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Mitsubishi Gas Chemical

What is Mitsubishi Gas Chemical?
Our strengths
Our vision

Three key phrases for knowing us

KEYWORD 01
What is Mitsubishi Gas Chemical?
  • Products in everyday life
  • Our history to date
KEYWORD 01

What is Mitsubishi Gas Chemical?

MGC is a chemical manufacturer with proprietary technologies
and numerous products that hold leading shares in global markets across a wide range of fields.
Many of our products play an essential role in your daily life.

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  • ICT
  • Mobility
  • Medical care
    Foods
  • Energy and
    infrastructure

Our history to date

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical (MGC) was established through the merger of two companies,
each with its own unique strengths. By integrating the technological capabilities and business foundations of both companies, we have created a wide range of highly unique products.

1971 Mitsubishi Gas ChemicalEstablished

KEYWORD 02

Our strengths

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    Numerous products
    with
    top global
    market shares

    Numerous products with top global market shares
  • Point2

    Provision of diverse
    unique products

    Provision of diverse unique products

Numerous products with top global market shares

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    No.1

    BT materials

    (IC plastic packaging substrate materials)

    BT materials
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    No.1

    Super-pure
    hydrogen peroxide

    (Semiconductor cleaning solutions)

    Super-pure hydrogen peroxide
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    No.1

    Optical polymers

    ※As a highly refractive resin

    Optical polymers
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    No.1

    Oxygen absorbers

    Oxygen absorbers
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    No.1

    Lens monomer

    Lens monomer
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    No.1

    Aromatic aldehydes

    Aromatic aldehydes

Provision of diverse unique products

Green Energy & Chemicals Business Sector

This sector is developing product chains from natural gas and mixed xylene.

Methanol
Methanol

Methanol serves as a basic raw material for various chemical products, and its use as a next-generation fuel also attracts attention.

MX-Nylon
MX-Nylon

Featuring excellent gas barrier properties, MX-Nylon is used for plastic bottles for carbonated beverages, among others.

MXDA
MXDA

MXDA features excellent corrosion resistance and is used for paints for ships and wind turbines, among other applications.

Geothermal power generation
Geothermal power generation

This is a clean power source that uses underground magmatic heat. It also attracts attention as renewable energy.

Aromatic aldehydes
Aromatic aldehydes

Aromatic aldehydes are used in a wide range of sectors, including pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and dyes, in addition to being used as raw materials of fragrances.

BioPQQ
BioPQQ

BioPQQ supports people's health through our food ingredients that comply with the Japanese "Foods with Function Claims" system.

Specialty Chemicals Business Sector

This sector provides products that are close to end users, operating businesses linked directly to market needs.

Super-pure hydrogen peroxide
Super-pure hydrogen peroxide

Super-pure hydrogen peroxide is a material that is essential for nano-level cleaning in the semiconductor and silicon wafer manufacturing processes.

Optical polymers
Optical polymers

Used for digital camera lenses, smartphone parts, and others, optical polymers contribute to enhancing functions of cameras.

BT products
BT products

Used as materials of electronic substrates of smartphones, computers, and servers, these products contribute to downsizing and performance improvement of equipment.

POM
POM (polyacetal resin)

POM is an engineering plastic featuring high strength and superior wear resistance. It is also used in numerous familiar items, such as automotive parts.

PC
PC (polycarbonate)

This is a highly transparent, extremely strong resin that is used mainly for smartphones and automotive headlights.

AGELESS
AGELESS®

This product maintains good taste and freshness of food by preventing oxygen-caused deterioration.

Graph: Circle graph of segment sales by segment, 2026 March period, Green Energy & Chemical Business 2,869 billion yen, Functional Chemical Business 4,483 billion yen Graph: Circle graph of segment operating profit by segment, 2026 March period, Green Energy & Chemical Business 56 billion yen, Functional Chemical Business 438 billion yen

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical in numbers

  • Group companies

    115 companies
    worldwide

    Group companies

    *As of March 2026

    Overseas sales ratio

    68 %

    Overseas sales ratio

    *As of March 2026

    R&D expenses

    ¥ 26.6 billion(consolidated)

    R&D expenses

    *As of March 2026

  • Number of employees

    8,319 (consolidated)

    Number of employees

    *As of March 2026

    Shareholder returns

    16 consecutive years of progressive dividends

    Shareholder returns

    *As of March 2026

    Ratio of products with top global market shares

    Approx. 40 %

    Ratio of products with top global market shares

    *As of March 2026

  • Consolidated net sales

    ¥ 738.2 billion

    Consolidated net sales

    *As of March 2026

    Net sales of eco-friendly products

    ¥ 214.3 billion (FY2024 actual)

    Net sales of eco-friendly products
Graph: Operating Profit, ROIC, and ROE Trend

Operating profit (¥ billion)

45.2 billion

ROIC

3.2 %

ROE

- %

*As of March 2026

KEYWORD 03

Our vision

Creating Products and Businesses
Through Chemistry to Build the Future Society

Supporting ICT and mobility society

We are contributing to the development of ICT by developing and supplying BT materials for IC plastic packaging, super-pure hydrogen peroxide as cleaning agents for electronics industry, and optical resin used for smartphone camera lenses, among other products. In addition, in the mobility sector, we provide diverse products including engineering plastics and chemical blowing agents, which help to reduce the weight of vehicle bodies. We will create new businesses and products in succession, thus providing value that is essential for digital innovation and mobility revolution.

Smartphone
Data center
Camera
Car

Tackling energy and climate change issues

We are advancing initiatives to achieve carbon neutrality by leveraging our many years of experience in the development of natural gas fields and manufacturing of methanol. We focus our efforts on manufacturing of methanol from CO2 as the raw material and research and development on CO2 capturing, storage, and use. Meanwhile, we will contribute to solving energy and climate change problems in ways that are unique to a chemical company, such as the use of methanol/ammonia as hydrogen carriers, a geothermal power generation business, which only the Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Group is tackling within the chemicals sector, and the development of materials that extend the service life of wind power generation equipment.

CarbopathTM
circular carbon methanol
CarbopathTM circular carbon methanol
CCS
CCS
Geothermal power generation*
Geothermal power generation
Eco-Friendly Products
Eco-Friendly Products
  • * Provided by Yuzawa Geothermal Power

Contributing to the healthy lives of people

In response to the population growth and acceleration of aging across the world, the Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Group is developing and supplying products that are directly linked to the advancement of preventive and predictive medicine and productivity improvement of medical care. In addition, to tackle the food problem, we started sales of oxygen absorbers, which extend the shelf life of foods, in 1977 and have been improving the products for more than 40 years since then. Fully harnessing the Group's management resources, we will continue to develop advanced technologies that will enable us to contribute to extending healthy lifespans and to sustainable food management.

MPS
MPS
AGELESS®
AGELESS®
MX-Nylon
MX-Nylon
OXYCAPT™
OXYCAPT™

Creating an environment where
diverse talent inspires one another
to drive innovation

Underpinned by our "open corporate culture," "entrepreneurial and progressive spirit," and "corporate culture of valuing human resources," we provide an environment where employees gain diverse experiences and inspire one another.
We leverage our facilities, such as MGC Commons (established in 2023) and our nationwide research institutes, to unlock the full potential of every employee.

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