Mitsui Chemicals and IBM Japan today announced that in-house training at Mitsui Chemicals has got underway in earnest this year under a data scientist development program that the two companies have created for production technology staff.

Via the training program, Mitsui Chemicals plans to deploy data scientists with expertise in production technology at all five of the company’s main works in Japan by the end of fiscal 2025. These data scientists will have the ability to analyze data relating to the complex phenomena occurring in chemical plants and build models to forecast plant states.

Mitsui Chemicals intends to promote ongoing DX-focused HR development within the company in order to move forward with corporate transformation through DX, which is one of the basic strategies that form part of the VISION 2030 Long-Term Business Plan. Meanwhile, IBM Japan will continue to provide Mitsui Chemicals both with data analysis support and with assistance in acquiring other digital technologies beyond the realm of data analysis.