Arakawa Chemical Industries, Ltd. (4968.T) JPX

1,072.00

+6(+0.56%)

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Arakawa Chemical Industries, Ltd.

Address

1-3-7, Hiranomachi

Osaka, 541-0046

Japan

Phone

81 6 6209 8500

Sector

Basic Materials

Industry

Chemicals - Specialty

Employees

1668

First IPO Date

January 04, 2001

Key Executives

NameTitlePayYear Born
Mr. Toru NobuhiroMD, Executive Officer & Director01960
Takumi OkazakiHead of R&D Department, Executive Officer & Director01962
Mr. Nobuyuki TakagiPresident, GM of Business H.Q. & Representative Director01964
Katsuhiko ZukawaExecutive Officer & GM of Business Strategy Div. and Corporate Planning H.Q.0N/A
Katsuyoshi KuboExecutive Officer & GM of Fine Chemicals, Electronics Div. & Business H.Q.0N/A
Daiji HashimotoExecutive Officer & GM of Production H.Q.0N/A
Mr. Yasutomo MiyashitaChief Financial Officer01957
Norimasa YamaguchiExecutive Officer & GM of Administrative H.Q.0N/A
Mr. Takashi UneCorporate Counsellor & Director01960
Takeshi KondoExecutive Officer of Arkon Global Business Strategy, Adhesive&Biomass Materials Div. - Business H.Q.0N/A

Description

Arakawa Chemical Industries, Ltd. manufactures and sells chemicals for functional coating agents, paper manufacturing, resins for printing inks and adhesives, materials for electronic materials, etc. in Asia, China, Europe, and the United States. The company offers various paper chemicals for the manufacture of books, newspapers, tissues, and other types of papers, including water-repellents, sizing agents, paper surface improving agents, and paper strengthening agents for the strength of paper and corrugated cardboard. It also provides coating chemicals and adhesive materials, such as printing inks for offset printing; book (magazine)-gravures and food-package-gravures; tackifiers for adhesive agents or tapes; release agents for release paper; polymerization emulsifiers for producing synthetic rubber; ester gums that enhance chewing sensations; and resins as a raw material of paint or film coating, as well as hydrogenated petroleum resins and colorless rosin derivatives under the ARKON and PINECRYSTAL names. In addition, the company offers electronic materials, including rosin-modified phenolic, polyurethane resins, polyurethane, alkyd, polyester, modified epoxy, and hydrogenated hydrocarbon resins; rosin ester products; cleaning systems and peripheral equipment. Further, it provides photo-curing polymers, organic-inorganic hybrid resins, and hybrid polyimide films. The company was formerly known as Arakawa Forest Chemical Industries, Ltd. and changed its name to Arakawa Chemical Industries, Ltd. in April 1977. Arakawa Chemical Industries, Ltd. was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.