5 March 2019
ABOUT Mitsui Advanced Composites (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.
Established
April 2004
Capital and Stakes
US$15.31 million
Mitsui Chemicals : 50%
Prime Polymer : 20%
SCG Chemicals Singapore : 20%
Other: 10%
Chairman
Yasuhiro Niki
President
Michiharu Muraoka
Head Office and Plant
18 Haojiang Road,
Zhongshan Torch Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone,
Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, China
Business
Manufacture and sale of polypropylene compound
DETAILS
(Tokyo: 4183; President & CEO: Tsutomu Tannowa)
has decided to set up a new production facility
for long glass fiber reinforced polypropylene (LGFPP)
at Chinese manufacturing subsidiary
Mitsui Advanced Composites (Zhongshan) Co, Ltd.
(President: Yasuhiro Niki).
This will become Mitsui Chemicals’
third manufacturing base for LGFPP,
joining existing bases in Japan and the U.S.
By establishing this new facility, Mitsui Chemicals’
production capacity for LGFPP will increase
to 10,500 tons per year.
Developed by Prime Polymer Co., Ltd.,
Mitsui Chemicals’ LGFPP is a composite material
made by melting and mixing
polypropylene (PP) resin with long glass fibers.
The lightweight material offers an attractive appearance,
with long glass fibers providing a good balance
between hardness and impact resistance.
The material is already being adopted in areas
such as the unpainted insides of rear car doors.
The recent strengthening of environmental regulations
and a shift toward electric vehicles
have led to increasing needs
for automotive lightweighting.
As a result, demand is on the rise
for fiber-reinforced resins and is expected to grow further
for such materials able to substitute for metal
such as car doors and other such parts.
(Mitsui Chemicals certifies LGFPP as
Blue Value™ product according to
the high environmental contribution value.)
Mitsui Chemicals aims to achieve further business expansion
in mobility, a key sector for the company,
by continuing to correctly gauge global growth in demand.
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To create
“a cohesive society in harmony with the environment",
Mitsui Chemicals Group makes the contributions of
its products and services more visible to share
that value with stakeholders.
We assess products and services
with separate metrics according to their usage
and award Blue Value™ certification to those
that have high value
in making an environmental contribution.
Environmental Contribution Value, Blue Value™
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