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2024
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- Dec. 24, 2025 Business
Kagawa Plant to increase production capacity of anode material for automotive lithium-ion batteries[Open in a new window]
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- Dec. 23, 2025 Other
Physical Internet Realization Council’s Chemicals Working Group Runs Demonstration Test to Find Effects of Joint Logistics Pursuing the creation of a DX-based joint logistics platform [Open in a new window]
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- Oct. 28, 2025 Business
BioPTMG, a Plant-Derived Polyurethane Raw Material, Now Used in Bio-Synthetic Leather Bags and Other Products[Open in a new window]
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- Dec. 19, 2024 Business
Expansion of Production Capacity of Synthetic Silica Powder for Semiconductors at the Kyushu Plant
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- Dec. 16, 2024 Business
Bio-based Engineering Plastic DURABIO Adopted by Honda for its Motorcycle Bodywork and Windshields-Toughness and paintless design capability opening up mobility applications-[Open in a new window]
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- Dec. 11, 2024 Business
Mitsubishi Chemical Group, Deloitte Tohmatsu, and Classiq Compress Quantum Circuits by Up to 97%[Open in a new window]
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- Dec. 05, 2024 Business
Bio-based Engineering Plastic DURABIO used on front grille of Suzuki's new Fronx compact SUV[Open in a new window]
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- Nov. 11, 2024 Business
Enhancement of Our Semiconductor Precision Cleaning Business in Japan: Shinryo Corporation to Establish a New Plant in Fukushima and Expand the Iwate Plant[Open in a new window]
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- Nov. 08, 2024 Business
Asahi Kasei, Mitsui Chemicals, and Mitsubishi Chemical advance joint feasibility study on carbon neutrality of ethylene production facilities in western Japan Asahi Kasei, Mitsui Chemicals, and Mitsubishi Chemical have advanced discussions as announced i[Open in a new window]
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- Nov. 08, 2024 Business
Diamond Edge Ventures Announces Strategic Investment in Boston Materials to Support Next-Generation Semiconductor and Aerospace Solutions[Open in a new window]
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- Oct. 28, 2024 Business
Conducting Demonstration Tests of a Traceability System for Chemical Recycling in Collaboration with Chaintope Inc. to Build Transparent and Reliable Supply Chains[Open in a new window]
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- Oct. 21, 2024 Business
Launch of Higher Biomass Content Grades of Biomass-based Polycarbonatediol “BENEBiOL”-Contributing to sustainable manufacturing while maintaining high-quality functions-[Open in a new window]
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- Oct. 17, 2024 Business
Mitsubishi Chemical Group Expands Production Facility for Optical Film for Polarizing Plates, OPL Film[Open in a new window]
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- Oct. 10, 2024 Business
Mitsubishi Chemical Group Expands Production Capacity for Ion Exchange Resins Used in the Production of Ultrapure Water for Semiconductors[Open in a new window]
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- Oct. 07, 2024 Other
Results of a Joint Research Project with the University of Tokyo on Safeguarding the Global Commons -New Report Outlines Pathways and Strategies to Achieve Net Zero for the Japanese Chemical Industry-[Open in a new window]
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- Sep. 30, 2024 Business
International Sustainability and Carbon Certification “ISCC PLUS Certification” Newly Acquired[Open in a new window]
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- Sep. 11, 2024 Business
Promotion of a communication and interoperation standard connecting instruments for next-generation laboratories[Open in a new window]
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- Sep. 10, 2024 Business
International Sustainability and Carbon Certification “ISCC PLUS Certification” Newly Acquired
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- Sep. 09, 2024 Business
Transfer of Triacetate Fiber Business[Open in a new window]
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- Sep. 02, 2024 Business
Performance Polymers Products Site in Japan Acquires ISCC PLUS Certification[Open in a new window]
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- Aug. 28, 2024 Other
The Effects of a Spore-forming Lactic acid producing bacteria Probiotic on Improvement of Intestinal Environment and Skin Condition Have Been Demonstrated[Open in a new window]
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- Aug. 22, 2024 Business
Launch Studies on Chemical Recycling of End-of-Life Tires Utilizing Coke Ovens - Commercialize Sustainable Carbon Black by March 2026 -[Open in a new window]
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- Jun. 27, 2024 Other
