The Mitsui Chemicals group consists of Mitsui Chemicals, with around 100 subsidiaries and 86 affiliates. Mitsui Chemicals is a Japanese producer of petrochemicals, polymers, industrial chemicals, fine chemicals and engineering materials. Its three main business areas are Performance Materials, Advanced Chemicals and Basic Chemicals.
The group's business include the following activities:
Petrochemicals
This division consists of five segments that manufacture petrochemical feedstocks, polyethylene, styrenics, vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC).
Basic Chemicals
This division manufactures and markets fibre intermediates, phenolics, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resins and industrial chemicals.
Functional Polymeric Materials
This segment manufactures and sells elastomers, performance polymers such as polyimides and specialty resins. It consists of six segments including the Mitsui Chemicals Polyurethanes.
Mitsui Chemicals Polyurethanes
On 1 April 2001, Takeda and Mitsui Chemicals established a joint venture Mitsui Takeda Chemicals (MTCI) by merging two parties' urethane chemicals and composite materials businesses.
On 1 April 2006, Mitsui Chemicals purchased Takeda’s equity interest of 49% in MTCI. MTCI is a wholly owned Mitsui Chemicals subsidiary as a result of this share purchase and was renamed Mitsui Chemicals Polyurethanes.
Functional Chemicals and Engineering Materials
This segment is involved in the manufacture and sale of functional fabricated products, electronics and information materials industrial resins, agrochemicals, fine chemicals and pharmaceutical chemicals.
Others
The Mitsui Chemicals’ other operations include plant construction and maintenance, warehousing and logistics, and consulting services, including chemical testing and analysis and safety inspection of chemical substances.
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Strategy & Financial Highlights
Mitsui Chemicals says that it has been implementing a set of emergency measures since January 2009 due to what it calls an “unprecedented economic crisis”. (Edited from: “To Our Shareholders). ICIS also provides you with key financial data listed in table form.
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