Sanyo Chemical Industries Ltd. and Toyota Tsusho Corporation concluded a new joint venture agreement regarding San-Dia Polymers Ltd. (head office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; president: Shigeaki Takeda). With the start of the new joint venture, San-Dia Polymers was renamed SDP Global Co. Ltd. SDP Global will combine San-Dia's R&D capabilities and manufacturing systems with Toyota Tsusho's sales and logistics networks to accelerate global expansion in the growing SAP market through aggressive investment and to better respond to market and customer needs.