History
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1918
Established Edogawa Barium Industry Co., Ltd.
1927Producing formalin
1933Producing hydrogen peroxide for electronics use -
1952Producing methanol from natural gas
1968Xylene separation technology using the superacid catalyst
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1971
Established Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
Merger signing ceremonyFrom the 1950s to the 1970s, Japan's chemical industry, which achieved rapid post-war growth, often produced new products by introducing technology from overseas. However, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical was established in 1971 through a merger of equals between two manufacturers emphasizing their own technology, unusually in the industry at the time.
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1974
Merged with Mizushima Petroleum Chemical Co., Ltd.
Mizushima Plant (past / current)
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1977
Began producing AGELESS™
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1977
Established Kashima Plant
Kashima Plant (past / current)
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1979
Established Japan Saudi Arabia Methanol Co., Inc.
Methanol plant (Saudi Arabia)In 1983, MGC began producing methanol in Saudi Arabia, ahead of the industry. To strengthen the international competitiveness, MGC make a major shift in the production base strategy from locating consumption areas to locating raw material areas.
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1984
Began producing MX Nylon
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1991
Began producing Lens-monomer
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2009
Established Tokyo Techno Park (current Tokyo Research Laboratory)
Tokyo Techno Park (current Tokyo Research Laboratory) Strengthening MGC’s R&D system as a base for creating synergies with affiliated companies, customers, universities, and research institutes
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2017
Established QOL Innovation Center Shirakawa
QOL Innovation Center ShirakawaA major base for innovating various differentiated products to improve QOL
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2021
MGC 50th anniversary
In 2021, the 50th anniversary of the foundation of MGC, announced group's mission, "Creating value to share with society."
Mitsubishi Edogawa Chemical Co., Ltd.
| 1918 | Edogawa Barium Industry Co., Ltd. established through an investment by Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited |
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| 1919 | Name changed to Edogawa Industrial Limited |
| 1922 | Unlimited liability partnership with Kikuro Goto. |
| 1927 | Began producing formalin, the first in Japan |
| 1930 | Acquired Osaka Plant from Nihon Acid Co., Ltd. |
| 1933 | Established Yamakita Plant Tokyo Methanol Co., Ltd. adjacent to Tokyo Plant established |
| 1937 | Tie-up with Tokyo Methanol Co., Ltd. and name changed to Edogawa Industries Limited Began producing printed circuit board, the first in Japan Mikizo Nikuni becomes president |
| 1943 | Acquired Yokohama Plant through merger with Nihon Teion Kagaku Co., Ltd. |
| 1946 | Toshio Kawase becomes president |
| 1949 | Name changed to Edogawa Chemical Co., Ltd. Osaka Branch established |
| 1951 | Corporate Research Center established Merged with Naniwa Chemical Co., Ltd. and becomes the Naniwa Plant |
| 1953 | Began receiving supplies of Methanol from Japan Gas Chemical Co., Inc. |
| 1956 | Toshio Kawase becomes chairman and Nobuki Takeda becomes president |
| 1961 |
Began producing polycarbonate "IupilonTM" by interfacial polymerization |
| 1962 | Name changed to Mitsubishi Edogawa Chemical Co., Ltd. Began producing hydrogen peroxide for electronics use |
| 1963 | Yokkaichi Plant established and began producing hydrogen peroxide by our proprietary technology (anthraquinone process) |
| 1964 | Nobuki Takeda becomes chairman and Yoshiro Shiki becomes president |
| 1966 | Had a stake in Japan Circuit Industrial Co., Ltd. established |
| 1969 | Tai Hong Circuit Industrial Co. Ltd. established |
| 1970 | Relocated Corpolate Research Center (now Tokyo Research Laboratory) to Kanamachi |
| 1971 | Began producing polycarbonate sheet "IupilonTM sheet" (extrusion) |
Japan Gas Chemical Co., Inc.
| 1951 | Japan Gas Chemical Co., Inc. established Ryuichiro Enomoto becomes president Enoki Plant established and gained natural gas mining area |
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| 1952 | Niigata Research Division established Began producing methanol from natural gas, first in Japan |
| 1954 | Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Osaka Office established |
| 1957 | Matsuhama Plant established and began producing ammonia from natural gas, first in Japan Nihon Plastic and Chemical Co., Ltd. established |
| 1959 | Integrated Enoki Plant with Matsuhama Plant, Niigata Plant established Niigata Research Laboratory established Japan Hydrazine Company (now Japan Finechem Co., Inc.) established |
| 1960 | Mizushima Plant established by Nihon Plastic and Chemical Co., Ltd. Osaka Research Laboratory established |
| 1961 | Nagoya Office established Mizushima Petroleum chemical Co., Ltd. established Merged with Nihon Plastic and Chemical Co., Ltd. |
| 1962 | Japan Styrene Paper Co., Ltd established Japan Pure Hydrogen Co.,Ltd established |
| 1963 | Hiratsuka Research Laboratory established |
| 1966 | Ryuichiro Enomoto becomes chairman and Takashi Eguchi becomes president |
| 1968 | AGIC established through a tie-up with AMOCO Began producing pure metaxylene, first in the world Chuichi Arisawa becomes president |
| 1969 | Alaska Plant established and began producing urea |
| 1970 | Mizushima Aroma Co., Ltd. established through a merger with Toyobo Co., Ltd. Began producing MXDA Samkyung Chemical Co., Ltd. (now Aekyung Petrochemical Co., Ltd.) established |