The origins of the Ube Industries Group (UBE) began more than a century ago in 1897, with the founding of the Okinoyama Coal Mine in Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture under the leadership of our founding president, Sukesaku Watanabe.

UBE has since expanded into machinery, cement, and chemicals, under the founding spirit of "coexistence and mutual prosperity" that links corporate growth to community progress, and "from finite mining to infinite industry" by which we embrace the challenge of creating diverse businesses from the starting point of coal. Furthermore, UBE has changed the contents of its respective businesses to keep pace with the changing times, and expanded our regional business development across the globe.

For fiscal 2019 and beyond, we have updated the UBE Corporate Philosophy, which directs us to "Pursue technology and embrace innovation to create value for the future and contribute to social progress." We have also updated the UBE Management Principles to identify the four important values of Ethics, Safety and Security, Quality, and People, and assembled a new medium-term management plan that the entire UBE Group is implementing to realize further growth. UBE will continue striving to secure sustainable growth and increase its corporate value over the long term. This will be done in harmony with society and the global environment, for the sake of the future and all stakeholders including shareholders, customers, business partners, employees, and people in communities.

UBE will continue striving to secure sustainable growth and increase its corporate value over the long term. This will be done in harmony with society and the global environment, for the sake of the future and all stakeholders including shareholders, customers, business partners, employees, and people in communities.