WETHJE Mitsubishi Rayon acquires 51% majority stake in German carbon fibre specialist	07.08.2014
POLYMER PRICES China Engineering Thermoplastics June 2014: Feedstock costs rise across the board / Prices soft and trending down / Consumption on track / Little change expected in July	09.07.2014
BIOAMBER Offtake agreement with Vinmar for 210,000 t/y of succinic acid / Feedstock will be sourced from three different plants / Output of Canadian facility currently under construction already sold out	09.07.2014
BIOAMBER Take-or-pay bio-succinic acid contract with Thai PBS producer PTTMCC Biochem / Three-year deal for more than 10,000 t/y	08.05.2014
MITSUBISHI / ASAHI KASEI Consolidation of two Japanese crackers by 2016 / Streamlining of S-SBR chain / Difficult market	11.03.2014
DAINICHISEIKA COLOR & CHEMICALS Japanese compounder establishes Mexico-based joint venture with Mitsubishi Chemical / Targeting the North American automotive market	31.01.2014
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL Creation of European headquarters for performance polymers business / Company re-naming initiative in Europe and China	09.10.2013
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL Transaction of TPE and PVC activities from Tessenderlo now complete	25.06.2013
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL Buyout of PVC compounder Comtrex / More global presence for US company	26.04.2013
POLYMER PRICES China Engineering Thermoplastics February/March 2013: Feedstock prices down post-Chinese new year / Plans to hike ABS prices / PC also rising / Little movement for polyamides, PBT and POM	28.03.2013
TESSENDERLO PVC compounds business to be sold to Mitsubishi / Profile processing activities divested as planned	04.03.2013
KASHIMA Kashima Vinyl Chloride Monomer to become Shin-Etsu subsidiary from December / Mitsubishi Chemical minority owner / Three companies withdraw stakes	16.11.2012
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL Agreement with Faurecia to jointly develop bioplastics for auto interiors / Biomass succinic acid to be used as raw material	08.11.2012
KOREA ENGINEERING PLASTICS Mitsubishi and Celanese joint venture raises POM output / New capacity to come on stream in early 2014	28.03.2012
PEOPLE New management at Mitsubishi Chemical / Subsidiaries MPL and MRC also under new management	11.01.2012
A. SCHULMAN Mitsubishi to take over Sunprene joint venture	15.11.2011
BIOAMBER Further plant for biosuccinic acid and BDO with Mitsui / Two more projects planned	15.11.2011
BIOAMBER Agreement to supply biosuccinic acid for Thai PBS project / Biosuccinic acid and PBS plants to come online in 2014	19.09.2011
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL Raising TPO and adhesive polymer capacity in China and North America / Output to go towards meeting increasing regional demand	16.06.2011
MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL Thai subsidiaries raise polyacetal and polycarbonate production in China and Thailand	14.06.2011
SHIN-ETSU PVC plant at Kashima resumes full output after quake / Mitsubishi restarts cracker	09.06.2011
PKN ORLEN New PX and PTA complex start up / Claimed to be most efficient facility of its kind in Europe / Output to go towards meeting growing regional demand	09.06.2011
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL Raising PVC compound capacity in Thailand / Expansion to meet rising regional demand	25.05.2011
BIOAMBER Agreement to become Mitsubishi's exclusive succinic acid supplier / Lowering PBS production costs / Feasibility study for proposed Thai plant / Construction on large-scale US facility to begin this year	04.05.2011
JAPAN The post-quake reality: One-third of ethylene capacities offline / Petrochemical industry crippled by electricity shortages / European and US companies appear largely unaffected / Numerous plants idled as a cautionary measure	18.03.2011

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