bout Soarnol™ business

History

1971 Succeeded the first pilot trial of EVOH production
1972 Succeeded the first production trial (20 mt)
1973 Start commercial sales for mayonnaise bottle
1974 Start commercialization of GL resin (former tradename of Soarnol™, EVOH)
1984 Established production plant in Mizushima (Okayama plant) with 1,800 mt/Y capacity (now 10,000 mt/Y)
1996 Finish construction of NOLTEX L.L.C (current Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc.) as Soarnol™ production site near Houston, Texas, U.S.A. (initial capacity 10,000 mt/Y, current 41,000 mt/Y)
Established Soarnol™ sales office for north US market, SOARUS L.L.C
Established Soarnol™ sales office for Europe, NIPPON GOHSEI Europe GmbH (current Mitsubishi Chemical Europe GmbH)
1997 Established Processing-Technique Development Center (current Soarnol Research & Development Institute) to support customer
2001 Established NIPPON GOHSEI UK Ltd. (current Mitsubishi Chemical UK Ltd.) as Soarnol™ producing company in UK
2002 Established Customer Service Centre in Duesseldorf, Germany to enhance customer support
2004 NIPPON GOHSEI UK Ltd. (current Mitsubishi Chemical UK Ltd.) started commercial production (initial capacity 15,000 mt/Y, current 18,000 mt/Y)
2010 Established NICHIGO SHANGHAI Co., Ltd. in China (current Mitsubishi Chemical (China) Co., Ltd.)
2012 Expanded Processing-Technique Development Center (current Soarnol Research & Development Institute)
2017 Established NIPPON GOHSEI ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LTD. in Singapore (current Mitsubishi Chemical Singapore Pte Ltd.)

R&D organization

Soarnol Research & Development Institute

Soarnol Research & Development Institute
Established 1997
Expansion 2012
Location Kurashiki-shi, Okayama
Main role R&D of Soarnol™, various analysis and technical service
Equipment Multilayer film forming line, direct blow bottle line, injection molding machine, thermoforming machine etc

Mitsubishi Chemical Europe GmbH

Mitsubishi Chemical Europe GmbH
Established 15th Oct., 2002
Location Duesseldorf, Germany
Main role Various analysis, technical service

SOARUS L.L.C.

SOARUS L.L.C.
Established 1996
Location Arlington Heights, IL (U.S.A.)
Main role Various analysis, technical service

Mitsubishi Chemical (China) Co., Ltd.

Mitsubishi Chemical (China) Co., Ltd.
Established 2006
Location Shanghai, China
Main role Various analysis, technical service

Mitsubishi Chemical Singapore Pte. Ltd.

Mitsubishi Chemical Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Established 2018
Location Singapore
Main role Various analysis, customer service

Global network

Grobal network

Headquarter
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Polymers & Compounds / MMA Business Group, Polymers Division, Soarnol Dept.

Headquarter
Address Palece building 1-1-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-Ku
100-8251 Tokyo, JAPAN
TEL +81 3 6748 7803

Okayama Plant

Okayama plant
Main role Production of Soarnol™
Address 3-10 Ushiodori, Kurashiki-shi, Okayama
712-8054, Japan
TEL +81 86 455 5211

Soarnol Research & Development Institute

Soarnol Research & Development Institute
Main role R&D of Soarnol™, various analysis, technical service
Address 3-10 Ushiodori, Kurashiki-shi, Okayama
712-8054, Japan
TEL +81 86 455 5214
Networkネットワーク

Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc.

Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc.
Main role Production of Soarnol™
Address 12220 Strang Road, La Porte,
TX 77571-9740, U.S.A.
TEL +1-281-842-5000
website https://us.mitsubishi-chemical.com/company/soarnol/

Mitsubishi Chemical UK Ltd.

Mitsubishi Chemical UK Ltd.
Main role Production of Soarnol™
Address Soarnol™ House, Saltend, Hull HU12 8DS, U.K.
TEL +44-1482-333320

SOARUS L.L.C.

SOARUS L.L.C.
Main role Sales office of Soarnol™,
technical service
Address 3930 Ventura Drive, Suite 300, Arlington Heights,
IL 60004 U.S.A.
TEL +1-847-255-1211
website http://www.soarus.com/

Mitsubishi Chemical Europe GmbH

Mitsubishi Chemical Europe GmbH
Main role Sales office of Soarnol™,
technical service
Address Schiessstrasse 47, 40549 Duesseldorf, Germany
TEL +49-211-52054-10

Mitsubishi Chemical (China) Co., Ltd.

Mitsubishi Chemical (China) Co., Ltd.
Performance polymer group
Address 39th Floor, Grand Gateway Office Tower 1, 1 Hongqiao Rd., Xuhui District, Shanghai, 200030 China
TEL +86-21-54076161

Mitsubishi Chemical Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Performance Polymers Division

Mitsubishi Chemical Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Address 41 SCIENCE PARK ROAD #02-12/13, THE GEMINI,
SINGAPORE SCIENCE PARK Ⅱ, Singapore 117610
TEL +65-6331-0120