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December 21, 2022
Chlorine Cycle Committee was launched
June 16, 2021
"PVC Award 2021" will be held.""PVC Award 2021" (Theme: PVC-products that enrich our life) will be held. Taking application will begin on Thursday, July 1, 2021.
April 28, 2021
PVC 2021 will go online!The World's leading forum on PVC will be taking place in 10-12 May 2021
April 1, 2021
New Page about the information of Basel Amendment (only in Japanese)
April 1, 2021
Global warming and PVC
January 8, 2021
Chairman Saito's New Year Greetings (only in Japanese)
December 16, 2020
Safe life by utilizing antibacterial and antiviral PVC products!
February 21, 2018
Academic Industry Partnership between Ueda College of Fashion and PVCnext
December 20, 2017
Exhibition of PVC Design Award 2017 (in Osaka & Nagoya)
November 16, 2017
PVC Design Award Winers Decided, Ceremony & Exhibition To Hold
November 16, 2017
PVC News No.102 Issued
October 18, 2017
PVC Design Award 2017 - Award Ceremony to Hold on November 16
October 18, 2017
Thermal Environmental Measurement by Types of Window in Non-wooden Buildings
September 20, 2017
Announcement of Events
         - Environment Festival with Kids, Act Green ECO WEEK
September 20, 2017
Japan Wallcoverings Association Obtains Certificate of
    Cross-Jurisdictional Waste Treatment
July 19, 2017
PVC News No.101 Issued
July 10, 2017
Report on Participation in “Kyushu Home Show 2017”
June 21, 2017
Newly published booklet “Welcome to PVC Town!”
June 21, 2017
Report of “Eco-chil Festival 2017” in Sapporo
April 19, 2017
PVC 2017 (World's Leading Forum on PVC) To Take Place
April 19, 2017
VinylPlus Sustainability Forum 2017 To Take Place
April 6, 2017
Report on Saving-Energy Housing Seminar in Hiroshima
March 15, 2017
PVC Design Award 2017 (PVC Monozukuri Contest 2017) to Take Place
March 15, 2017
The 100th Anniversary Issue of PVC News (JPEC)
March 15, 2017
PVC Windows Introduced at Saving Energy Housing Seminar in Hiroshima
February 15, 2017
PVC Design Award 2016: Exhibition in Osaka, Nagoya and Fukuoka
February 15, 2017
Efforts for PVC Design Award Win Chemical Communication Award 2016
December 21, 2016
Recipients of VEC's Recycling Support Subsidy Determined
December 21, 2016
“EcoPro 2016” Ended in Success
December 21, 2016
PVC News No.99 Issued
November 28, 2016
Exhibition of PVC Design Award 2016 Taking Place in Tokyo
from Nov 25
November 28, 2016
Report of Symposium on Sustainability and Superiority of Buildings
November 21, 2016
PVC Design Award 2016 Ceremony To Hold
November 21, 2016
VEC to Exhibit at the EcoPro 2016
   - International Exhibition on Environment and Energy -
October 31, 2016
PVC Design Award 2016 - Thirty-one Design Proposals Pass Primary Selection - Final Results and Ceremony Held on 25th November
October 18, 2016
Release of New Booklet
         - “ ‘Sustainability’- PVC Contributing to Establishment of
           Sustainable Society”
September 21, 2016
PVC News No.98 Issued
September 21, 2016
Symposium on Sustainability and Superiority of Buildings （in Tokyo University）
September 21, 2016
Announcement of Events
         - Environment Festival with Kids, Act Green ECO WEEK
July 28, 2016
Report on Living Environment Seminar in Morioka and Utsunomiya
July 20, 2016
“LCA Committee on PVC Windows”
July 20, 2016
Establishment of “Study Group on Realization of ZEB / ZEH”
July 20, 2016
PVC Design Award 2016 - 256 Applications for “Design proposal”
June 20, 2016
Introduction of PVC Windows in Living Environment Seminar
June 15, 2016
PVC News No.97 Issued
June 15, 2016
The First “Construction Materials & Housing Equipment Fair” in Kyushu Region - Experience of the performance PVC windows
