SEKISUI CHEMICAL, the manufacturer of FFU Synthetic Railway Sleeper, has been selected under the 2022 Health & Productivity Stock Selection Program, winning recognition for the company’s excellence in health and productivity management. It is the second consecutive year that SEKISUI CHEMICAL has been selected.
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SEKISUI CHEMICAL, the manufacturer of FFU Synthetic Railway Sleeper, received the Bronze Award at the third “ESG Finance Awards Japan,” hosted by the Ministry of the Environment, in the Environmentally Sustainable Company category.
In receiving this award, SEKISUI CHEMICAL was mainly recognized for its integration of environmental issues into its business ...
After getting the temporary approval in 2009 from EBA (German Federal Railway Authority), German railway (DB: Deutsche Bahn) installed FFU Synthetic Railway Sleepers in 2011 first time at a bridge project in Vilsbiburg, Bavaria, Germany.
After a trial period of 5 years, SEKISUI was given the final approval for the use of FFU Synthetic Railway Sleepers at ...
FFU Synthetic Railway Sleeper is a long lasting material with high strength and durability. It can be designed to meet each worksite requirement at the time of sleeper renewal or replacement by providing a unique solution that no other material can accommodate.
One of its applications is replacement of railway sleepers at open deck girder bridges. Since its ...
Since a large number of trains run on both shores, the noise emission was a serious issue in the middle of Rhine Valley in Europe.
The Government of Germany and German Railway, Deutsche Bahn (DB) had been investigating measures of noise reduction. Besides changing brake materials of rail vehicle, they also considered noise reduction measures in civil ...
SEKISUI, manufacturer of FFU Synthetic Railway Sleeper, has been designated with a sustainability ranking of “Silver Class” by S&P Global, which is a global ESG investment investigation and ranking company. It is greatly honored that this is the 12th consecutive year, since 2011, that SEISUI has been designated.
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An article about FFU Synthetic Railway Sleeper has been published in Rail Engineer, one of the most popular railway magazines in the Great Britain. It starts with the details of Chelsea Railway Bridge project SEKISUI had in 2021 with Network Rail, a government owned railway company in the Great Britain. Then, it introduces the brief history of FFU, as well ...
Truly honored that SEKISUI CHEMICAL has been selected as one of the 2022 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World index (2022 Global 100). 2022 is the fifth consecutive and seventh time overall that SEKISUI CHEMICAL has been included in this index.
Congratulations on all associates contributing to this achievement!
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FFU is used as Longitudinal Baulks. Its first installation took place in Monkton Marsh Bridge 1942 ACR at 80 meter. The installation was conducted in November 2015, and the purpose of this installation was to replace life expired timbers.
FFU Synthetic Longitudinal Baulks have also been installed in Bridge 149 Gas house Lane on the VIR at 33 meter in January ...
FFU Synthetic longitudinal beams were installed on 135m long 5-span Shannon River Bridge UBE16 in Limerick, Ireland in 2017. This bridge is on the line between Limerick and Ennis operated by Iarnród Éireann (Irish Railway), which is a single track line with bi-directional operation.
The selection of alternative material of timber longitudinal beams was done ...
FFU Synthetic Railway Sleeper has an experience of 41 years in actual track. Today, we would like to introduce its brief history.
In the 1970s', Japanese National Railways (JNR, currently known as JR) observed that the lifetime of wooden sleepers they were using was short and they sought new materials. SEKISUI, who is a developer of FFU which behaves like ...
From December 25th to January 3rd, SEKISUI FFU Railway Technology Team in Japan will be out of office for New Year Holiday. We will resume our business after the holiday, January 4th.
We would like take this opportunity to thank all of our clients, partners and team members for the support and cooperation throughout the year. We are looking forward to ...
Sekisui, manufacturer of FFU Synthetic Railway Sleeper, has been awarded a place on the Climate Change A List and Water Security A List by the international non-profit environmental organization CDP on December 7th 2021. This is the fourth consecutive year in the Water Security A List.
CDP is an international non-profit organization that drives companies to ...