{"id":3200,"date":"2023-08-01T17:42:32","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T08:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/?p=3200"},"modified":"2023-08-01T17:42:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T08:42:32","slug":"mitsui-chemicals-holds-groundbreaking-ceremony-for-new-tafmer-plant-in-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/mitsui-chemicals-holds-groundbreaking-ceremony-for-new-tafmer-plant-in-singapore","title":{"rendered":"Mitsui Chemicals Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony for New 'TAFMER' Plant in Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The groundbreaking ceremony <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo: 4183; President & CEO: HASHIMOTO Osamu) today announced that it has held the groundbreaking ceremony for a new plant to produce the high-performance elastomer TAFMER\u2122 at its Singapore-based wholly owned subsidiary Mitsui Elastomers Singapore Pte Ltd (MELS; President; NITTA Toshio). The ceremony was held on 28 July 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overview of new project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Product<\/th>TAFMER\u2122 high-performance elastomer<\/td><\/tr>
Plant site<\/th>Jurong Island*, Singapore<\/td><\/tr>
Capacity<\/th>120,000 tons\/year
(Capacity of existing facility: 225,000 tons\/year)<\/td><\/tr>
Schedule<\/th>Scheduled for completion sometime in fiscal 2024<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

As part of Mitsui Chemicals\u2019 VISION 2030 Long-Term Business Plan, the Mobility Solutions business aims to help solve social challenges and achieve sustainable business growth by providing unique materials, features and services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TAFMER\u2122 is used both as a soft molding material and as a resin modifier that dramatically improves resin properties. Its flexibility and lightness have resulted in TAFMER\u2122 being used across a wide range of fields, including solar cell components, packaging materials, engineering plastic modifiers, sports shoes and automotive parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Demand for TAFMER\u2122 is set to remain strong as the global economy grows, and is expected to rise further on the back of efforts to achieve a circular economy by stepping up the introduction of clean energy. Via the supply of TAFMER\u2122, which meets these needs, Mitsui Chemicals aims to become a global solutions company that leads change and contributes to the sustainable societies of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overview of MELS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Company name<\/th>Mitsui Elastomers Singapore Pte Ltd<\/td><\/tr>
Head office<\/th>3 HarbourFront Place, #10-01, HarbourFront Tower 2
Singapore 099254, Singapore<\/td><\/tr>
Established<\/th>February 7, 2001<\/td><\/tr>
Capital<\/th>US$ 96.3 million (wholly owned by Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.)<\/td><\/tr>
Managing director<\/th>NITTA Toshio<\/td><\/tr>
Business<\/th>Manufacture and sale of elastomers, primarily TAFMER\u2122<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

* Singapore\u2019s energy and chemicals park developed by JTC (https:\/\/www.jtc.gov.sg\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo: 4183; President & CEO: HASHIMOTO Osamu) today announced that it has held the groundbreaking ceremony for a new plant to produce the high-performance elastomer TAFMER\u2122 at its Singapore-based wholly owned subsidiary Mitsui Elastomers Singapore Pte Ltd (MELS; President; NITTA Toshio). The ceremony was held on 28 July 2023. Overview of new project ProductTAFMER\u2122 high-performance elastomerPlant siteJurong Island*, SingaporeCapacity120,000 tons\/year(Capacity of existing facility: 225,000 tons\/year)ScheduleScheduled for completion sometime in fiscal 2024 As part of Mitsui Chemicals\u2019 VISION 2030 Long-Term Business Plan, the Mobility Solutions business aims to help solve social challenges and achieve sustainable business growth by providing unique materials, features and services. TAFMER\u2122 is used both … Continue reading \"Mitsui Chemicals Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony for New 'TAFMER' Plant in Singapore\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[10],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3200"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3200"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3202,"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3200\/revisions\/3202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}