Arakawa Chemical Industries,Ltd.
TTSE:49682,065.00
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-156.00
(-7.02%)
ISIN
JP3125000004
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70.66
68.34
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- CEO
- Nobuyuki Takagi
- Full Time Employees
- 1,684
- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Chemicals: specialty
- Address
- 1-3-7, Hiranomachi Osaka OS Japan 541-0046
- IPO Date
- Nov 1, 1999
- Website
- arakawachem.co.jp
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- Arakawa Chemical Industries, Ltd. manufactures and sells specialty chemicals derived primarily from rosin and other natural resins for papermaking, printing inks, adhesives, coatings, and electronic materials. The company produces papermaking chemicals including sizing agents such as Sizepine (rosin derivatives, alkyl ketene dimers, alkenyl succinic anhydrides), water repellent agents, paper strength enhancers such as Polystron, ARAFIX (polyamide-polyamine derivatives), and Polymerjet (polyacrylamide resins), surface sizing agents such as Polymaron (styrenic, acrylic, olefin resins), and coated paper chemicals; coating and printing ink resins including rosin-modified phenolic TAMANOL, maleic MALKYD, alkyd ARAKYD, polyester ARAPOL, modified epoxy MODEPICS, polyurethane UREARNO, photocurable BEAMSET, and styrene-maleic ARASTAR; adhesive and tackifying resins including hydrogenated hydrocarbon ARKON, rosin esters such as ESTER GUM, PENSEL, SUPER ESTER, and SUPER ESTER E emulsions, terpene phenolic and alkyl phenolic TAMANOL, polymerized rosin ARDYME, disproportionated rosin RONDIS, colorless PINECRYSTAL, and hydrogenated HYPALE; functional materials including electronic compounds such as thermoplastic polyimide PIAD, hybrid polyimide film POMIRAN, organic-inorganic hybrid COMPOCERAN, precision parts cleaners PINE ALPHA, precision abrasives, solders PINE SOLDER and PINE FLUX, and cleaning equipment. Arakawa Chemical Industries operates six domestic plants and maintains a global network with one domestic manufacturing subsidiary, five overseas manufacturing subsidiaries, one domestic sales subsidiary, three domestic manufacturing and sales subsidiaries, and five overseas manufacturing and sales subsidiaries, serving markets in Japan, Asia, Europe, and North America. Founded in 1876 and incorporated in 1931, the company is headquartered at 1-3-7 Hiranomachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan, and lists on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market under ticker 4968. In recent developments, the company completed consolidation of manufacturing sites for rosin derivatives and sizing agents on March 31, 2025 to enhance earning power, expanded production capacity for fine chemical products in semiconductor-related advanced materials and polishing agents for hard disk substrates achieving significant sales growth, and formed the Arkon Special Committee to rebuild global sales strategy for hydrogenated hydrocarbon resin Arkon amid challenges at Chiba Arkon Production Limited while pursuing long-term production improvements.