Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd. (4272.T) JPX
2,082.50
-33(-1.56%)
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Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd.
Address
Meiji Yasuda Seimei Building
Tokyo, 100-0005
Japan
Phone
81 3 6731 5200
Sector
Basic Materials
Industry
Chemicals
Employees
5902
First IPO Date
January 04, 2000
Key Executives
| Name | Title | Pay | Year Born |
| Shigeyuki Kawamura | President, Chief Executive Officer & Director | 0 | 1963 |
| Hideyuki Yuya | MD & Head of Polatechno Group | 0 | N/A |
| Yoshiki Akatani | Managing Director of Fine Chemicals Business Area | 0 | N/A |
| Hiroshi Shimada | Senior MD, Head of Pharmaceuticals Group & Director | 0 | 1965 |
| Ichio Kohinata | General Manager of Legal Affairs Division | 0 | N/A |
| Tsutomu Kawamura | General Manager of Finance & Accounting Division | 0 | N/A |
| Seiichiro Kodama | Head of Agrochemicals Group of Life Science Business Unit | 0 | N/A |
| Shinji Inoue | Senior Executive Officer of planning, Corporation Communication & Accounting and Director | 0 | 1966 |
| Yasuhito Kato | MD of Technology & Director | 0 | 1965 |
| Makoto Takeda | MD of Human Resource & Director | 0 | 1964 |
| Shigehide Kagaya | Head of Catalysts Group, Fine Chemicals Business Unit | 0 | N/A |
Description
Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and sells functional chemicals, pharmaceuticals, safety systems, and agrochemicals and other products in Japan and internationally. The company's Functional and Chemical Business segment offers functional materials, such as epoxy resins, UV-curable resins, sealants for LCD and LED, maleimide resins, photoresists and insulating materials for micro electromechanical systems, and cleaning agents and chemicals. This segment also provides color materials, including inkjet colorants, dyes for textiles and papers, and materials for thermal paper; catalysts for the production of acrylic and methacrylic acid; and polarizing films, inorganic polarizers, liquid crystal display components and projector parts, and components for x-ray analysis. Its Pharmaceuticals Business segment offers anti-cancer and cancer-related drugs, biosimilars, generic drugs, interventional radiology products, cardiovascular drugs, bulk drugs and intermediates of pharmaceuticals, and drugs for diagnosing cancer, as well as GlycoMark, a product as a marker of blood sugar control used for diabetes. The company's Safety Systems Business segment provides airbag inflators, micro gas generators for seatbelt pretensioners, and squibs. Its Agrochemicals Business segment offers agricultural insecticides, herbicides, soil fumigants, and insanitary insecticides. The company also engages in real estate leasing services. The company was formerly known as Nihon Kayaku Seizou Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd. in 1945. Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 1916 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
