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<title>Mitsui Chemicals to Start Commercial Production at No.2 APEL&#8482; Plant</title>
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<description>Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (“MCI”) announces the start of commnercial production at No.2 APEL&#8482; plant. APEL&#8482; is an amorphous cycloolefin copolymer with excellent optical characteristics.</description>
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<dc:date>2008-6-30T14:00:00+09:00</dc:date>
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<title>Mitsui Chemicals Acquisition of SDC Technologies, Inc.</title>
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<description>Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (“MCI”) announced today that on June 25, 2008 (PDT) it completed the acquisition of all the outstanding shares of common stock of Silvue Technologies Group, Inc. (“Silvue”), the holding company for SDC Technologies, Inc. (“SDC”), which manufactures and sells high performance coating materials for plastics and non-ferrous metals.</description>
<dc:subject>release</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-6-26T14:00:00+09:00</dc:date>
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<title>Mitsui Chemicals to Develop a Highly Active Catalyst for 1-Hexene Production</title>
<link>http://www.mitsuichem.com/release/2008/080623e.htm</link>
<description>Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (MCI) announces the development of its own homogeneous catalyst technology to produce 1-hexene (C6).</description>
<dc:subject>release</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-6-23T14:00:00+09:00</dc:date>
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<title>Donation to Cyclone in Myanmar and Massive Earthquake in Sichuan, China</title>
<link>http://www.mitsuichem.com/release/2008/080528e.htm</link>
<description>Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (“MCI”) announces its donations to Myanmar and China in response to the severe cyclone which hit on May 2 in Myanmar and the massive earthquake which struck Sichuan, China, on May 12, respectively.</description>
<dc:subject>release</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-5-28T15:00:00+09:00</dc:date>
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<title>Mitsui Chemicals to Start Commercial Production at No.3 EPDM Plant</title>
<link>http://www.mitsuichem.com/release/2008/080515e.htm</link>
<description>Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.(“MCI”) announces the start of commercial production at No.3 EPDM Plant of its Ichihara Works, following confirmation of operational stability and product quality. </description>
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<dc:date>2008-5-15T15:00:00+09:00</dc:date>
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<title>Mitsui Chemicals to Establish a Subsidiary in India</title>
<link>http://www.mitsuichem.com/release/2008/080512e_02.htm</link>
<description>Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (MCI) notifies it has established a subsidiary in India, along with an accelerated growth of the Indian market, which is expected to offer the MCI Group significant increase in sales opportunities.</description>
<dc:subject>release</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-5-12T20:00:00+09:00</dc:date>
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<title>Mitsui Chemicals to Acquire SDC Technologies, Inc.</title>
<link>http://www.mitsuichem.com/release/2008/080512e.htm</link>
<description>Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (“MCI”) announced today that on May 8, 2008 it entered into a definitive stock purchase agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Silvue Technologies Group, Inc.,</description>
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<dc:date>2008-5-12T20:00:00+09:00</dc:date>
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<title>Mitsui Chemicals to Expand Polypropylene Automotive Materials Capacity in North America, Thailand and China by the End of 2009</title>
<link>http://www.mitsuichem.com/release/2008/080424e.htm</link>
<description>Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., (&quot;MCI&quot;) and Prime Polymer Co., Ltd. have decided to expand annual polypropylene compound production capacity in North America,</description>
<dc:subject>release</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-4-24T16:50:00+09:00</dc:date>
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<title>Mitsui Chemicals to Host the &quot;Professor Jean-Marie Lehn Symposium on Advanced Materials at Mitsui Chemicals&quot;</title>
<link>http://www.mitsuichem.com/release/2008/080423e.htm</link>
<description>Mitsui Chemicals (&quot;MCI&quot;) announces its sponsorship of a symposium on October 15, 2008, named after Professor Jean-Marie Lehn (Université Louis Pasteur and Collège de France, France) the &quot;Professor Jean-Marie Lehn Symposium on Advanced Materials at Mitsui Chemicals&quot; with the attendance of the professor.</description>
<dc:subject>release</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-4-23T17:00:00+09:00</dc:date>
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<title>Mitsui Chemicals to Expand Production Capacity and Start Commercial Operation of Ethylene/&#945; Olefin Olygomer (LUCANT&#153;)</title>
<link>http://www.mitsuichem.com/release/2008/080410e.htm</link>
<description>Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.(&quot;MCI&quot;) announces it has augmented production capacity of Ethylene/&#945; Olefin Olygomer (LUCANT&#153;) and started commercial production at its Iwakuni-Ohtake Works, where construction for the second plant has been completed.</description>
<dc:subject>release</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-4-10T18:15:00+09:00</dc:date>
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<title>Announcement on the Establishment of a Joint Venture towards the Construction of the Vietnam Nghi Son Refinery &amp; Petrochemical Complex</title>
<link>http://www.mitsuichem.com/release/2008/080328e.htm</link>
<description>Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Akihiko Tembo; hereafter &quot;Idemitsu&quot;) and Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Kenji Fujiyoshi; hereafter "Mitsui") hereby announce that...</description>
<dc:subject>release</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-3-28T15:00:00+09:00</dc:date>
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<title>About the Participation to the UN Global Compact</title>
<link>http://www.mitsuichem.com/release/2008/080319e.htm</link>
<description>We are delighted to inform you that Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. has become an official participant in the United Nations Global Compact (GC) as of January 25, 2008.</description>
<dc:subject>release</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-3-19T15:00:00+09:00</dc:date>
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<title>Mitsui Chemicals to Issue Invitation to the &#8220;2009 Mitsui Chemicals Catalysis Science Award&#8221; and to Organize &#8220;The Fourth Mitsui Chemicals International Symposium on Catalysis Science(MICS2009)&#8221;</title>
<link>http://www.mitsuichem.com/release/2008/080317e.htm</link>
<description>Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (&quot;MCI&quot;) announces the start of invitations to the &quot;2009 Mitsui Chemicals Catalysis Science Award&quot; and...</description>
<dc:subject>release</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-3-17T15:00:00+09:00</dc:date>
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<title>Mitsui Chemicals to Withdraw from Optical Filter Business for PDP</title>
<link>http://www.mitsuichem.com/release/2008/080310e.htm</link>
<description>Mitsui Chemicals Inc., (&quot;MCI&quot;) has decided to withdraw from the optical filter business for PDP (&quot;the business&quot;) described as follows:</description>
<dc:subject>release</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-3-10T15:00:00+09:00</dc:date>
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<title>President Fujiyoshi&acute;s New Year Message(Summary)</title>
<link>http://www.mitsuichem.com/release/2008/080107e.htm</link>
<description>Happy New Year, everyone. During the past year, we have faced a severe business</description>
<dc:subject>release</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-1-7T15:00:00+09:00</dc:date>
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