# Mitsubishi Chemical to expand polyester film capacity in Wuxi, China

Mitsubishi Chemical will invest approximately 15 billion yen to introduce new equipment at Mitsubishi Chemical Optical Film (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. to increase production capacity for release films for LCD polarizing plates, with commercial production scheduled to begin in April 2019.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-08-24
- Where: Wuxi, China, China
- Value: $135.0M (15.0B JPY)
- Starts operating: Apr 2019
- Status: announced
- Products: release films for polarizing plates, polyester film processed products
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/5545.md)
- [Mitsubishi Chemical Optical Film (Wuxi) Co., Ltd.](https://endata.com/companies/26496.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [en.lnews.jp](https://en.lnews.jp/2017/11/j112406.html), 2017-08-24: "The investment is approximately 15 billion yen, and commercial production is scheduled to begin in April 2019."

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