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 Mitsubishi
Chemical Europe GmbH (MCE) is located
in Duesseldorf (Germany) next to the
river Rhine.
This
town is an old trading base for the
Japanese. The first companies came here
100 years ago. They found good conditions
for their business activities and for
their private life, and so the Japanese
community grew.
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| The
festive atmosphere of the
Japanese Day in Duesseldorf |
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Today
approximately 6,500 Japanese live in
Duesseldorf. They have their own infrastructure
(kindergarten, school, bank, shops,
restaurants, etc.) and celebrate a special
Japanese day together with the German
population each year, ending the day
with traditional Japanese fireworks.
Mitsubishi
Chemical installed a representative
office here in 1961. At that time, the
office had only Japanese employees apart
from one local German secretary.
The
office was changed into a limited liability
company in November 1989. Since then,
we have conducted sales and marketing
for the products of the MCC Group companies,
and carried out administration and accounting
work for MCC's activities in Europe as
well as for four affiliated companies
located in Duesseldorf.
MCE
is a company of two cultures. We have
local German staff and delegated Japanese,
who stay usually for a few years in
our company before going back to Japan.
Over
the years since I joined the company in
April 1989, I have said “Auf Wiedersehen”
to a lot of colleagues. Great is the pleasure
if one of the old colleagues visits us.
As
General Manager and proxy I am responsible
for administration, the sales of three
product groups and safety. I try to relax
from all this work with African tribal
art, bicycling and, since last year, enjoying
the company of my first grandson. |
