Mobility Business Sector
In addition to globally expanding our existing businesses, we aim to quickly seize on new market opportunities that arise from developments in CASE and growth in ICT-related markets. We will continue to develop new customer-oriented products and businesses and propose solutions centering on our technological know-how in materials.
Basic Information
Challenges and needs of society
Business vision
Market analysis and strategies
Opportunities and risks
- Growing demand for lighter weight
- Growing demand for safety and comfort
- Emergence of new demand mainly for electrification and autonomous driving systems
- Regional disparities in market growth
Strengths
- Extensive lineup of materials
- Advanced technological capabilities and product quality
- Customer base
- Technical support
- Ability to propose total solutions across the value chain
Basic strategies
- Generate expanded business opportunities from lighter weight and battery material trends
- Generate business opportunities from the integration of vehicles and ICT
- Beef up proposal capabilities by anticipating demand from the initial stages of automotive development
Value chain

We aim to deliver customer and consumer value by harnessing the Group’s various materials, components, molding technology, and development support capabilities to provide real and tangible solutions.
Main Products
Elastomers
Ethylene-Propylene Terpolymer (Mitsui EPT™), Alpha-olefinic copolymer (TAFMER™), Liquid polyolefinic oligomer (LUCANT™)
Performance Compounds
Adhesive polyolefin (ADMER™), Thermoplastic olefinic elastomer (MILASTOMER™), Engineering plastics (ARLEN™)
Overseas PP Compounds
Performance Polymers
Specialty polyolefins (TPX™, APEL™, HI-ZEX MILLION™, MIPELON™, LUBMER™, RAYPROM™), Semiconductor manufacturing material (Mitsui PELLICLE™)




Departments and Products
Elastomers Division
Performance Compound Division
Performance Polymers Division
Mitsui Elastomers Singapore (MELS)
Strategic Product Lineups
Customer Needs Identified from Market Trends

Function-specific lineup of strategic products
Plastics account for roughly 100 kilograms, or 10%, of the total weight of an automobile and makes up 70% of the 30,000 parts used. The Mitsui Chemicals Group meets various social needs with highly functional polymeric materials and performance compounds—areas that we excel in.


1In-vehicle camera lenses
- Compact
- Safe and reliable
- Lightweight

Global No.2
Asia No.1
2Bumpers
PRIME POLYPRO™
TAFMER™
- Lightweight
- Impact resistant
- Designable

3Exterior materials
- Lightweight
- Improved fuel efficiency

Global No.1
4Fuel tanks
ADMER™
- Lightweight
- Higher degree of freedom in design

5Metal/resin integral molding parts
- Lightweight and compact
- Fewer production processes and lower assembly costs
- Improved design

Global No.3
Asia No.2
6Interior surfaces
MILASTOMER™
- Low density, lightweight
- Designable
- Recyclable

Asia No.2
7Door sealing
Terpolymer Mitsui EPT™
- Good processability
- Good weatherability and heat resistant
- Good sound absorption/insulation

8Gear lubricant oil additives
LUCANT™
- Improved fuel efficiency
- Longer service life

Asia No.4
9Parts around engine
- Improved fuel efficiency
*1Can be used for rear-door and hood interior panels.
*2Aiming for commercialization for automobiles by 2020. Integral injection molding eliminates processes that use screws or welding. It provides the same strength as metal parts at half the weight by combining polypropylene (PP) resin with aluminum.
Blue Value™ and Rose Value™ products in the Mobility domain

Bumper and instrument panel materials
PP compounds
- Reduces CO2
- Conserves resources
Reduce GHG emissions by roughly 13% by not requiring painting processes.


Adhesive polyolefin for plastic fuel tanks
- Reduces CO2
Lightens fuel tanks by 10–30% with the use of plastic instead of metal.


Bumper and instrument panel materials
- Reduces CO2
Reduces energy consumption during polymer manufacturing with the use of high-productivity catalysts.


Lubricant additive for automobiles
- Reduces CO2
Improves fuel efficiency by reducing temperature dependence of lubricant’s viscosity and maintaining appropriate viscosity.
