Mitsubishi Chemical signs coordination/cooperation agreement on maintaining and developing Yokkaichi Industrial Complex
August 22, 2025
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Manabu Chikumoto) is pleased to announce that it signed an "Agreement on Coordination and Cooperation for the Maintenance and Development of the Yokkaichi Industrial Complex" with Mie Prefecture and Yokkaichi City on August 12, 2025, the aim of which is to utilize the industrial complex to help bring about a carbon-neutral society.
Mie Prefecture and Yokkaichi City formulated a future vision in March 2023 seeking to make the Yokkaichi Industrial Complex carbon neutral by 2050. The Yokkaichi Industrial Complex Carbon Neutralization Promotion Committee is conducting feasibility studies on turning the complex into a hydrogen and ammonia supply base, producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and diesel fuel from waste cooking oil and other resources, and advancing next-generation hydrogen mobility. Located within the Yokkaichi Industrial Complex, Mitsubishi Chemical’s Tokai Plant (with locations in Shiohama, Kawajiri, and Obata) is also participating in these studies as a member of the Promotion Committee, leading the company to conclude this agreement.
[Summary of agreement]
■ Name of agreement
Agreement on Coordination and Cooperation for the Maintenance and Development of the Yokkaichi Industrial Complex
■ Coordination and cooperation
Katsuyuki Ichimi, Governor of Mie Prefecture
Tomohiro Mori, Mayor of Yokkaichi City
Kazumitsu Sakurai, Director, Executive Officer, and Chief Supply Chain Officer at Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation and executives in charge, etc., from 11 other companies
Reference: Mie Prefecture Press Release
https://www.pref.mie.lg.jp/MONOZU/HP/m0142100315.htm
Mie Prefecture and Yokkaichi City formulated a future vision in March 2023 seeking to make the Yokkaichi Industrial Complex carbon neutral by 2050. The Yokkaichi Industrial Complex Carbon Neutralization Promotion Committee is conducting feasibility studies on turning the complex into a hydrogen and ammonia supply base, producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and diesel fuel from waste cooking oil and other resources, and advancing next-generation hydrogen mobility. Located within the Yokkaichi Industrial Complex, Mitsubishi Chemical’s Tokai Plant (with locations in Shiohama, Kawajiri, and Obata) is also participating in these studies as a member of the Promotion Committee, leading the company to conclude this agreement.
[Summary of agreement]
■ Name of agreement
Agreement on Coordination and Cooperation for the Maintenance and Development of the Yokkaichi Industrial Complex
■ Coordination and cooperation
- Matters pertaining to studies on maintaining and developing the Yokkaichi Industrial Complex
- Matters pertaining to studies on making the Yokkaichi Industrial Complex carbon neutral
- Other matters deemed as contributing to the objectives of the agreement
Katsuyuki Ichimi, Governor of Mie Prefecture
Tomohiro Mori, Mayor of Yokkaichi City
Kazumitsu Sakurai, Director, Executive Officer, and Chief Supply Chain Officer at Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation and executives in charge, etc., from 11 other companies
Reference: Mie Prefecture Press Release
https://www.pref.mie.lg.jp/MONOZU/HP/m0142100315.htm
