Corporate Profile
- Company Name
- DOW-MITSUI POLYCHEMICALS CO.,LTD.
- Establishment Date
- December 14, 1960
- Head Office
- Tokyo Midtown Yaesu, Yaesu Central Tower 19F, 2-1, Yaesu 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0028
- Shareholders
- Capital Stock
- 6.48 billion yen
- Main Businesses
- Manufacture and sale of ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, and ionomer resins with broad applications in food packaging materials and films, etc.
- Domestic Offices
- 2. plants and 1. laboratory
- Board Members
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As of April 1, 2024
- [ General Director ]
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- President, General Director and Chief Executive OfficerRyoji Kato
- Vice President, General Director and Chief Executive OfficerTaro Fukuzaki
- General Manager, Corporate Development & Finance Dept.Kaoru Suzuki
- Toshihisa Toyoda
- General Manager, Production & Technology Dept.Atsushi Miwa
- Patrick McLeod
- Don Dufresne
- Greg Bunker
- Jacqueline Kuratli
- Manabu Yoshida
- [ Corporate Auditors ]
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- Masahiro Sato
- Nobuyuki Ichii
History
- 1960
- Establishment of the company (company name: Mitsui Polychemicals Co., Ltd., headquarters set up in the Hibiya Mitsui Building in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
- 1961
- Head office is relocated to the Otemachi Mitsui Building (also located in Chiyoda-ku)
- 1962
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- The Otake Plant begins operation and domestic production of MIRASON (low-density polyethylene)
- Import and sale of ELVAX (ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin) begins
- Representative office in Osaka is opened (renamed to the Osaka Sales Office the following year)
- 1964
- Import and sale of SURLYN (ionomer resin) begins
- 1965
- Domestic production of ELVAX begins (product name is changed to EVAFLEX)
- 1967
- The Chiba Plant begins operation
- 1970
- Head office is relocated to the Kasumigaseki Building (also located in Chiyoda-ku)
- 1976
- Sales of CMPS (multi-purpose sealing resin) begins
- 1978
- Partial domestic production of SURLYN begins (product name is changed to HIMILAN)
- 1979
- Import and sale of ELVALOY (special ethylene-based copolymer resin) begins
- 1981
- Chiba Plant awarded Excellent High-Pressure Gas Manufacturing Plant (now known as the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award)
- 1982
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- Otake Plant awarded Excellent High-Pressure Gas Manufacturing Plant (now known as the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award)
- Import and sale of NUCREL (ethylene (meta) acrylic acid copolymer resin) begins
- 1984
- MIRASON business is transferred to Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. and company name is changed to DuPont-Mitsui Polychemicals Co., Ltd.
- 1985
- Full domestic production of HIMILAN and NUCREL commences
- 1987
- Technical Service Research Institute is renamed to Technical Center
- 1988
- Import and sale of Selar PA (amorphous nylon resin) begins
- 1989
- Import and sale of ALCRYN (thermoplastic elastomer) begins
- 1992
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- Otake Plant obtains certification for ISO 9002 (international quality assurance standard)
- Chiba Plant obtains certification for ISO 9002 (international quality assurance standard)
- 1993
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- Domestic production of ALCRYN commences
- Otake Plant awarded Outstanding Safety (now known as the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Award)
- 1995
- Membership to the Japan Responsible Care Council
- 2002
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- Chiba Plant obtains certification for ISO 14001 (international environmental standard)
- Otake Plant obtains certification for ISO 14001 (international environmental standard)
- 2003
- Head office is relocated to Shidome City Center Building (Minato-ku, Tokyo)
- 2006
- Sales of ENTIRA (polymer type antistatic agent) begins
- 2010
- Sales of HIMILAN ES (solar cell encapsulant) begins
- 2019
- One shareholder changed from DuPont to Performance Materials Japan K.K., a Japanese subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Group. Due to this change, the company name was changed to Dow-Mitsui Polychemicals Co., Ltd.
- 2023
- Head Office is relocated to Tokyo Midtown Yaesu, Yaesu Central Tower (Chuo-ku, Tokyo)