据悉,三菱化学控股公司已经宣布,公司将开展彻底的整合评估,计划在2017年4月前将旗下的三菱化学公司、三菱塑料公司和三菱丽阳公司三家化工公司整合为一体。
三菱化学控股公司表示,随着国内人口老龄化的加剧,以及受到新兴国家的“经济崛起”影响而导致的国内需求减弱,日本化学工业的发展环境也在不断改变。此外,随着信息通讯技术的发展,化学工业的结构性变化正在加速进行。此次合并将解决这些问题,同时增强集团的业务实力以抵抗来自于欧洲、美国和亚洲化学公司的严酷竞争,欧洲和美国的化学公司拥有规模大和利润高的优势,而亚洲化学公司近年来已取得了大力的发展。
三菱化学控股公司表示,这三个业务公司必须维持它们的竞争力,同时通过增强它们的完整性和统一性得到进一步的发展,并充分利用各自的资源优势。三菱称:“这三家公司需要整合各自的业务、技术平台和销售渠道以加快成长,进军全球化发展。”集团计划在2016年3月底前完成合并研究工作。
庞晓华摘译自《Chemical Week》2015-7-17
原文如下:
Mitsubishi Chemical Will Merge Three Companies to Fend off Competition
10:37 AM MDT | July 17, 2015 | Natasha Alperowicz
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings has announced that it will begin a detailed review to integrate its three chemical operating companies, Mitsubishi Chemical Corp., Mitsubishi Plastics, and Mitsubishi Rayon, into one company by April 2017. The company says that the business climate in the chemical industry in Japan has been changing with the country’s aging population and declining demand versus the “remarkable” economic growth of emerging countries. In addition, changes in the industrial structure are positioned to accelerate rapidly in line with the advance of information and communication technology, the company says. The merger would address these issues and strengthen the group’s business as well as fend off fierce competition from European and US chemical companies, which have advantages in scale and earnings, as well as Asian corporate groups, which have developed strongly in recent years.
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings says that the three operating companies must maintain their competitiveness and grow further by enhancing their integrity and unity groupwide and take full advantage of their business resources. “They need to integrate their businesses, technology platforms, and sales channels to accelerate the growth and globalization of their businesses.” the company says. The group plans to complete the study by end of March 2016.