Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.
1,640.00
JPY
-32.00
(-1.91%)
ISIN
JP3337600005
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58.26
14.20
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66.50
81.12
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19.49
68.34
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- CEO
- Masahiro Harada
- Full Time Employees
- 1,626
- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Chemicals: major diversified
- Address
- 11-1, Ikkyo Nomoto-cho Kyoto KY Japan 605-0995
- IPO Date
- Sep 1, 1978
- Website
- sanyo-chemical.co.jp
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- Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd. Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd. (4471.T) manufactures and sells specialty chemicals and functional materials primarily in Japan, with operations extending through subsidiaries across Asia and other regions; core products encompass superabsorbent polymers for hygiene applications, surfactants for living and health sectors including cleaning, wetting, emulsifying, dispersing, foaming, defoaming, lubricating, plasticizing, viscosity controlling, antistatic, antibacterial, rust preventive, flocculating, electrically conductive, insulating, solubilizing, and sealing functions; polyurethane raw materials such as polyols and polyethylene glycols for foams in automotive and transportation; industrial agents for pulp and paper, paints, latex, ceramics, electronics, textiles, and toner binders; urethane catalysts, epoxy resin curing accelerators, photo-acid generators, water-soluble rust inhibitors, lubricating additives, diagnostic agents, ethylidene norbornene, papermaking chemicals, paint and ink resins, thermoplastic polyurethane beads, pigment dispersants, resin modifiers, and polymer flocculants for wastewater treatment; the company also provides ancillary services in warehousing, forwarding, cargo handling, insurance, travel agency, and residential real estate trading. Founded in 1949 and headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, with research laboratories and factories in Kyoto, Nagoya, Kinuura, Kashima, sales offices in Nagoya, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, and a Tokyo branch, Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd. operates 18 subsidiaries and affiliates, serving industries such as automobiles, housing, cosmetics, electrical and semiconductors, medical, lifestyle, agriculture, sustainability, energy, and cutting-edge technologies with approximately 3,000 products tailored for comfort, safety, resource efficiency, and environmental needs; consolidated net sales reached 142.2 billion yen in FY2024 with 1,680 employees. Recent developments include the transfer of all equity in its consolidated subsidiary San-Dia Polymers (Nantong) Co., Ltd., a superabsorbent polymer producer in China, to Nantong Jiangtian Chemical Co., Ltd., announced September 27, 2024, and completed in December 2024 as part of withdrawal from the China SAP business, resulting in an extraordinary loss of approximately 3 billion yen recorded in interim consolidated financials for the fiscal year ending March 2025; the company developed a new anti-wear and anti-seizure polymer additive for EV drive units in July 2025 to address low-viscosity lubricant challenges; it executed an absorption-type merger of a consolidated subsidiary in August 2025, revised earnings forecasts recognizing deferred tax assets, reported consolidated results for periods ended June 30 and September 30, 2025, and was selected for the FTSE Blossom Japan Index and Sector Relative Index in July 2025.