi Tsuchiya appointed as new chairman of VEC
June 21, 2006 VEC opened its English version website
June 21, 2006 Prof. Itaru Yasui's lecture on the environment issue gained high acclaim
June 21, 2006 Window reform examples in housing
April 19, 2006 KOVEC established in Korea
April 19, 2006 Issue of “Comfortable Windowlogy #4” and update of the Jmado website
April 19, 2006 VEC to support Tokyo's Kid's ISO program again this year
March 15, 2006 Floorcoverings and Vent Pipes Using Recycled PVC Added Among Designated Procurement Items under the Law on Promoting Green Purchasing
March 15, 2006 The “Expression Exhibition” Ends in Success
March 15, 2006 Even Tabloids like Nikkan Gendai and Yukan Fuji Pays Attention to the “PVC Newsletter” - a Japanese Language Leaflet Published by VEC for the Media
February 15, 2006 Management Meeting of GVC (Global Vinyl Conference) Held for Further International Cooperation
February 15, 2006 Sony Further Relaxes its PVC Use Restrictions
February 15, 2006 Ministry of Environment Decides to Install PVC Inner Windows on One Whole Floor of Their Headquarter Building
February 15, 2006 “PVC Newsletter” Published by VEC for the Media
February 10, 2006 Notice from the Agency for Natural Resources & Energy (Amendment on the Law Concerning the Rational Use of Energy)
January 11, 2006 A model project concerning recycling of mixed plastics wastes from the construction sector that includes PVC