Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. is a Japanese chemicals company operating through the four business groups of Healthcare, Mobility, Food and Packaging, and Basic Materials. Established in 1912 as the Mitsui Coal Mine, the company now has business interests in Europe, U.S., China and Southeast Asia. The company’s main focus of business is in performance materials, functional polymeric materials plus petro and basic chemicals. Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. employs 13,447 workers and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.