- CEO
- Hirofumi Kaneko
- Full Time Employees
- 1,075
- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Industrial specialties
- Address
- 1-17-10, Kyobashi Tokyo TY Japan 104-0031
- IPO Date
- Oct 1, 2013
- Business
- Carlit Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells chemical products, bottles beverages, produces metal components, and provides engineering services through its subsidiaries. The company offers industrial explosives for quarrying limestone and rocks; signal flares including automotive emergency flares and Hiflare safety flares; chemicals such as sodium chlorate for bleaching in paper and textile industries, ammonium perchlorate for rocket propellants, agrichemicals, and explosive raw materials; electronic and functional materials comprising organic conductive materials, electrolytes for electrolytic capacitors and electric double-layer capacitors, near-infrared absorbing dyes, and UV-cut films; ceramic materials including abrasive and polishing materials such as Sakurundum series abrasives; silicon wafers for semiconductors including ST Wafer and ultra-high flatness wafers; contract manufacturing of PET bottle and can beverages as well as tea products; anchors and heat-resistant metal parts for furnaces; wire springs, flat springs, leaf springs, and precision press products; engineering and construction work; industrial paints and painting services; and design and administration of water, sewer supply, and effluent treatment facilities. Carlit operates primarily in Japan with facilities including the Gunma Plant, Akagi Plant, and Koto Power Plant, and maintains international subsidiaries in Shanghai, China, and Singapore. Founded in 2013 as a pure holding company and headquartered at 1-17-10 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, the company changed its name from Carlit Holdings Co., Ltd. to Carlit Co., Ltd. in July 2024; transitioned to a business holding company structure in October 2024 through an absorption-type merger of Japan Carlit Co., Ltd. and Silicon Technology Corporation; and in November 2025 announced preparations for an absorption-style merger of subsidiaries General Design Co., Ltd. and SD Network Co., Ltd. effective April 1, 2026 to enhance operational efficiency and governance.