- Business
- Harima Chemicals Group, Inc. (4410.T) manufactures and sells specialty chemicals, primarily rosins, resinous chemicals, and paper chemicals. The company produces a range of products including tall oil rosins, gum rosins, disproportionated rosins, polymerized rosins, rosin esters, and liquid rosins; synthetic resins such as hydrocarbon resins, petroleum resins, pure monomer resins, modified phenolic resins, terpene resins, and rosin-modified resins; paper sizing agents including anionic neutral sizing agents, cationic neutral sizing agents, AKD sizing agents, ASA sizing agents, and dry strength agents; and electronic and semiconductor materials like flux, solder paste, and cleaning agents. It also offers oleochemicals, functional specialty chemicals for printing inks, adhesives, paints, and construction materials; and wooden products such as particleboards and wood flooring. Harima Chemicals Group operates primarily in Japan, with additional facilities and sales networks in Asia, Europe, and North America. Founded in 1913 and headquartered in Osaka, Japan, the company maintains subsidiaries including Harima Chemicals (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. and Harima Chemicals Europe GmbH. In recent developments, Harima Chemicals Group expanded its electronic materials business through a capital and business alliance with a partner in the soldering materials sector in 2024, and launched new high-performance rosin-based fluxes for advanced semiconductor applications in late 2023.