- CEO
- Ikusuke Shimizu
- Full Time Employees
- 26,752
- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Industrial specialties
- Address
- 4-4, Nishitenma 2-chome Osaka OS Japan 530-8565
- IPO Date
- Mar 1, 1953
- Business
- Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. manufactures and markets high-performance plastics, urban infrastructure and environmental products, housing solutions, and medical products worldwide. The High Performance Plastics segment provides LCD fine particles, photosensitive materials, semiconductor materials, optical films, and industrial tapes for electronics; interlayer films for laminated glass, polyolefin foams, resins and rubber molded products for vehicles, heat release materials, carbon fiber reinforced plastic composite mold materials, decorative plastic sheets, and polyvinyl alcohol resin for mobility; and blow containers, construction materials, adhesives, packaging tapes, plastic containers, functional tatami, and hygiene materials for industrial applications. The Urban Infrastructure & Environmental Products segment offers polyvinyl chloride and polyethylene pipes and fittings, plastic valves, reinforced plastic composite pipes, resin raw materials for heat-resistant pipes, chlorinated PVC resin compounds, rainwater storage systems, building materials including rain gutters and exterior materials, nursing care equipment, unit baths, synthetic lumber, vibration absorbing materials, non-flammable polyurethanes, fire-resistant materials, and infrastructure renovation services. The Housing segment develops and sells SEKISUI HEIM steel frame modular and wooden frame modular housing, building lots, housing renovation services via SEKISUI Fami S, real estate brokerage, apartment leasing and management, ready-built condominiums under HEIM SUITE, and residential interior/exterior decoration services; while the Medical segment supplies in-vitro diagnostics reagents and analyzers, vacuum blood collection tubes, active pharmaceutical ingredients, pharmaceutical intermediates, drug development solutions, and enzyme materials. Founded in 1947 and headquartered in Osaka, Japan, the company operates globally with facilities in regions including North America, Europe, Asia, and a growing presence in India. Recent developments include a JPY 90 billion investment announced in December 2024 for a 100 MW perovskite solar production line via Sekisui Solar Film, targeting commercial launch in fiscal 2027 with Japanese government subsidies; expansion of Indian automotive injection molding operations through SEKISUI DLJM MOLDING with a new Pune plant launching early 2026 to boost capacity 15% toward $130 million net sales by fiscal 2030; a master license agreement with LanzaTech in September 2024 for waste-to-ethanol technology commercialization; and acquisition of Creast in October 2024.