History
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 |
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
| 1971 | Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. established in a tie-up between Mitsubishi Edogawa Chemical Co., Ltd. and Japan Gas Chemical Co., Inc. Chuichi Arisawa becomes chairman and Yoshiro Shiki becomes president |
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| 1973 | Chuichi Arisawa becomes president |
| 1974 | Merger with Mizushima Petroleum Chemical Co., Ltd. |
| 1975 | Chuichi Arisawa becomes chairman and Yasuyoshi Aikawa becomes president |
| 1977 | Began producing AGELESSTM Kashima Plant established Japan U-Pica Co., Hiratsuka U-Pica Co. and Inuyama U-Pica Co. estbalished (now integrated to Japan U-Pica Co., Ltd.) |
| 1979 | Japan Saudi Arabia Methanol Co., Inc. established |
| 1980 | Tie-up with Japan Saudi Arabia Methanol Co., Ltd. and SABIC to form Saudi Methanol Co. |
| 1981 | Yasuyoshi Aikawa becomes chairman and Kazuyoshi Nagano becomes president Began producing polyacetal |
| 1982 | Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Singapore Pte. Ltd. established Dia Electronics Co. Inc. established |
| 1983 | Saudi Methanol Co. begins production. |
| 1984 | Began producing MX Nylon Mitsubishi Gas Chemical America, Inc. established |
| 1986 | Saga Plant established |
| 1987 | Korea Engineering Plastics Co., Ltd. established through a tie-up with Korea East Asia Nylon Co., Ltd. PT Peroksida Indonesia Pratama established |
| 1988 | Wakichi Nagano becomes chairman and Reiji Nishikawa becomes president Korea Engineering Plastics Co., Ltd. begins production of polyacetal |
| 1989 | Plastics Resarch Center established Samyoung Pure Chemicals Co., Ltd. established through a tie-up with Hansol Chemical |
| 1990 | Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Europe GmbH established |
| 1991 | Electrotechno Co., Ltd. established Corporate image announced and Japanese company name changed Began producing Lens-monomer |
| 1992 | Metanol De Oriente Metor S.A. established |
| 1994 | Mitsubishi Engineering-Plastics Corp. established through a tie-up with Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. METOR begins Methanol production Hachimantai Geothermal Co., Ltd established through a tie-up with Mitsubishi Materials Corp. |
| 1995 | MGC Pure Chemicals America, Inc. established Reiji Nishikawa becomes chairman and Akira Ohira becomes president Thai Polyacetal Co., Ltd. established through a tie-up with (Thailand) TOA Chemical Industries, Ltd. |
| 1996 | Thai Polycarbonate Co., Ltd. established in a tie-up with Mitsubishi Engineering-Plastics Corp., (Thailand) TOA Chemical Industries Ltd., and Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. |
| 1997 | MGC Pure Chemicals Singapore Pte. Ltd. established Responsible Care Declaration announced |
| 1999 | Medium-term management plan “MGC SHINKA 21” announced Yonezawa Dia Electoronics Co.,Ltd established |
| 2000 | MGC Pure Chemicals Taiwan, Inc. established CG Ester Corp. established through a tie-up with Chisso Corp. Kyodo Kasankasuiso Corp. established through a tie-up with Japan peroxide Co., Ltd. The “internal company” system established Photocrystal Inc. established Polyxylenol Singapore Pte,Ltd. established through a tie-up with Asahi Kasei Corp. |
| 2001 | Electronic Chemicals R&D Center established at Tokyo Research Laboratory Japan DME Co., Ltd. established Akira Ohira becomes chairman and Hideki Odaka becomes president |
| 2002 | Ageless (Thailand) co., Ltd. established Dia Electronics Co. Inc. merged with Electrotechno Co., Ltd. Had a stake in PTM Holdings Inc. MGC Advanced Polymers, Inc. established |
| 2003 | Fudow Co., Ltd. fully owned by MGC through a stock swap Medium-term management plan “KYOSO 2005” announced Executive officer system introduced |
| 2004 | Otsuka-MGC Chemical Co., Inc. established through a tie-up with Otsuka Chemical Co.,Ltd. Merged with Photocrystal Inc. |
| 2005 | Shanghai Office established Granopt Co.,Ltd. established through a tie-up with Sumitomo Metal Mining Co.,Ltd. MGC Filsheet Co.,Ltd. established MGC Chemical Analysis Center established Renamed Tokyo Plant to Tokyo Devlopment Center |
| 2006 | Brunei Methanol Co.Sdn.Bhd. established Medium-term management plan “KYOSO 2008” announced MGC Trading (Thailand) Ltd. established. |
| 2007 | Sheet Film Tokyo Development Center established at Tokyo Research Laboratory Fuel DME Production Co.,Ltd. established Hideki Odaka becomes chairman and Kazuo Sakai becomes President |
| 2008 | Suzhou MGC Suhua Peroxide Co., Ltd. established. Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Shanghai Commerce Ltd. established. |
| 2009 | Medium-term management plan “MGC Will 2011” announced Tokyo Techno Park established; Tokyo Research Laboratory and Analysis Center placed under it; operation of Tokyo Development Center discontinued Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Engineering-Plastics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Established |
| 2010 | Taiwan Office established |
| 2012 | Medium-term management plan “MGC Will2014” announced MGC Electrtechno (Thailand) Co., Ltd. established |
| 2013 | MGC Pharma Co., Ltd. established Kazuo Sakai becomes chairman and Toshikiyo Kurai becomes President |
| 2015 | JSP Corporation gained as consolidated subsidiary Medium-term management plan “MGC Advance2017” announced |
| 2016 | Cultivecs Inc. established |
| 2017 | QOL Innovation Center Shirakawa established |
| 2018 | Medium-term management plan “MGC Advance2020" announced MGC Energy Co., Ltd established MGC Trading, Inc. established Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Memorial Foundation established Taixing Lingsu Specialty Materials Co., Ltd established |
| 2019 | Toshikiyo Kurai becomes chairman and Masashi Fujii becomes President MGC Terminal Company, Inc. established |
| 2020 | Osaka branch discontinued Japan U-Pica Company Ltd. gained as consolidated subsidiary |
| 2021 | MGC Advance Co.,Ltd. established Medium-term management plan “Grow UP 2023" announced |