Nissan Chemical Corporation
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Native name | 日産化学株式会社 |
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| Company type | Public (K.K) |
| TYO: 4021 Nikkei 225 Component | |
| ISIN | JP3670800006 |
| Industry | Chemicals |
| Founded | February 1887 |
| Founder | Jokichi Takamine Eiichi Shibusawa Takashi Masuda |
| Headquarters | Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-6119 , Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Kojiro Kinoshita (President and CEO) |
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| Revenue |  JPY 193.4 billion (FY 2017)(US$ 1.8 billion) |
| JPY 27.1 billion (FY 2017) (US$ 255 million) | |
Number of employees | 2,583 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2019) |
| Website | Official website |
| Footnotes / references [1][2][3] | |
Nissan Chemical Corporation (日産化学株式会社, Nissan Kagaku Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese company and constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index.[4]
History
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The company was founded in 1887 as "Tokyo Jinzo Hiryo" (Tokyo Artificial Fertilizer Company) by Jokichi Takamine, Eiichi Shibusawa and Takashi Masuda.[5] Takamine served as chief technical advisor for the company. The company opened its first manufacturing plant in Kōtō, and in 1888, started producing superphosphate.[6]
The company was renamed to "Dainippon Jinzo Hiryo" (Dai Nippon Artificial Fertilizer Company) in 1910.[7] In 1923, the companies of Kanto Soda and Nippon Kagaku Hiryo were merged under the Dainippon Jinzo Hiryo name. The resulting company was brought into the Nissan Group in 1937, and was renamed as Nissan Chemical Industries.[6]
In 1928, the company began production of ammonia and ammonium sulfate at a plant in Toyama.[6]
After World War II, the Nissan group was dissolved, along with several other zaibatsus, as part of the Allied occupation strategy for Japan. Nissan Chemical Industries continued on under the same name.[6]
The company changed the corporate name to Nissan Chemical Corporation on July 1, 2018.[6]
Business segments
[edit]The four main businesses of Nissan Chemical are Chemicals, Performance Materials, Agricultural Materials and Pharmaceuticals. Among the company's products are LCD display materials such as SUNEVER® and an external antiparasite drug for animals called Fluralaner, which is an active ingredient in the veterinary pharmaceutical "BRAVECTO®", developed by MSD Animal Health (MSD), the global animal health business of Merck & Co., Ltd.
References
[edit]- ^ "Corporate Profile". Nissan Chemical. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
- ^ "Nissan Chemical Corp: About the company". Financial Times. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
- ^ "Company Profile". Nikkei Asian Review. Nikkei Inc. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
- ^ "Nikkei Constituents". NIKKEI. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
- ^ Barbara Molony (1990). Technology and Investment: The Prewar Japanese Chemical Industry. Harvard University - Council on East Asian Studies. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-674-87260-8.
- ^ a b c d e "Corporate History (Nissan Chemical History)" (PDF). NissanChem. Nissan Chemical Corporation. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
- ^ Daniel H. Inouye (November 15, 2018). Distant Islands: The Japanese American Community in New York City, 1876-1930s. University Press of Colorado. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-60732-793-6.
External links
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Official website (in English)
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