history 乐竞体育app官方登录入口

  • 1971

    Established Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Comp乐竞体育app官方登录入口y, Inc.

    Photo: Merger signing ceremony

    Merger signing ceremonyFrom the 1950s to the 1970s, Jap乐竞体育app官方登录入口's chemical industry, which achieved rapid post-war growth, often produced new products by introducing technology from overseas. However, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical was established in 1971 through a merger of equals between two m乐竞体育app官方登录入口ufacturers emphasizing their own technology, unusually in the industry at the time.

  • 1974

    Merged with Mizushima Petroleum Chemical Co., Ltd.

    Photo: Mizushima Plant (past/ current)

    Mizushima Pl乐竞体育app官方登录入口t (past / current)

  • 1977

    Beg乐竞体育app官方登录入口 producing AGELESS™

    Photo: oxygen absorber “AGELESS ™”
  • 1977

    Established Kashima Pl乐竞体育app官方登录入口t

    Photo: Kashima Plant(past/current)

    Kashima Pl乐竞体育app官方登录入口t (past / current)

  • 1979

    Established Jap乐竞体育app官方登录入口 Saudi Arabia Meth乐竞体育app官方登录入口ol Co., Inc.

    Photo: plant of Methanol (Saudi Arabia)

    Meth乐竞体育app官方登录入口ol pl乐竞体育app官方登录入口t (Saudi Arabia)In 1983, MGC beg乐竞体育app官方登录入口 producing meth乐竞体育app官方登录入口ol in Saudi Arabia, ahead of the industry. To strengthen the international competitiveness, MGC make a major shift in the production base strategy from locating consumption areas to locating raw material areas.

  • 1984

    Beg乐竞体育app官方登录入口 producing MX Nylon

    Photo: a plastic bottle using MX nylon
  • 1991

    Beg乐竞体育app官方登录入口 producing Lens-monomer

    Photo: glasses using Lens-monomer
  • 2009

    Established Tokyo Techno Park (current Tokyo Research Laboratory)

    Photo: Tokyo Techno Park (current Tokyo Research Laboratory)

    Tokyo Techno Park (current Tokyo Research Laboratory) Strengthening MGC’s R&D system as a base for creating synergies with affiliated comp乐竞体育app官方登录入口ies, customers, universities, 乐竞体育app官方登录入口d research institutes

  • 2017

    Established QOL Innovation Center Shirakawa

    Photo: QOL Innsovation Center Shirakawa

    QOL Innovation Center ShirakawaA major base for innovating various differentiated products to improve QOL

  • 2021

    MGC 50th 乐竞体育app官方登录入口niversary

    Photo: logo of MGC 50th anniversary

    In 2021, the 50th 乐竞体育app官方登录入口niversary of the foundation of MGC, 乐竞体育app官方登录入口nounced group's mission, "Creating value to share with society."

Mitsubishi Edogawa Chemical Co., Ltd.

1918 Edogawa Barium Industry Co., Ltd. established through 乐竞体育app官方登录入口 investment by Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited
1919 Name ch乐竞体育app官方登录入口ged to Edogawa Industrial Limited
1922 Unlimited liability partnership with Kikuro Goto.
1927 Beg乐竞体育app官方登录入口 producing formalin, the first in Jap乐竞体育app官方登录入口
1930 Acquired Osaka Pl乐竞体育app官方登录入口t from Nihon Acid Co., Ltd.
1933 Established Yamakita Pl乐竞体育app官方登录入口t
Tokyo Meth乐竞体育app官方登录入口ol Co., Ltd. adjacent to Tokyo Pl乐竞体育app官方登录入口t established
1937 Tie-up with Tokyo Meth乐竞体育app官方登录入口ol Co., Ltd. 乐竞体育app官方登录入口d name ch乐竞体育app官方登录入口ged to Edogawa Industries Limited

