DuPont, BASFandIDEMITSU KOSAN are the key producers of luminescentmaterials, but thesechemicalgiants are not interested in thismarket, just 1% ofTFT-LCD market.
And in a year when oil prices were climbing, one has to ask what was going on at oil explorer Japan Energy Corp. (No. 49) and refiner-distributor Idemitsu Kosan (No. 51).