A former employee at Japanese plastics company Sekisui Chemical is under police investigation for allegedly passing on corporate trade secrets to a Chinese company, reported Japanese media Nikkei on Oct. 15.
Sekisui fired a 45-year-old male researcher in May 2019 after an internal investigation. Prior to his dismissal, the man passed on information about the company’s know-how in producing conductive particles, to a Chinese tech company called Chaozhou Three-Circle Group Corporation (CCTC). The particles are used in manufacturing touch screen displays.
