Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. (MGC) was established in 1951 through a merger between Japan Gas Chemical Co., Inc. and Mitsubishi Edogawa Chemical Co., Ltd. Today the MGC Group includes over 120 affiliates at home and abroad. Starting in 2000, MGC introduced an “internal company” system to broadly develop its businesses—spanning basic chemicals to functional materials and products—based on its four companies: Natural Gas Chemicals, Aromatic Chemicals, Specialty Chemicals, and Information & Advanced Materials. In addition to exploration of natural gas and petroleum and development of geothermal energy, MGC is