April 20, 2016
Start of Application for PVC Design Award 2016 (PVC Monozukuri Contest 2016)
April 20, 2016
Delivery Lesson Activities (FY2015)
March 16, 2016
Commercialization of PVC Design Award winners
March 16, 2016
First Symposium and Seminar on PVC Windows Held in Kyushu and Shikoku Regions
March 16, 2016
PVC News No.96 Issued
February 17, 2016
Completion of PVC Wallcoverings Small Recovery for Recycling Scheme
February 17, 2016
PVC Design Award 2015: Exhibition in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Fukuoka
February 17, 2016
PVC Window Frame Seminar to Take Place in Takamatsu
December 16, 2015
“Eco-Products Exhibition” Ended in Success
December 16, 2015
PVC News No.95 Issued
November 18, 2015
VEC to Exhibit at the Eco-Products 2015
November 18, 2015
Exhibition of PVC Design Award 2015 to Take Place at AXIS in Tokyo
October 21, 2015
PVC Design Award 2015: Eleven Products Pass Primary Selection - Final Results and Ceremony Held on 16th November
October 21, 2015
Special Exhibition of PVC Design Award Winning Items at Nagoya Plastic Industrial Fair 2015
October 21, 2015
“Chemical Week” - VEC Join Event Held in The University of Tokyo
October 21, 2015
Report of PVC Construction Materials Seminar in Tohoku, Ahead of Enforcement of Insulation Standards
September 28, 2015
Eleven Design Proposals Pass Primary Selection of PVC Design Award 2015
September 28, 2015
PVC Construction Materials Seminar in Tohoku To Take Place
September 28, 2015
PVC News No.94 Issued
July 15, 2015
Start of Application for PVC Design Award 2015
July 15, 2015
Delivery of Plastic Class for Junior High School Students Starts
June 17, 2015
PVC News No.93 Issued
June 17, 2015
Real Exposure Test for Weathering Resistance of PVC windows to Start in the University of Tokyo and Miyakojima
June 17, 2015
Exhibition in Nagoya Plastic Industrial Fair 2015
April 15, 2015
PVC Design Award 2015 (PVC Monozukuri Contest 2015) to Launch
April 15, 2015
VEC's Activity for Providing Lectures on PVC for Students (FY2014)
March 26, 2015
Removal of Chloroethylene from the List of Priority Chemicals for Risk Assessment
March 18, 2015
PVC News No.92 Issued
March 18, 2015
Update of Recycling Information on Website of VEC
  -Thermal recycling starts to be utilized even for waste plastic containing PVC
March 18, 2015
Matching of Business Opportunities with Creators
March 18, 2015
Report of Tohoku Seminar on Renovation for Thermal Insulation
February 18, 2015
Point System for Saving-Energy Housing To Start Again
February 18, 2015
High-Performing PVC Windows Introduced at ENEX 2015
February 18, 2015
Seminars on Renovating for Thermal Insulation To Be Held in Tohoku Region
December 17, 2014
Recipients of VEC's Recycling Support Subsidy Determined
December 17, 2014
VEC to Exhibit at ENEX 2015
December 17, 2014
PVC News No.91 Issued
December 17, 2014
“Eco-Products Exhibition” Ended in Success
December 17, 2014
Report of Symposium “Renovation for Heat Insulation in Existing Buildings”
November 14, 2014
VEC to Exhibit at Eco-Products 2014
November 14, 2014
Symposium on Renovation for Heat Insulation Held
November 14, 2014
Exhibition of PVC Design Award 2014 Held Successfully
October 15, 2014
11 Products Selected Among Product Section of PVC Design Award 2014
October 15, 2014
Symposium on Renovation for Heat Insulation in Existing Buildings
October 15, 2014
PVC Window Provided in Textbook on Building Materials
September 16, 2014
PVC Design Award 2014 -- Many Entries for “Design,” Expectation for “Product”
September 16, 2014
Support Activities for Plastics Education
September 16, 2014
PVC News No.90 Issued
July 23, 2014
PVC Sidings + PVC windows in Mito-city
