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乐竞体育官网注册 Sites and Fields

Figure: the figure shows Research and Development Sites and Fields.

MGC has three 乐竞体育官网注册 laboratories belonging to the 乐竞体育官网注册 & Development Division , and each plant has its own R&D department.

The main purposes of the 乐竞体育官网注册 laboratories are to enhance competitive businesses, develop new products based on existing products and technologies, and conduct R&D aimed at creating new core businesses in areas with medium- and long-term promise. The R&D departments at each plant deal with improvements in production technologies and applied product 乐竞体育官网注册.

乐竞体育官网注册 & Development Division

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The Future Strategy Department selects the business areas that MGC should follow, proposes commercialization concepts, and supervises search activities for MGC as a whole. The New Business Development Department oversees the promotion of new products right up to commercialization. The Administrative Department handles the back-office functions of 乐竞体育官网注册ctivities in general.

Intellectual Infrastructure Center

The Intellectual Property Department formulat乐竞体育官网注册 strategi乐竞体育官网注册 relating to intellectual property and their promotion. The Technical Intelligence Department promot乐竞体育官网注册 the intellectual property landscape and handl乐竞体育官网注册 the summarization of technical surveys. The Chemical Analysis Department 乐竞体育官网注册tablish乐竞体育官网注册 new methods of analysis and evaluation and implements highly reliable analysis.

乐竞体育官网注册 Data

In order for MGC to continue to develop as a highly differentiated, widely recognized chemicals group operating from a strong platform of proprietary technology, we make a strong effort in 乐竞体育官网注册. The number of employees engaged in R&D activities total 1,078 (consolidated, approximately 14% of all employees), and in 2023, the R&D costs account for around 3.1% of sales.

R&D expenditur乐竞体育官网注册 (consolidated)(Unit: Billion yen)
Year 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Sal乐竞体育官网注册 5,295 5,935 5,564 6,359 6,489 6,133 5,957 7,056 7,812 8,134
R&D expenditur乐竞体育官网注册 168 189 192 189 186 196 199 210 235 256
Rate of R&D
expenditur乐竞体育官网注册
in sal乐竞体育官网注册 (%)
3.2 3.2 3.5 3.0 2.9 3.2 3.3 2.9 3.0 3.1
R乐竞体育官网注册ults of R&D expenditur乐竞体育官网注册 (consolidated)