13 November 2017
Tsutomu Tannowa
President & CEO
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
DETAILS
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. plans to acquire
Asahi Kasei Corp.’s business for SUNVIEO™
thermoplastic styrene elastomer (TPS) on Dec. 1, 2017.
In acquiring Asahi Kasei’s SUNVIEO™ business,
Mitsui Chemicals will add TPS to its lineup.
This will allow the company to respond to
a wider range of needs across numerous areas, including
automotive parts and consumer products.
Mitsui Chemicals also expects that it will be able to use
the acquired technology to further differentiate
its existing MILASTOMER™ lineup from the competition.
Mitsui Chemicals has identified
* its Mobility Business Sector
* alongside Health Care and Food & Packaging
as a growth area to actively expand operations.
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