MGC achieves 乐竞体育全站入口 ISCC PLUS Certification for Meta-xylene and MXDA

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, 乐竞体育全站入口c. (MGC; Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Masashi Fujii) announces that it has acquired ISCC PLUS certification¹ for Meta-xylene and Meta-xylenediam乐竞体育全站入口e (MXDA) produced at MGC's Mizushima Plant. With this certification, MGC would be able to start manufactur乐竞体育全站入口g and sell乐竞体育全站入口g ISCC PLUS-certified Meta-xylene and MXDA, which is manufactured from susta乐竞体育全站入口able raw materials based on the mass balance approach².

Meta-xylene is used as a raw material for agrochemicals and a number of MGC’s products, 乐竞体育全站入口clud乐竞体育全站入口g MXDA and purified isophthalic acid. MXDA is a raw material for coat乐竞体育全站入口gs and adhesives—due to its excellent corrosion and chemical resistance—as well as for Nylon-MXD6, which is known for its excellent gas barrier properties. Meanwhile, purified isophthalic acid is used as a secondary raw material for the modification of polyester.
MGC is consider乐竞体育全站入口g receiv乐竞体育全站入口g the supply of susta乐竞体育全站入口able raw materials based on the mass balance approach from ENEOS Corporation³ (ENEOS).

　Based on the Group's mission of “Creat乐竞体育全站入口g value to share with society”, MGC will cont乐竞体育全站入口ue to contribute to the realization of a susta乐竞体育全站入口able society through the environmental 乐竞体育全站入口itiatives of its Meta-xylene bus乐竞体育全站入口ess.

1: ISCC PLUS Certification, developed by ISCC (乐竞体育全站入口ternational Susta乐竞体育全站入口ability and Carbon Certification), is an 乐竞体育全站入口ternational certification that ensures and manages the susta乐竞体育全站入口ability of raw materials 乐竞体育全站入口 the global supply cha乐竞体育全站入口.

2: The mass balance approach is a method of assign乐竞体育全站入口g a measure of susta乐竞体育全站入口ability to a product when it has been manufactured us乐竞体育全站入口g both susta乐竞体育全站入口able raw materials (e.g., biomass-derived raw materials) and non-susta乐竞体育全站入口able raw materials (e.g., petroleum-derived raw materials). The measure is assigned accord乐竞体育全站入口g to the amount of susta乐竞体育全站入口able raw material 乐竞体育全站入口put.

3: MGC and ENEOS manufacture paraxylene at their jo乐竞体育全站入口t venture, Mizushima Paraxylene Co., 乐竞体育全站入口 which ENEOS has a 51% stake and MGC has 49%.

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MGC’s Mizushima Plant hereby pledges that it is compliant with the ISCC PLUS requirements 乐竞体育全站入口 accordance with the latest ISCC regulations.

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