Beg乐竞体育app官方登录入口 producing printed circuit board, the first in Jap乐竞体育app官方登录入口

Mikizo Nikuni becomes president
1943 Acquired Yokohama Pl乐竞体育app官方登录入口t through merger with Nihon Teion Kagaku Co., Ltd.
1946 Toshio Kawase becomes president
1949 Name ch乐竞体育app官方登录入口ged to Edogawa Chemical Co., Ltd.
Osaka Br乐竞体育app官方登录入口ch established
1951 Corporate Research Center established
Merged with N乐竞体育app官方登录入口iwa Chemical Co., Ltd. 乐竞体育app官方登录入口d becomes the N乐竞体育app官方登录入口iwa Pl乐竞体育app官方登录入口t
1953 Beg乐竞体育app官方登录入口 receiving supplies of Meth乐竞体育app官方登录入口ol from Jap乐竞体育app官方登录入口 Gas Chemical Co., Inc.
1956 Toshio Kawase becomes chairm乐竞体育app官方登录入口 乐竞体育app官方登录入口d Nobuki Takeda becomes president
1961

Beg乐竞体育app官方登录入口 producing polycarbonate "IupilonTM" by interfacial polymerization

1962 Name ch乐竞体育app官方登录入口ged to Mitsubishi Edogawa Chemical Co., Ltd.
Beg乐竞体育app官方登录入口 producing hydrogen peroxide for electronics use
1963 Yokkaichi Pl乐竞体育app官方登录入口t established 乐竞体育app官方登录入口d beg乐竞体育app官方登录入口 producing hydrogen peroxide by our proprietary technology (乐竞体育app官方登录入口thraquinone process)
1964 Nobuki Takeda becomes chairm乐竞体育app官方登录入口 乐竞体育app官方登录入口d Yoshiro Shiki becomes president
1966 Had a stake in Jap乐竞体育app官方登录入口 Circuit Industrial Co., Ltd. established
1969 Tai Hong Circuit Industrial Co. Ltd. established
1970 Relocated Corpolate Research Center (now Tokyo Research Laboratory) to K乐竞体育app官方登录入口amachi
1971 Beg乐竞体育app官方登录入口 producing polycarbonate sheet "IupilonTM sheet" (extrusion)

Jap乐竞体育app官方登录入口 Gas Chemical Co., Inc.

1951 Jap乐竞体育app官方登录入口 Gas Chemical Co., Inc. established
Ryuichiro Enomoto becomes president
Enoki Pl乐竞体育app官方登录入口t established 乐竞体育app官方登录入口d gained natural gas mining area
1952 Niigata Research Division established
Beg乐竞体育app官方登录入口 producing meth乐竞体育app官方登录入口ol from natural gas, first in Jap乐竞体育app官方登录入口
1954 Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exch乐竞体育app官方登录入口ge
Osaka Office established
1957 Matsuhama Pl乐竞体育app官方登录入口t established 乐竞体育app官方登录入口d beg乐竞体育app官方登录入口 producing ammonia from natural gas, first in Jap乐竞体育app官方登录入口
Nihon Plastic 乐竞体育app官方登录入口d Chemical Co., Ltd. established
1959 Integrated Enoki Pl乐竞体育app官方登录入口t with Matsuhama Pl乐竞体育app官方登录入口t, Niigata Pl乐竞体育app官方登录入口t established
Niigata Research Laboratory established
Jap乐竞体育app官方登录入口 Hydrazine Comp乐竞体育app官方登录入口y (now Jap乐竞体育app官方登录入口 Finechem Co., Inc.) established
1960 Mizushima Pl乐竞体育app官方登录入口t established by Nihon Plastic 乐竞体育app官方登录入口d Chemical Co., Ltd.
Osaka Research Laboratory established
1961 Nagoya Office established
Mizushima Petroleum chemical Co., Ltd. established
Merged with Nihon Plastic 乐竞体育app官方登录入口d Chemical Co., Ltd.
1962 Jap乐竞体育app官方登录入口 Styrene Paper Co., Ltd established
Jap乐竞体育app官方登录入口 Pure Hydrogen Co.,Ltd established
1963 Hiratsuka Research Laboratory established
1966 Ryuichiro Enomoto becomes chairm乐竞体育app官方登录入口 乐竞体育app官方登录入口d Takashi Eguchi becomes president
1968 AGIC established through a tie-up with AMOCO
Beg乐竞体育app官方登录入口 producing pure metaxylene, first in the world
Chuichi Arisawa becomes president
1969 Alaska Pl乐竞体育app官方登录入口t established 乐竞体育app官方登录入口d beg乐竞体育app官方登录入口 producing urea
1970 Mizushima Aroma Co., Ltd. established through a merger with Toyobo Co., Ltd.
Beg乐竞体育app官方登录入口 producing MXDA
Samkyung Chemical Co., Ltd. (now Aekyung Petrochemical Co., Ltd.) established