Mitsui sets up company for polymeric materials

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Tokyo -- Mitsui Chemicals Inc. of Tokyo has established a new company for functional polymeric materials, Mitsui Chemicals Functional Composites (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, in the Jinshan District Shanghai, China.

The new company will manufacture and distribute Milastomerâ„¢ a thermoplastic olefinic elastomer widely used in glass run channels for automobile windows and in sheathing applications, and Admer, a polyolefin widely used as an adhesive for automobile fuel tanks and food packaging.

In China, demand for Milastomer has grown in line with increased use of cross-linked thermoplastic elastomers in glass run channels of automobiles and demand for more luxurious automobile interior materials, Mitsui said in a 6 Sept news release.

Similarly, the market for Admer has grown along with wider applications of resins in automobile fuel tanks and spreading awareness of food safety resulting in the increased use of barrier food packaging materials. To respond to this growing market demand, the company established a new supply base in Shanghai.

Automotive manufacturers are concentrated in eastern China and the new company is expected to serve as the group's compound base and future base for automotive polypropylenes in the area.

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Press release from Mitsui Chemicals