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Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation and Mitsubishi Petrochemical Co., Ltd. merged and started the operation as Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation.

  • *MKC:Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation
  • *MPC:Mitsubishi Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
  • *MCC:Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

(As of the end of March, 2017)
Aug 1934 MKC The predecessor of Mitsubishi Chemical Industries Limited was founded.
Oct 1935 MKC Kurosaki Plant started its operation.
Jun 1950 MKC Mitsubishi Chemical Industries Limited (the predecessor of Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation) was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Aug 1950 MKC Osaka Branch Office was established.
Jul 1953 MKC Mitsubishi Chemical Industries Limited (the predecessor of Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation) merged with Toho Kagaku Kogyo (Yokkaichi Plant), and the Plant started its operation as Yokkaichi Plant (present Yokkaichi Plant) of Mitsubishi Chemical Industries Limited.
Apr 1956 MPC Mitsubishi Group and Shell Group jointly established Mitsubishi Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
MKC Mitsubishi Chemical Industries Limited (the predecessor of Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation) established Tokyo Branch Office (- Sep 2000), Nagoya Branch Office (present Chubu Branch Office), and Kyushu Branch Office.
May 1959 MPC Mitsubishi Petrochemical Co., Ltd. started its operation of Yokkaichi Division (present Yokkaichi Plant).
Feb 1961 MKC Duesseldorf Office (present Mitsubishi Chemical Europe GmbH) was established.
Apr 1961 MKC New York Office (present Mitsubishi Chemical America, Inc.) was established.
May 1963 MKC Naoetsu Plant started its operation.
Jul 1964 MKC Mizushima Plant started its operation.
Apr 1968 MPC Tsukuba Research Center (present Tsukuba R&D Center) was established.
Nov 1969 MKC Sakaide Plant started its operation.
Jan 1971 MPC Kashima Division (present Kashima Plant, Tobu Zone) started its operation.
Apr 1971 MPC Hong Kong Office (present Mitsubishi Chemical Hong Kong Ltd.) was established.
Apr 1975 MKC Mitsubishi Kasei Do Brasil Limitada (- 2003) was established.
Feb 1976 MKC Research Center (present Yokohama R&D Center) was established.
May 1978 MKC Kashima Plant (present Kashima Plant, Hasaki Zone) started its operation.
May 1986 MKC Odawara Plant was established.
Dec 1986 MKC Chigasaki Plant (- Dec 1997) was established.
Jun 1988 MKC Mitsubishi Chemical Industries Limited changed the corporate name to Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation.
Oct 1990 MKC Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation merged with Matsuyama Kasei Ltd. (Matsuyama Plant), and the Plant started its operation as Matsuyama Plant of Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation.
Apr 1991 MKC Hiroshima Branch Office (- Oct 1999), and Sapporo Branch Office (present Hokkaido Branch Office) were established.
Oct 1991 MKC Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation merged with the Kasei Naoetsu Industries Limited (Naoetsu Plant) and the Plant started its operation as Naoetsu Plant of Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation.
Apr 1992 MKC Mitsubishi Kasei Singapore Pte Ltd (present Mitsubishi Chemical Singapore Pte Ltd) was established.
Oct 1992 MKC Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation merged with Mitsubishi Kasei Polytec Company (Tsukuba Plant) and JTC, and the Plant started its operation as Tsukuba Plant of Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation.
Jan 1993 MKC Taiwan Branch Office (- Jun 1998) was established.
Apr 1993 MKC Sendai Branch Office (- Oct 1999) was established.
Jul 1993 MPC Beijing Branch Office (present Beijing Office of Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation) was established.
Mar 1994 MKC Mitsubishi Kasei Thailand Co., Ltd. (present Mitsubishi Chemical (Thailand) Co., Ltd.) was established.
Oct 1994 MCC Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation and Mitsubishi Petrochemical Co., Ltd. merged and started the operation as Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation.
Mar 1995 MCC Jakarta Office (- Apr 2000) was established.
Oct 1999 MCC Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation merged with Tokyo Tanabe Co., Ltd. and established a subsidiary, Mitsubishi-Tokyo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., to take over combined pharmaceutical operations.
Oct 2001 MCC Mitsubishi-Tokyo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Welfide Corporation merged and started the operation as a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation.
Jul 2003 MCC Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation established an independent company, Mitsubishi Chemical Group Science and Technology Research Center, Inc. as a corporate central research.
Oct 2003 MCC Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation relocated the head office to Minato-ku, Tokyo.
Oct 2005 MCC Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation and Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation jointly established a holding company, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation, by means of a stock-for-stock exchange.
Oct 2006 MCC Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation relocated the head office to Shiba 4-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo.
May 2012 MCC Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation relocated the head office to Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.