A joint venture between Malaysia and Japan that produces and sells paraxylene and benzene. It has been operating since July 2000 as a center for the basic raw materials used in polyester chain production, which is enjoying a continual increase in demand.

A joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation and Mexico's Fideicomiso de Fomento Minero (FFM) as its shareholders. ESSA's salt fields have a production capacity of approximately 7.5 million tons and produce salt using an environmentally-friendly method that utilizes solar energy to evaporate seawater.

A joint venture between Indonesia and Japan that produces and sells ammonia. It started operations in February 2002 as a center for securing basic industrial raw materials.

Founded in 1971 to produce and sell adhesives and formalin in Thailand. The company has been doing business for over 30 years.

There are great expectations placed on methanol not only as a raw material for petrochemical products but also for use in fuel cells. As a joint venture between Mitsubishi Corporation, Petróleos de Venezuela, SA (PDVSA), Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company and others, METOR produces methanol from inexpensive natural gas, which it primarily sells to Europe and America.

An agribusiness trading company mainly involved in the distribution of fertilizer with a network that stretches across Japan. It also concentrates on the handling of farm produce and aims to serve as a "link between the foods we eat and the farms that produce them".

Established by a fusion of five MC subsidiaries engaged in the domestic manufacture and sale of fertilizer in August 2008.
The new company combines the original five companies' product and technological strengths and onsite readiness to meet the needs of the diverse fertilizer market and agricultural sites.

A distributor of materials and products using polyolefin resins, polystyrene resins, PET resins, engineering resins, and other related products. By utilizing advanced IT strategies, the company has improved environmentally-friendly aspects of its business through container and packaging recycling as well as the rental of containers and pallets.

An international distributor that handles sales of chemicals such as solvents, coating resin and flame retardants. Mainly targets the paint, ink and adhesive industries, and also actively tackles environmental issues.

With silicone, fluorocarbon and polyurethane resins at the core of its business, Yamasan Shoji is a synthetic resins sales company active across the whole spectrum of the industry, from raw materials to finished goods. Utilizing its wealth of expertise and experience in the field specialty chemicals, the company is committed to constantly proposing new ideas as it responds to a wide-range of customer needs.

A specialized company primarily engaged in the custom production of end-products such as toys, general merchandise, food items and medical goods. Kibi Kasei Co. also deals in the raw materials that are used in these types of products, such as resins, films, and chemical products, as well as in materials for agriculture, machinery, molds and others.

Established in 1953, the company is a flexible PVC film and sheet manufacturer whose parent companies are MC and Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
It is one of the few companies in Japan to have wide calendering machines and also manufactures and sells film and sheets made of new materials.

Established in Greece as a joint venture with Tosoh Corporation to produce electrolytic manganese dioxide, a material used in dry cell batteries. Since starting operations in 1976, the company has maintained a position as one of the word's top manufacturers in terms of both quality and production capacity. Focusing primarily on the European market, it has become one of Greece's leading exporting companies.

A manufacturer of hydrogen peroxide jointly established by MC and Ube Industries, Ltd. in January 2008.
Hydrogen peroxide is an environmentally-friendly substance because it decomposes into water and oxygen. As such, it is under much focus for a variety of applications not only as a bleach for paper and pulp but also as a deodorant, disinfectant, antiseptic, etc.

In August 2007, Mitsubishi Corporation's business investments, Towa Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., MC Foodtech Co., Ltd. and Chuo Foods Material Co., Ltd. merged and started operations as the new company Mitsubishi Shoji Foodtech Co., Ltd.
A crucial element of the new company's businesses is its research and development of food materials that meet client needs. The company is an integrated food and chemical company. Among the products it manufactures and sells are sugar alcohols such as sorbitol, maltitol and xylitol, seasoning for Korean kimchi basting, preservatives and improving agents, stabilizers such as carrageenan, and food functional materials.

A joint venture in Thailand with Mitsubishi Shoji Foodtech Co., Ltd., the company has established a manufacturing and sales business for the low calorie sweetener maltitol and commenced commercial operations. Leveraging the locally supplied raw materials, the company will produce highly-competitive sweeteners and supply them to customers around the world for use in chewing gum, chocolate, and other sweets.

A joint venture between Mitsubishi Shoji Foodtech Co., Ltd., which is one of Mitsubishi Corporation's business investments, and PT. Sorini Corporation Tbk. The company uses inexpensive locally procured materials to produce competitive products and provide a stable supply of sugar alcohol (sorbitol).

A contract manufacturing company for fine chemicals established in October 2004 in Changshu City, Jiangsu Province, China.
Since December 2005, the company has been contract manufacturing fine chemicals at its multipurpose organic synthesis plant focusing on the pharmaceutical and agrochemical fields.

A holding company jointly established by MC and BML, Inc., a large clinical testing firm, in February 2007. Under a joint venture platform, the holding company engages in the food hygiene testing business, an area of increasing interest by consumers.

Possessing original technology related to biochemicals, fine chemicals, plastic films, specialty papers and more, Kohjin Co. is a manufacturer that is developing a wide array of businesses. With "For Human Welfare" as its motto, the company aims to enrich society through ingenious products.

The Chuo Kasei Group comprises following two companies. The first is Chuo Kasei Co., Ltd., a total trading company dealing in specialty chemicals. The secound is Chuo Silika Co., Ltd.,a subsidiary of Chuo Kasei Co.,Ltd. and a producer of diatomite products used in the filtration of beer, chemicals and other substances. In recent years, Chuo Kasei Co., Ltd. has been concentrating on importing environmentally-friendly oleochemicals (chemicals derived from biological oils or fats), and aims to be a unique company trading in such items as imported commercial materials and liquid paraffin.

Active in such businesses as chemical products, synthetic resins, high performance construction materials and fuels, Meiwa Corporation is striving to be an enterprise that offers it customers expertise and unique functions as well as its own one-of-a-kind products. Of particular significance is the company's ties in China, where Meiwa Corporation has been conducting business since 1980; utilizing this experience and a network that extends across nine cities, the company will look to further develop its activities in China as a strategic base for its business.

SPDC is the company providing Japan's side of investment in Eastern Petrochemical Co. (SHARQ), a Saudi Arabian petrochemical operation that has been producing polyethylene (PE) and ethylene glycol (EG) in Saudi Arabia since 1985.
SHARQ is continuing to achieve stable performance through using Saudi Arabia's rich reserves of inexpensive oil and associated gas as raw materials. The first expansion of SHARQ was executed in 1994 and capacity reached 750,000 tons of PE and 750,000 tons of EG after the second expansion of 2000. SHARQ plans to further increase capacity to 1,550,000 tons of PE and 1,450,000 tons of EG in the second half of 2009.