Tayca Corporation manufactures and sells industrial chemical products and electronic materials primarily in Japan. The company produces titanium oxide, including general-purpose grades, micro titanium dioxide (MT series), photocatalytic titanium dioxide, and infrared-refracting titanium dioxide; fine particle zinc oxide; surface treatment products; surfactants; sulfuric acid; condensed phosphates such as K-White, K-Bond, and K-Fresh; aluminum triphosphate; pollution-free rust preventive pigments; electroconductive polymers; and piezoelectric materials. These products serve applications in paints, inks, plastics, cosmetics, building materials, electronics, pharmaceuticals, and ceramics. Tayca Corporation was founded in 1919 as Teikoku Synthetic Fertilizer Co., Ltd., renamed Teikoku Kako Co., Ltd. in 1942, and adopted its current name in 1989; it is headquartered in Osaka, Japan, with factories including Osaka, Okayama, and Kumayama, as well as subsidiaries such as Tayca Warehousing Co., Ltd., TAYCA (Thailand) Co., Ltd., TAYCA (Vietnam) Co., Ltd., and TRS Technologies, Inc. Recent developments include the completion of a piezoelectric single crystal factory at the Osaka Factory in January 2022; transition to the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market in April 2022; expansion of the Kumayama Factory's functional fine particle production in March 2019; GMP-compliant facility expansion at the Okayama Factory in July 2020; and establishment of JAPAN SERICITE CORPORATION as a joint venture in April 2017.