Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. (TYO:4188) is looking to use the full strength of its group companies to make a push with automotive components. As part of this, subsidiary Mitsubishi Chemical...
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Chemical and Material Manufacturers Eye Sustainable Growth in Health Care Sector
Chemical and material manufacturers are focusing their efforts in on the health care sector, seeing here little risk of fluctuation effects and as such expecting sustainable growth over the medium–long...
Chemical Giants Achieve Record Profits for Fiscal 2017
Japan’s chemical industry has now seen all of its major players release their business results for fiscal 2017. And with petrochemical market prices at a high and price spreads growing,...
Interview: Mitsubishi Chemical CEO Discusses Changing of the Guard, Plans Moving Forward
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. is moving swiftly under a new structure and leadership. Just one year after being reorganized into a standalone operation under parent company Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. (TYO:4188),...
Japan Polyethylene Hopes to Outsource HDPE Production in Europe
Japan Polyethylene Corp., whose investors include Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. (TYO:4188) and Showa Denko KK (TYO:4004), will bolster overseas production capacity for high-density polyethylene (HDPE). The chemical is used as...
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings to Use New Method of Creating Health Care Businesses
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. (TYO:4188) is planning to create health care businesses using a new method called Biodesign. As part of this plan, the company will soon establish specialized teams...
Interview: Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings President Talks Recent Performance, Aims
The Chemical Daily recently sat down with Hitoshi Ochi, president and CEO of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. (TYO:4188), to gain insight into his company’s results for fiscal 2017 and its...
Shinryo Moves Into Carbon Fiber Recycling
Shinryo Corp., a Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. (TYO:4188) group company based in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, is starting operations in carbon fiber recycling. Since recycled carbon fiber can be offered at...
Chemical Industry Leader Outlooks for 2018 – Part 2: Petrochemical
The Chemical Daily recently had the opportunity to hear from chemical company executives regarding their outlooks for 2018. Continuing on from a discussion on the global economy, the executives gave...
Chemical Industry Leader Outlooks for 2018 – Part 1: The Global Economy
The Chemical Daily recently had the opportunity to hear from chemical company executives regarding their outlooks for 2018. In this series, we hear from these executives on their outlooks for...
Mitsubishi Chemical Looks to Accelerate M&A Efforts in Performance Products
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. is moving to accelerate its M&A strategies in the area of performance products. With an investment and loan framework of 1.7 trillion yen ($15.08 billion) established as...
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Sets Operating Profit Target of 430B Yen for 2020
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. (TYO:4188) is raising its new fiscal 2020 target for core operating income. Speaking at Tokyo press conference on Nov. 28, President Hitoshi Ochi revealed that the...
Japan’s Major Chemical Manufacturers Post Record Profits in First-Half Results
All of Japan’s major chemical manufacturers have posted record highs on a net profit basis with their respective midterm settlement of accounts for September 2017. And with each of these...
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings to Offer Package of Auto Materials and Technologies in Europe
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. (TYO:4188) will kick off an effort in Europe to offer a package of the group’s materials and technology to the automotive sector. The company has set...
Mitsubishi Chemical Pursues R&D With Focus on Finding “Essence of Chemistry” – Part 2
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. has been working toward what it calls the essence of chemistry through its research and development efforts. One of the Japanese company’s new initiatives has been the...
Larry Meixner Talks New Role, Aspirations With Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings – Part 2
Having struggled to create new business in recent times, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings (TYO:4188) targeted Larry Meixner to become a managing corporate executive officer and head the company’s new Emerging Technology...
Larry Meixner Talks New Role, Aspirations With Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings – Part 1
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings (TYO:4188), having struggled to create new business in recent times, established its new Emerging Technology and Business Development Office this past April. To run this new operation,...
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings to Launch US Base for Collaborating with Startups
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. (TYO:4188) is planning to establish a base in the U.S. during fiscal 2017 for creating new business. The company is looking to set the base up...
Mitsubishi Chemical Taps Former Sharp Labs of America President to Accelerate IoT and AI Utilization
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. (TYO:4188) announced on Feb. 23 that it is bringing on board Larry Meixner, former president of Sharp Laboratories of America. He will head the company’s Emerging...
Chemical Industry Leader Outlooks for 2017 – Part 4: Life Sciences
Japan Chemical Daily recently had the opportunity to hear from chemical company executives regarding their outlooks for 2017. Continuing on from discussions on the global economy, bulk chemicals and functional...
