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ENEOS and Mitsubishi Chemical Complete Chemical Recycling Facility for Plastic-to-Oil Conversion

on July 11, 2025 in Industry

ENEOS and Mitsubishi Chemical have completed the construction of a chemical recycling facility at Mitsubishi Chemical’s Ibaraki Plant in Kamisu City, Ibaraki Prefecture. The facility, which had been under development since July 2021, is designed to support the launch of a plastic-to-oil conversion business. The new facility uses supercritical water hydrolysis technology developed by UK-based Mura Technology to chemically break...

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Sumitomo Rubber and Mitsubishi Chemical to Collaborate on Carbon Black Recycling

on February 10, 2025 in Industry

Sumitomo Rubber and Mitsubishi Chemical will start collaboration on resource recycling of carbon black, one of the main raw materials for tires. Under this collaboration, Sumitomo Rubber will supply Mitsubishi Chemical with recycled materials, including rubber fragments generated in the tire manufacturing process as well as crushed and processed products from used tires. Mitsubishi Chemical will feed the recycled materials...

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Mitsubishi Chemical Eyes Making Recycled Carbon Black From Used Tires

on September 4, 2024 in Products

Mitsubishi Chemical has begun studying the chemical recycling of used tires in the coke ovens at its Kagawa Plant in Sakaide City, aiming to sell several thousand tons of carbon black per year in fiscal 2025 and several tens of thousands of tons per year in fiscal 2030, both of which are recyclable resources. As the tire industry accelerates its...

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Mitsubishi Chemical to Launch New Grades of Plant-Based Bioengineering Plastics

on May 23, 2023 in Materials

Mitsubishi Chemical has in May begun offering samples of the Durabio plant-derived bioengineering plastics D93 Series, a new grade of Durabio with a higher degree of biomass plasticity. Durabio is a bio-based engineering plastic made from isosorbide, a renewable plant-derived raw material that reduces the consumption of petroleum, a depletable resource, and also contributes to the reduction of greenhouse gases...

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Mitsubishi Chemical Group, Mitsui Chemicals Launch Study Into Joint Chemical Logistics

on February 15, 2023 in Industry

Mitsubishi Chemical and Mitsui Chemicals have launched a joint study with the aim of standardizing and optimizing chemical logistics, which serve as a backbone for both society and industry. Over time, the companies intend to launch various efforts in a number of relevant areas, with those that can be quickly put in place set to be implemented starting this fiscal...

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Mitsubishi Chemical to Build New Production Facility for Specialty PVOH Resin Grades

on February 6, 2023 in Innovation

Mitsubishi Chemical will construct a new facility at its Okayama Plant to increase the production capacity of Gohsenx and Nichigo G-Polymer, which are specialty brands of polyvinyl alcohol resin (PVOH resin). Operations are scheduled to begin in October 2024. Gohsenx is used as a surface treatment and emulsifier for thermal recording paper and as a processing material for silicon wafers...

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