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Corporate Data
(As of May 13, 2010)
 Company name
 Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation mitsubishi.com: the web portal of Mitsubishi companies
 Head office
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 14-1 Shiba 4-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo
 108-0014, Japan
 Incorporation  October 1, 1994 (Establishment: June 1, 1950)
 Paid-in capital  50,000 million yen
 Line of business
 (Consolidated)
 Performance products, Health care, Industrial materials,
 and Others
 Plants  Kurosaki, Yokkaichi, Naoetsu, Mizushima, Sakaide,
 Kashima, Tsukuba, Nagoya, Matsuyama, and Odawara
 Branch offices  Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, and Sapporo
 R&TD centers  Yokohama, Tsukuba, Kurosaki, Yokkaichi, Mizushima,
 and Kashima
  Major overseas subsidiaries and offices
 USA: NY and VA
 Europe: Germany
 Asia Pacific: PRC, Singapore, and Thailand
 Employees
(As of March 31, 2009)
 24,705 (Consolidated)
 4,963 (Non-Consolidated)
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Consolidated Financial Data
(Millions of yen)
  FY2007 FY2008 FY2009
 Net sales 2,544,169  2,216,881  1,874,776 
 Operating income 67,456  (63,227)  (772) 
 Ordinary income 72,269  (70,988)  (5,948) 
 Net income 30,847  (65,467)  (3,387) 
Non-consolidated Financial Data
(Millions of yen)
  FY2007 FY2008 FY2009
 Net sales 1,246,198  1,101,686  839,390 
 Operating income 20,723  (76,946)  (26,264) 
 Ordinary income 48,062  (52,076)  (17,916) 
 Net income 29,058  (35,844)  (31,896) 

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation and Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation established a holding company, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation (MCHC) in October 2005. Since then, both companies have become the wholly owned subsidiaries of MCHC, and both have started the operations of the MCHC Group.

As for the MCHC consolidated financial data, please refer to Financial Highlights of the MCHC website.
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Major Production Capacity
(As of April 30, 2010)
Performance Products Domain
  Information and Electronics Segment

Unit: k/month
Product Business Corporation Production Site Capacity
 UDO  Mitsubishi Kagaku
 Media Co., Ltd.
 Mizushima 100 
 Total 100 
 BD-R/RE SL/DL  Mitsubishi Kagaku
 Media Co., Ltd.
 Mizushima
 Singapore
 (Mitsubishi Chemical
 Infonics Pte Ltd)
3,500 
15,600* 
 Total 19,100 
 DVD±R
 (Dual/Double Layer)
 Mitsubishi Kagaku
 Media Co., Ltd.
 Singapore
 (Mitsubishi Chemical
 Infonics Pte Ltd)
4,800 
 Total 4,800 
* As of May 1, 2010
  Performance Chemicals Segment Unit: m3/year
Product Business Corporation Production Site Capacity
 Ion exchange resin  Mitsubishi Chemical
 Corporation
 Kurosaki
 Taiwan
 (Tai Young Chemical Co., Ltd.)
 Italy
 (RESINDION S.R.L.)
13,000 
3,500 

100 
 Total 16,600 
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Industrial Materials Domain
  Petrochemicals Segment

Unit: kt/year
Product Business Corporation Production Site Capacity
 Ethylene  Mitsubishi Chemical
 Corporation
 Mizushima
 Kashima
450 
828 
 Total 1,301 
 Ethylene oxide
 (EO)
 Mitsubishi Chemical
 Corporation
 Kashima 290 
 Total 290 
 Acrylic acid
 (AA)
 Mitsubishi Chemical
 Corporation
 Yokkaichi 110 
 Total 110 
 Acrylic acid ester
 (AE)
 Mitsubishi Chemical
 Corporation
 Yokkaichi 116 
 Total 116 
 Bisphenol-A
 (BPA)
 Mitsubishi Chemical
 Corporation
 Kurosaki
 Kashima
120 
100 
 Total 220 
 Styrene monomer
 (SM)
 Mitsubishi Chemical
 Corporation
 Kashima 371 
 Total 371 
 Terephthalic acid
 (TPA)
 Mitsubishi Chemical
 Corporation
 Matsuyama
 South Korea
 (Sam Nam Petrochemical Co.,
 Ltd.)*2
 Indonesia
 (PT. Mitsubishi Chemical
 Indonesia)
 India
 (MCC PTA India Corp.
 Private Lminited)
 PRC
 (Ningbo Mitsubishi Chemical Co.,
 Ltd)
250 
1,700 


640 


1,270 


600 
 Total 4,210 
 Ethylene glycol
 (EG)
 Mitsubishi Chemical
 Corporation
 Kashima 300 
 Total 300 
 Acrylnitrile
 (AN)
 Dia-Nitrix Co., Ltd.  Mizushima
 Otake
115 
90 
 Total 205 
 1,4-butanediol
  (1,4-BG)
 Mitsubishi Chemical
 Corporation
 Yokkaichi
 Taiwan
 (Nan Ya Plastics Corporation)*1
110 
30 
 Total 140 
 Polytetramethylene
 Ether Glycol
 (PTMG)
 Mitsubishi Chemical
 Corporation
 Yokkaichi
 PRC
 (Ningbo Mitsubishi Chemical Co.,
 Ltd)
35 
25 
 Total 60 
  Carbon Segment Unit: kt/year
Product Business Corporation Production Site Capacity
 Blast furnace coke  Mitsubishi Chemical
 Corporation
 Sakaide 3,900 
 The Kansai Coke and
 Chemicals Co., Ltd.
 Kakogawa 2,500 
   Total 6,400 
  Polymers Segment Unit: kt/year
Product Business Corporation Production Site Capacity
 PET resin for bottle  Japan Unipet
 Co., Ltd.
 Iwakuni
 Yokkaichi
 Echizen
 (Echizen Polymer Co., Ltd.)
66 
46 
28 
 Total 140 
 Polyvinyl chloride
 (PVC)
 V-Tech Corporation  Yokkaichi
 Kawasaki
100 
120 
 Total 220 
 Polyethylene
 (HDPE)
 Japan Polyprolylene
 Corporation
 Mizushima
 Kawasaki
 Oita
99 
177 
199 
 Total 475 
 Polyethylene
  (LDPE)
 Japan Polyprolylene
 Corporation
 Kashima
 Mizushima
 Kawasaki
 Oita
62 
65 
95 
123 
 Total 345 
 Polyethylene
  (L-LDPE)
 Japan Polyprolylene
 Corporation
 Mizushima
 Kashima
 Kawasaki
53 
260 
50 
 Total 363 
 Total of polyethylene 1,183 
 Polypropylene
  (PP)
 Japan Polyprolylene
 Corporation
 Kashima
 Goi
 Kawasaki
 Mizushima
 Yokkaichi
646 
329 
89 
100 
80 
 Total 1,244 
 Polycarbonate
 (PC)
 Mitsubishi Chemical
 Corporation
 Kurosaki
 South Korea
 (Sam Yang Kasei Co., Ltd.)
*3
80 
110 
 Total 190 
 Polybutylene
 terephtalate
 (PBT)
 Mitsubishi Chemical
 Corporation
 Yokkaichi 70 
 Total  70 
*1  Off-take right
*2  Joint venture of Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation and Sam Yang Kasei Co., Ltd.
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation's shareholding ratio is 40%.
*3  Total production capacity
Off-take right of Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation is not disclosed.
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