Community members work with Prisma Health task force to develop and manufacture face shields
GREENVILLE, SC—In both Columbia and Greenville, Prisma Health’s Rapid Innovation Task Force has partnered with local entrepreneurs to rapidly develop and manufacture large quantities of protective face shields for Prisma Health’s front-line healthcare workers. Face shields are full-face visors worn by workers to help protect their faces from potentially infectious substances. They were identified early on […]
Lucite International and Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation increase the pace on a Circular Economy for PMMA with Agilyx Corporation
Lucite International (LI), together with Agilyx Corporation (Agilyx), is working to deliver a significant contribution to the Circular Economy for PMMA (initially in Europe) with the support of LI’s parent company, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC). MCC’s vision is based on “the sustainable well-being of people, society and our planet Earth” – a philosophy known as […]
Mitsubishi Chemical to Bolster Technology Platform Through Acquisition of American Organic and Inorganic Hybrid Chemicals Manufacturer Gelest from New Mountain Capital
TOKYO, NEW YORK and MORRISVILLE, Pa., April 30, 2020 – Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC; Head office: Tokyo, Japan; President: Masayuki Waga) announced today that its subsidiary Mitsubishi Chemical America, Inc. (MCA; Head office: New York, the United States; President: Steve Yurich) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding […]
3D Printing + Injection Molding: COVID-19 Collaboration Scales Up Within A Week
Scaling up production to help in the fight against pandemic poses certain challenges — that are increasingly possible to overcome. Most uses of 3D printing in addressing COVID-19 are quick-response, stop-gap supply chain needs for personal protective equipment (PPE) and other need-it-now goods. It is generally acknowledged that these first response measures are just that: […]
Brand Name Modifications within Portfolio of High-Performance Thermoplastics
Effective April 1st, 2020, due to the company name change in April 2019, Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials will modify its product names formerly branded Quadrant®. With the change of the company name, a requirement for Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials was to also transition the brand names for Quadrant® branded materials away from this name. Mitsubishi […]
Mitsubishi Chemical to construct 350KT MMA Plant on the US Gulf Coast
Mitsubishi Chemical is pleased to announce that it is progressing the project to design and construct a 350,000 metric ton Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) plant in the US utilizing its proprietary ethylene based ALPHA technology. The project is in its design phase and is expected to be fully operational in 2025. The specific location of the […]
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Becomes First Japanese Value Balancing Alliance Member
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation (MCHC; Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Hitoshi Ochi) announced that it has become the first Japanese company to join the value balancing alliance e.V. (VBA), an organization established in June 2019 to create a global impact measurement and valuation standard for disclosing positive and negative impacts of corporate activity. BASF, Bosch, […]
MCAM Announces NEW Yaw Slide Bearing Material- Ertalyte® SLP Blue PET-P
The company’s focus in wind for Renewable Energy, trends towards larger offshore turbines to change the yaw systems from roller bearings into cost effective slide bearings. Although current materials like Ertalyte® Natural PET-P performs well in these applications today, there is an ongoing need to find materials with longer life to reduce maintenance costs. Ertalyte® […]
Mitsubishi Chemical to Establish New Circular Economy Department
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC; Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Masayuki Waga) today announced its decision to establish a new Circular Economy Department (CE Department) effective April 1, 2020, with the aim of bolstering its efforts to bring about the circular economy. The world is beset by numerous problems that require solutions, including climate change; loss […]
Mitsubishi Chemical to Boost Recycling of Engineering Plastics with Two Acquisitions
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC; Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Masayuki Waga) recently decided that it will acquire*1 two Swiss engineering plastics recyclers, Minger Kunststofftechnik AG and Minger Plastic AG (collectively, the Minger Group), through its group company Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials (MCAM; Head office: Zurich, Switzerland; President: Michael Koch) as a part of the company’s […]
The Most Advanced Target Arrow Series – V-TAC™ 27 Arrows
Victory Archery® has consistently proven itself as a true innovator and industry leader, and the team is thrilled to announce the release of their most advanced target arrow series to date – The V-TAC™ 23, 25, & 27 diameter arrows meld the latest in carbon fiber weave technology from Victory’s parent company, Mitsubishi Chemical America®, […]
AdvanSource Biomaterials Corporation Announces Completion of the Sale of Substantially All of its Assets to a Subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical America
WILMINGTON, Mass, Feb. 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AdvanSource Biomaterials Corporation (OTC: ASNB) (“AdvanSource” or the “Company”), a materials technology company specializing in medical grade polymers for long and short term applications, announced today that on Friday, January 31, 2020, substantially all of its assets were sold to Mitsubishi Chemical Performance Polymers, Inc. (“Mitsubishi Chemical […]