页岩气革命所带来的廉价天然气,正在令美国成为全球石化投资的热点地区。多年来一直深受本土原料成本高企、市场需求低迷影响的日本化企也加快了对美国市场的投资力度,一方面能够利用当地廉价能源和原材料,另一方面也借此开拓海外市场,以减轻本土市场萎缩对公司业绩的影响。三井商事和三菱丽阳两家日本企业6月16日共同宣布,双方已经签署一份谅解备忘录,将对在美国组建一家生产甲基丙烯酸甲酯(MMA)的合资 The cheap natural gas brought about by the shale gas revolution is making the United States a hot spot for global petrochemical investment. Over the years, Japanese companies, which have been hit by high local costs of raw materials and sluggish market demand, have also accelerated their investment in the U.S. market by exploiting the local cheap energy and raw materials on the one hand and exploiting overseas markets on the other to ease The impact of the declining home market on the performance of the company. Mitsui and Mitsubishi Rayon two Japanese companies jointly announced on June 16 that the two sides have signed a memorandum of understanding to set up a joint venture in the United States to produce methyl methacrylate (MMA)