Mitsubishi Rayon and Lucite Developing Process for Producing Sustainable MMA

摘要

Tokyo- Mitsubishi Rayon Co. (MRC) and Lucite International, both part of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp., are working to develop alternative sustainable feedstock sources for the production of methyl methacrylate (MMA).The two companies, which are using both existing technologies and developing completely new bio-based routes for methacrylate monomers, plan to commercialize production and use of sustainable feedstock for MMA by 2016 and expect to achieve at least 50% of MMA production from these sources.