Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (TYO:4183) announced on Sept. 18 that it intends to set up a new facility for long glass fiber reinforced polypropylene (LGFPP) at a U.S. production base for...
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Chinese Trend Toward Multi-Camera Smartphones Means Major Opportunity for Japanese Chemical Companies
Mid-tier Chinese smartphones have been sweeping through the Chinese and Southeast Asian markets, with high-end models too now finding rapid expansion here. And with such Chinese devices flocking together with...
Mitsui Chemicals Looks to Expand Business for Nonwovens
Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (TYO:4183) is moving to expand its operations for nonwoven fabrics. This goal comes as the company’s nonwovens business is enjoying growth in high-performance sanitary material applications, mostly...
Mitsui Chemicals Eyes Further Expansion in Chinese FPD Market
Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (TYO:4183) is intensifying its efforts to open up the flat-panel display (FPD) market in China. At present, Mitsui Chemicals supplies Chinese manufacturers of displays and related parts...
Mitsui Chemicals Brings Integrated Production to Thai Facilities for Breathable Film
Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (TYO:4183) has established an integrated system in Thailand to produce breathable film for disposable diapers. The new system sees the company blend two raw materials for the...
Mitsui Chemicals Boosts Production for UHMW-PE
Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (TYO:4183) announced on Aug. 29 that it has increased its production capacity for ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) material Hi-Zex Million. By expanding existing facilities at its...
Mitsui Chemicals Plans 20B Yen of Investments to Boost Production in Mobility Business
Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (TYO:4183) announced on Aug. 24 that it plans to invest approximately 20 billion yen ($179.84 million) into raising its production capacity for two products used as automotive...
Drug Price Revisions Drive Divide in Q1 Health Care Results for Chemical, Material Firms
Revisions made to Japan’s national drug pricing in April have driven a wedge between the health care business results of chemical and material producers for April–June. Four out of nine...
Mitsui Chemicals, AGC Enjoy Strong Performance With Smartphone Camera Materials
Players in the smartphone market are seeing strong results for their camera-related materials, despite factors such as inventory investment causing sluggish smartphone sales on the whole. As one player in...
Mitsui Chemical Partners up With PTTGC on Thai PTA, PET Joint Ventures
Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (TYO:4183) and PTT Global Chemical PCL (PTTGC) announced on Aug. 9 that two venture between Mitsui Chemicals and SCG Chemicals Co. Ltd. to manufacture purified terephthalic acid...
Mitsui Chemicals Plans European Clinical Research for Sepsis Testing Technology
Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (TYO:4183) is looking to expand R&D efforts overseas with its new testing technology for sepsis, a severe infectious disease. This comes as part of a plan to...
Only Three Major Japanese Chemical Firms Increase Profits for April–June Quarter
Eight major Japanese chemical companies have released their financial results for the April–June quarter of 2018. While all saw increases in revenue, only three saw a rise in operating profit....
Interview: JCIA Chairman Tsutomu Tannowa Talks Environmental Efforts
Major chemical organizations in Japan are moving forward with a number of new environmental measures, driven by an increasing societal focus on environmental awareness. Tsutomu Tannowa, chairman of the Japan...
Hygiene Materials Giant Fitesa Picks up Majority Share in CNC to Enter Southeast Asian Market
Major Brazilian hygiene materials company Fitesa SA recently acquired 51 percent of CNC International Co. Ltd., a Thai-based manufacturer of polypropylene (PP) spunbond nonwovens. Fitesa has turned CNC into joint...
Mitsui Chemicals Pursues Growth in Automotive Materials Business
Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (TYO:4183) is ramping up efforts aimed at the commercialization of new automotive materials. One initiative here is seeing the company develop a unidirectional (UD) tape made of...
Japanese Chemical Companies Take Aim at Europe’s Automotive Market – Part 2
A number of Japanese chemical firms have been targeting the European automotive market with M&A initiatives as of late. Through this, these companies hope to boost their presence in the...
Mitsui Chemicals Tohcello Plans Production Increase for MLCC Release Film
Mitsui Chemicals Tohcello Inc. is planning to boost its production of silicone-coated release film for multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs). MLCCs are currently seeing rapid popularization due to trends in the...
Euglena Launches Staff Exchange With Mitsui Chemicals
Euglena Co. Ltd. (TYO:2931) has embarked on a bilateral researcher exchange initiative with Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (TYO:4183). Growing rapidly on the back of its biofuel and cosmetics produced from microalgae...
Mitsui Chemicals, Idemitsu Kosan Work Toward High-Purity Propylene Production
Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (TYO:4183) and Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd. (TYO:5019) are gearing up to jointly construct a facility in Chiba Prefecture for getting high-purity product out of propylene. Prime Polymer...
Du Pont-Mitsui Polychemicals Increases Focus on Specialty Products
Du Pont-Mitsui Polychemicals Co. Ltd. is aiming to get ahead of schedule in hitting targets from its medium-term business plan. With food packaging and daily necessity applications driving demand growth...
