- CEO
- Hiroyuki Ueshima
- Full Time Employees
- 7,756
- Sector
- Distribution services
- Industry
- Wholesale distributors
- Address
- 1-1-17, Shinmachi Osaka OS Japan 550-8668
- IPO Date
- Sep 22, 1964
- Business
- Nagase & Co., Ltd. (8012.T) is a Japan-based global chemicals trading firm founded in 1832 and headquartered in Osaka, with primary operations spanning import, export, manufacture, and sale of specialty chemicals, plastics, electronic materials, cosmetics, and food ingredients across Asia, North America, Europe, and other regions. The company provides pharmaceutical materials, research products, diagnostic reagents, food ingredients and additives, sports nutrition products, nutrient premixes, cosmetic materials and additives, agricultural and fisheries materials, functional materials for paints, inks and adhesives, processed materials including dyes, pigments and resins, electronics and energy products such as modified epoxy resins, fluorine products, semiconductor and display materials, mobility solutions like synthetic resins and automotive parts, and life-related offerings encompassing agrochemical raw materials, radiation measurement services, and healthcare services; it serves industries including additive manufacturing, aerospace, agriculture and animal nutrition, automotive and transportation, building and construction, chemicals, energy and electronics, food and nutrition, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, paints and coatings, paper and ink, personal care, polymers and resins, and printing and packaging. In recent developments, Nagase acquired SACHEM Inc.'s Asian high-purity chemicals business for semiconductors for $101 million in June 2025 to bolster its electronics capabilities under its Medium-Term Management Plan ACE 2.0, and in September 2024 completed the acquisition of Asahi Kasei Pharma's diagnostics business, Ohito Pharmaceuticals Plant, and Ohito Office to expand its bio-related and healthcare portfolio.