The Improvement Effects of a Spore-forming Lactic acid producing bacteria Probiotic on Cold-like Symptoms Have Been Demonstrated[Open in a new window]
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- Jun. 20, 2024 Business
“XANTAR K Series” High-performance Polycarbonate Resin Adopted in the Nothing Phone (2a), a Smartphone from the U.K.[Open in a new window]
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- Jun. 12, 2024 Business
Mitsubishi Chemical Group expands production of its Lithomax photosensitive polymers for semiconductor photoresists – New facility at Kyushu-Fukuoka Plant to produce Lithomax for ArF and EUV photoresists –[Open in a new window]
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- Jun. 10, 2024 Business
Joint paper on “a new computational method for a large-scale and high-accuracy quantum chemistry calculation on quantum computers” published in a Nature Research Journal [Open in a new window]
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- May 20, 2024 Business
Biomass-based Polycarbonatediol BENEBiOL to Be Used in AEROX's Coatings for Wind Turbine Blade Leading Edge Protection[Open in a new window]
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- May 17, 2024 Business
DURABIO, the World’s First Bio-based Engineering Plastic, Adopted by Honda for its Motorcycle Windshields[Open in a new window]
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- May 16, 2024 Business
Signed an Agreement to Cooperate in the Creation of Recycling-oriented Communities and Environmentally-compatible Regeneration of the Yatsugatake Area [Open in a new window]
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- May 09, 2024 Business
Lawson Selects BENEBiOL, a Biomass-based Polycarbonatediol, for New Store in Aomori Prefecture, Japan
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- May 08, 2024 Business
Asahi Kasei, Mitsui Chemicals, and Mitsubishi Chemical to start joint feasibility study on carbon neutrality of ethylene production facilities in western Japan [Open in a new window]
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- Apr. 26, 2024 Business
Seedling pots using “Forzeas,” a plant-derived biodegradable resin compound, which allow seedlings to be planted without removing the pots sold at LAKE HAMANA HANAHAKU 2024[Open in a new window]
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- Apr. 12, 2024 Business
Components with Compliant Mechanism Design Adopted for Lunar Rover YAOKI[Open in a new window]
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- Apr. 02, 2024 Business
Biomass-based Polycarbonatediol “BENEBiOL” Adopted for the Watch Band of Citizen Watch[Open in a new window]
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- Mar. 21, 2024 Business
Main building of Mitsubishi Chemical Group's Science & Innovation Center receives WELL Building Standard v2 pilot certification[Open in a new window]
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- Mar. 18, 2024 Business
Nichigo G-Polymer, a special brand of polyvinyl alcohol, certified as a recyclable material for polyethylene-based multilayer packaging materials in Europe[Open in a new window]
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- Mar. 12, 2024 Business
Mitsubishi Chemical Group announces the Winner of the 3D Printing FGF Engineering Challenge[Open in a new window]
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- Mar. 12, 2024 Business
Mitsubishi Chemical Group Develops BiOpreg #400 Series Carbon Fiber Prepreg Using Plant-Derived Resin[Open in a new window]
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- Mar. 01, 2024 Business
Mitsubishi Chemical Group to increase Sugar Ester emulsifier production capacity
Will add new line to Kyushu Plant to meet global demand for high-quality food products[Open in a new window]
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- Feb. 27, 2024 Business
Announcement on the Discontinuance of MMA Production by the ACH Process and Acrylonitrile-Related Production at the Hiroshima Plant, and on Subsequent Withdrawal from Some Businesses[Open in a new window]
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- Feb. 14, 2024 Business
Plant-derived bioengineering plastic DURABIO used in Sunstar’s Ora2 Toothbrush[Open in a new window]
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- Feb. 07, 2024 Business
Developed “NOVADURAN ZR Series” Foaming Polybutylene Terephthalate Resin
- Enables the production of molded products with ultra-low specific gravity less than 1.0 in a simple process -[Open in a new window]
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- Jan. 26, 2024 Business
Mitsubishi Chemical Group to Commence Full-fledged Verification Testing for the World’s First Commercialization of Polycarbonate Resin Chemical Recycling
Conducting testing for collecting polycarbonate resin from headlamps of end-of-life vehicles in collaboration with Tokio Marine & Nichido and ABT[Open in a new window]
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- Jan. 25, 2024 Business
Plant-derived Bioengineering Plastic DURABIO Selected by Panasonic for Wireless Earphones[Open in a new window]