July 23, 2014
VEC to Exhibit at “2014 Environment Festival - Try with Children” for the 6th Straight Year
June 17, 2014
Seminars on PVC Design Award 2014 for Designers
June 17, 2014
Shift to PVC Windows
June 17, 2014
PVC News No.89 Issued
April 16, 2014
PVC Design Award 2014 (PVC Monozukuri Contest 2014) to Launch
April 16, 2014
List of Material Recyclers on VEC-HP
March 19, 2014
PVC News No.88 Issued
February 19, 2014
Requirement of Labeling PVC in GPN Guidelines Abolished
February 19, 2014
Soft PVC “awa” Introduced at Ambiente 2014
     -- Project of Japan Creative
February 19, 2014
Plastic Education Liaison Committee
December 18, 2013
PVC News No.87 Issued
December 18, 2013
“Eco-Products Exhibition” Ended in Success
November 27, 2013
Report of Symposium
     -- “Building Envelope in Environmental Era” IN the Univ. of Tokyo
November 20, 2013
VEC to Exhibit at the Eco-Products 2013
October 16, 2013
PVC Design Award 2013 -- Ten Products Selected
October 16, 2013
Symposium on Restoration Housing at Univ. of Tokyo
October 16, 2013
Support Activities for Plastics Education
October 11, 2013
Report of Symposium in Sendai
   “Envelope Design in Housing
     -- Three Years After the Great East Japan Earthquake, in Sendai”
September 18, 2013
PVC Design Award 2013 Receive Applications from Many Designers
September 18, 2013
Symposium on Restoration Housing in Sendai
September 18, 2013
PVC News No.86 Issued
July 17, 2013
The 3rd VEC's Recycling Support Project Report Session Held
July 17, 2013
PVC Design Award 2013 Kicked Off! - Briefing for designers also held
June 19, 2013
PVC News No.85 Issued
June 19, 2013
To Start Lectures on PVC for Junior High Schools
April 17, 2013
Launch of the contest “PVC Design Award 2013”
April 17, 2013
De-chlorination and Fuel Production Technology Development Program Progressed by Taiheiyo Cement Corporation
March 21, 2013
PVC News No.84 Issued
March 21, 2013
Review on Preferable Treatment for EM Wires/Cables in Miyagi and Wakayama
February 20, 2013
“Series of Future Housing” to Launch on PVC Window Website
December 19, 2012
PVC News No.83 Issued
December 19, 2012
Developed Material Recycling Technology for Compound Materials
December 19, 2012
“PVC Design Award 2012” and Eco-Products Exhibition Ended in Success
November 21, 2012
VEC to Exhibit at Eco-Products 2012
November 21, 2012
Report of Symposium on “Building Envelope in Environmental Era”
November 21, 2012
Schedule on Results of “PVC Design Award 2012” and Presentation Ceremony
October 17, 2012
VEC to Exhibit at Eco-Products in Tohoku 2012
October 17, 2012
Symposium on “Building Envelope in Environmental Era”
October 17, 2012
Well-received Exhibition in Nagoya Plastic Industrial Fair 2012
September 19, 2012
PVC News No.82 Issued
September 19, 2012
VEC to Exhibit at Nagoya Plastic Industrial Fair 2012
July 18, 2012
Recipients of VEC's Recycling Support Subsidy Determined
July 18, 2012
“Our Vision for PVC Recycling” Revised and Published on the Website
July 18, 2012
Schedule for PVC Design Award 2012
June 20, 2012
PVC Design Award 2012 Kicked off !
   - Following Work Entry, Product Entry Also Started
June 20, 2012
PVC News No.81 Issued
April 18, 2012
Launch of the contest “PVC Design Award 2012”
March 21, 2012
Lectures on Plastics by VEC (Academic Year 2011)
March 21, 2012
PVC News No.80 Issued
February 15, 2012
Thermal Insulation Verification Test for PVC Inner Windows Starting in Fukui Cleaning Center
December 21, 2011
Recipients of VEC's 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

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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's 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