Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. announced director appointments. The company appointed KAI Keiichirou as Director, Home Care Materials Dept., Personal Care Materials Division, Health Care Business Sector. Ishibashi Hiroki was appointed as Director, Medical Material Dept., Personal Care Materials Division, Health Care Business Sector. Saimoto Yoshihisa was appointed as Director, Hygiene Materials Dept., Nonwovens Division, Health Care Business Sector. Sawada Yuji was appointed as Director, Engineering Plastics Dept., Performance Compound Division, Mobility Business Sector. Imai Nobuhiro was appointed as Director, PP Compound Dept. Compounds Administration Division, Mobility Business Sector. KawaMOTO Hideo was appointed as Director, Process Technology Dept., Compounds Administration Division, Mobility Business Sector. NAGAMATSU Masashi was appointed as Director, Ammonia & Organic Chemicals Dept., Industrial Chemicals Division, Basic Materials Business Sector. Miyata Fumiya was appointed as Director, ICT Materials Business Dept., New Business Incubation Center. Shiodta Tsuyoshi was appointed as Director, Energy Solution Dept., New Business Incubation Center. INOUE Yoshihisa was appointed as Director, Open Innovation Dept., New Business Incubation Center. Tada Yumi was appointed Director, Public Relations Dept., Corporate Communications, Division. Saruwatari Kazutaka was appointed as Director, Administration Dept. Mobara Branch Factory, Ichihara Works. Sunada Eiyu was appointed as Director, Manufacturing Dept. - 2, Osaka Works. Honda Hiroya was appointed as Director, Safety & Environment Dept., Iwakuni-Ohtake Works. UENO Yuichi was appointed as Director, Technical Dept., Omuta Works. SakaMOTO Keita was appointed as Director, Administration Dept., Omuta works Manager, General Affairs Section Manager, CSR Section. Aizawa Takehiko was appointed as Director, Planning & Coordination Dept., Engineering Division, Production & Technology Center. Kanayama Hiroshi was appointed as Director, Polyurethane Materials Design Dept., Synthetic Chemicals Laboratory, R&D Center. Nogi Hidenobu was appointed as Director, Battery Materials Dept., Synthetic Chemicals Laboratory, R&D Center. Kaneko Hideyuki was appointed as Director, Polymerization Catalysts Dept., Process Technology Laboratory, R&D Center. Naitou Kiyoshi was appointed as Director, Integrated Process Technology Dept., Process Technology Laboratory, R&D Center. Tsutaya Hideyo was appointed as Director, Compound Process Dept., Process Technology Laboratory, R&D Center.
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. specializes in the manufacture and marketing of chemicals products. Net sales break down by product family as follows:
- basic chemicals and fine chemicals products (48.8%): polypropylene, polyethylene, phenols, polyolefins, polyurethane, etc.;
- performance chemicals products (25.5%): elastomers, urethane, polymers, etc. intended in particular for the automotive industry;
- coating materials, films and agrochemicals (14.6%): resins, adhesives, polypropylene films, polyethylene films, industrial films, agrochemicals (insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, etc.) for the food and packaging sectors;
- specialty materials (10.2%): ophthalmic lens materials, photochromic materials, non-woven fibers, dental products, etc. dedicated to the medical and healthcare industry;
- other (0.9%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (52.2%), China (14.5%), Asia (13.6%), America (11.8%), Europe (7.3%) and other (0.6%).
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