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) |
| Products | |
| 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 the 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, which later was renamed to Dai Nippon Artificial Fertilizer Company.[6] The company changed the corporate name from Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. to Nissan Chemical Corporation on July 1, 2018.
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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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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