|
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 |
Jul |
Production of printed wiring boards started |
|
|
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 |
|
1970 |
Nov |
Production of ABS resin started |
|
1971 |
Mar |
Production of METABLEN
plastic modifier started |
|
|
Apr |
Mitsubishi Burlington Carpets Co., Ltd.
(now Mitsubishi Rayon Carpets Co., Ltd.) established |
|
1972 |
Oct |
Production of TUFPET PBT
resin started |
|
1975 |
Apr |
ESKA plastic optical fiber
launched on market |
|
|
Aug |
Engineering Division spun off as Mitsubishi
Rayon Engineering Co., Ltd. |
|
1976 |
Apr |
Production of acrylic resin started at
Toyama Plant (now Toyama Production Center) |
|
|
Aug |
Production of PYROFIL
carbon fiber prepreg started |
|
1979 |
Nov |
Fiber Technical Service Laboratories and
Resin-Coating Center integrated into Products Development
Laboratories (closed in May 2004) |
|
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 |
|
|
Sep |
Tokyo Research Laboratory (now Tokyo Technology
& Information Center) 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 |
Jul |
San Esters Corp. (U.S.A.) established as
a high ester sales company |
|
|
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 |
| |
Oct |
MRC Information Systems Co., Ltd. was established. |
|
1991 |
May |
Grafil, Inc. (U.S.A.) established to produce
carbon fibers |
|
1992 |
Oct |
P. T. Diachem Resins Indonesia established
as a joint venture to produce and sell acrylic coating
resins |
|
1994 |
Apr |
Qingdao Lingtong Textile Co., Ltd. (China)
established as a joint venture for production and sale
of acrylic yarn |
|
|
May |
MRC Asia (Thailand) Ltd. established as
a joint venture |
|
1995 |
May |
Commercial sale started of ESKAMEGA
high bandwidth plastic optical fiber for communication
use |
|
1996 |
Aug |
MRC Resins (Thailand) Co., Ltd. established
as a joint venture to produce and sell acrylic coating
resin |
|
|
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 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 |
Nangtong Rayon Chemical Co., Ltd. (China)
established as a joint venture to produce and sell MMA
molding materials |
|
|
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 |
|
|
May |
Dalian Rayon Environmental Equipment Co.,
Ltd. (China) established to produce and sell hollow fiber
membrane products |
|
|
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 |
|
|
Mar |
Ningbo Rayon Acrylic Fibers Co., Ltd. (China)
established to produce and sell acrylic fibers |
| |
Apr |
Mass production of DIAART Y-Type prism sheets started. |
|
|
Jul |
Production of plastisol-use acrylic powder
started at Otake Production Center |
| |
Dec |
MMA molding materials production started at Nantong
Rayon Chemical Co., Ltd. (China). |
| 2004 |
Mar |
Huizhou MMA Co., Ltd. (China) established to produce and sell MMA monomer |
| 2005 |
Apr |
Sparkling Carbo artificial spa generator for household use was put on sale. |
| |
Jun |
Acrylic coating resins production started at Mitsubishi Rayon Polymer Nantong Co., Ltd. (China). |
| |
Jul |
MMA sheets production started at Mitsubishi Rayon Polymer Nantong Co., Ltd. (China). |
| |
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. |
