PMMA – your material for circular design challenges?
PMMA, or acrylic, has been one of the world’s most commonly used plastics since its invention in the 1930s, used in everything from cars and homes to architecture and construction. Now, it’s moving into a fully circular future as Mitsubishi Chemical Methacrylates (MCM) drives a major recycling project.
Making supply chains circular
In a global economy, complex supply chains can make it difficult to track information about the origin of materials. How do consumers know whether the product they’re buying comes from sustainable sources or contains recycled content? How can this be improved?
Positive results in our recycling purification trials
As part of our project to make acrylic fully circular, we recently ran purification trials for methyl methacrylate (MMA) recycled from waste acrylic (PMMA).
Apprentice of the Year award for Wilton’s Talia Pryce
Congratulations to Talia Pryce from our Wilton site in the UK for winning an Apprentice of the Year award at the NEPIC Annual Industry Awards!
Mitsubishi Chemical to Transfer Lucite International Japan Shares
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) has announced that it will transfer all MCC shares in Lucite International Japan Co., Ltd. (LIJ) to Midorikawa Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. scheduled for April 1, 2022.
Working closely with universities to find future site leaders
Singapore, home of the first MMA plant to use our patented Alpha technology, is an important location for Mitsubishi Chemical Methacrylates (MCM). Like all of our production sites around the world, its success depends on always being able to find the next generation of talented engineers and future leaders.
Completing a plant overhaul – safely and on schedule – during the pandemic
Major plant overhauls usually take place at three yearly intervals. The 2020 overhaul at our Cassel Site in the UK was brought…
Starting strong careers with apprenticeships
A world without chemicals would look very different indeed. That’s why it’s so important to find and reward talented people taking their first…
Acrylic’s year on the frontline of COVID-19: what next?
When this year of twists and turns first started, how many of us could have predicted that acrylic would become the saviour of our…
How can molecular recycling transform the acrylic industry?
Everything we do revolves around the methacrylate molecule – the “building block” of acrylic which has improved people’s quality of life around the world…
