Mitsui Chemicals to Open Liaison Office in India

03-01-2007: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. opened a liaison office in New Delhi, India. This office is the first local stronghold for MCI, which will support the market development of its Elastomers business, as well as conduct market research, market development support and on-site study of India. The office belongs to Mitsui Chemicals Singapore, Ltd., a 100% MCI subsidiary based in Singapore. Mitsui Chemicals Singapore, Ltd., will be renamed as Mitsui Chemicals Asia Pacific, Ltd. in April, 2007.

The office is expected to support the market development of Elastomers products such as automotive parts and packaging materials, especially for TAFMERTM (Alpha-olefin copolymers). The office is further expected to support the local market development of EVOLUETM (Metallocene Linear Low Density Polyethylene), PTA and electronics materials, and promote the full-fledging business deployment in India for Polypropylene compounds in order to meet growing demand for automotive parts.