| 1933 |
Aug |
Shinko Jinken Co., Ltd. established |
| 1934 |
Dec |
Succeeded in the first spinning of rayon
staple (production terminated in Dec. 1978) |
| 1935 |
Jun |
Construction of Otake Plant (now Otake
Production Center) completed |
| 1942 |
Oct |
Shinko Jinken Co., Ltd. absorbed by Nippon
Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. |
| 1943 |
Oct |
Production of MMA monomer started |
| |
Nov |
Production of SHINKOLITE-A MMA acrylic sheet started; acrylic resin business started |
| 1944 |
May |
Nippon Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. merged
with Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. and renamed Mitsubishi Chemical
Industries Co., Ltd. |
| 1950 |
Jun |
Shinko Rayon Co., Ltd. established as a
result of breakup of Mitsubishi Chemical Industries Co.,
Ltd., which was split up into Nippon Chemical Industries
Co., Ltd., Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. and Shinko Rayon Co.,
Ltd. |
| 1952 |
Apr |
Production of ACRYPET MMA molding material started |
| |
Nov |
Otake Laboratories (now Corporate Research
Laboratoires) established |
| |
Dec |
Shinko Rayon Co., Ltd. renamed Mitsubishi
Rayon Co., Ltd. |
| 1956 |
Jul |
Ryoko Acetate Co., Ltd. (renamed Mitsubishi
Acetate Co., Ltd. in Aug. 1958; absorbed by Mitsubishi
Rayon Co., Ltd. in June 1989) established to commercialize
acetate fiber business |
| 1957 |
Dec |
Shinko Acrylic Fibers Co., Ltd. (renamed
Mitsubishi Vonnel Co., Ltd. in Aug. 1958; absorbed by
Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd. in Aug. 1968) established to
commercialize acrylic fiber business |
| 1958 |
Jul |
Production of CAROLAN (now LYNDA) diacetate filament started |
| |
Aug |
Toyama Plant (now Toyama Production Center)
completed |
| 1959 |
Jan |
Production of VONNEL wet-spun
acrylic fiber started |
| 1962 |
Sep |
Production of CAROLAN diacetate tow for cigarette filters started |
| |
Oct |
Production of PYLEN polypropylene
fiber started |
| 1963 |
Nov |
Toyohashi Plant (now Toyohashi Production
Center) completed |
| 1965 |
Nov |
Made significant equity investment in Nitto
Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., acquiring right to participate
in the company's management |
| 1967 |
May |
ABS resin business purchased from Nitto
Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. |
| |
Jun |
Production of SOALON triacetate
fiber started |
| 1968 |
Jun |
Shinko Esters Co., Ltd. (absorbed by Mitsubishi
Rayon Co., Ltd. in Aug. 1973) established to commercialize
polyester fiber business |
| 1969 |
Oct |
Production of SOLUNA polyester fiber started (production of polyester filament yarn terminated in March 2010) |
| 1970 |
Nov |
Production of ABS resin started |
| 1971 |
Mar |
Production of METABLEN plastic modifier started |
| 1975 |
Apr |
ESKA plastic optical fiber
launched on market |
| |
Aug |
Engineering Division spun off as Mitsubishi
Rayon Engineering Co., Ltd.(Business transferred to Mitsubishi Chemical Engineering Corporation in October 2010) |
| 1976 |
Apr |
Production of acrylic resin started at
Toyama Plant (now Toyama Production Center) |
| |
Aug |
Production of PYROFIL carbon fiber prepreg started |
| 1980 |
Jun |
Production of polyolefin hollow fiber membranes
started |
| 1983 |
Feb |
MMA monomer production through isobutylene
catalytic oxidation method started at Otake Production
Center |
| |
Feb |
Commercial operation of carbon fiber burning
plant started at Otake Production Center |
| |
Jun |
Mitsubishi Rayon America Inc. established |
| 1984 |
Sep |
CLEANSUI household water
purifier launched on market |
| |
Oct |
Production of polysaccharides begun (MRC
Polysaccharides Co., Ltd. established as a polysaccharide
production and sales company in June 1994) |
| 1986 |
May |
Du Pont-MRC Co., Ltd. established as a
joint venture with E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. to
produce artificial marble |
| 1989 |
Sep |
Dianal America, Inc. established as an
acrylic coating resin production and sales company |
| 1990 |
Jan |
Operation of carbon fiber started at Toyohashi
Production Center |
| |
May |
Acquired Newport Adhesives and Composites,
Inc. (U.S.A.) to produce and sell industrial adhesives
and carbon fiber prepreg |
| 1991 |
May |
Grafil, Inc. (U.S.A.) established to produce
carbon fibers |
| 1994 |
May |
MRC Asia (Thailand) Ltd. established as
a joint venture |
| 1996 |
Dec |
Suzhou Sanyouli Chemicals Co., Ltd. (China)
established as a joint venture to produce and sell butyl
methacrylate monomer |
| 1997 |
Jan |
Thai
MMA Co., Ltd. established as a joint venture to produce
and sell MMA monomer |
| |
Apr |
MRC Hong Kong Co. Ltd. established |
| 1998 |
Oct |
Took over Nitto Chemical Industry Co.,
Ltd., and transferred its operations to Yokohama Production
Center, Hachinohe Factory and Yokohama Corporate Research Laboratories |
| 2001 |
Jul |
Dia-Nitrix
Co., Ltd., a joint venture with Mitsubishi Chemical Corp.,
established to produce and sell AN and its derivatives |
| |
Sep |
Nantong Rayon Chemical Co., Ltd. (China)
established as a joint venture to produce and sell MMA
molding materials (taken over by absorption-type merger by Mitsubishi Rayon Polymer Nantong Co., Ltd. in September 2009) |
| |
Oct |
Mitsubishi Rayon Textile Co., Ltd. established
to sell textile products |
| 2002 |
Apr |
UMG ABS, Ltd., a joint venture with Ube
Industries, Ltd. and General Electric Company, established
to produce and sell ABS resin |
| |
Dec |
Mitsubishi Rayon Polymer Nangtong Co.,
Ltd. (China) established to produce and sell MMA sheets |
| 2003 |
Jan |
Jiangsu Xinling Chemical Co., Ltd. (China)
established to produce and sell MA and DMF |
| 2004 |
Mar |
Huizhou MMA Co., Ltd. (China) established to produce and sell MMA monomer |
| 2005 |
Oct |
MRC Pylen Co., Ltd. was established to produce and sell polypropylene fiber. |
| 2006 |
Jun |
DAESAN MMA Co., Ltd (Korea) established as a joint venture to produce and sell MMA monomar and MMA molding materials. |
| 2007 |
Apr |
Establishment of CSR Committee |
| 2008 |
Nov |
Establishment of Mitsubishi Rayon (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. |
| 2009 |
Feb |
Establishment of new Yokohama Corporate Research Laboratories |
| |
May |
Management integration with Lucite International Group Limited |
| 2010 |
Mar |
Management integration with Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation |
| |
Jul |
Water treatment business transferred from Mitsubishi Rayon Engineering Co., Ltd. to Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd. |
| |
Oct |
Business transferred from Mitsubishi Rayon Engineering Co., Ltd. to Mitsubishi Chemical Engineering Corporation. |
