- CEO
- Tadaharu Watanabe
- Full Time Employees
- 20,411
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Chemicals
- Address
- 1-3-26 Koyama Tokyo TY Japan 142-0062
- IPO Date
- Nov 13, 2020
- Business
- Nippon Sanso Holdings Corporation, founded in 1910 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, serves as the world's fourth-largest supplier of industrial, electronic, and medical gases through operations in Japan, the U.S., Europe, and Asia & Oceania across more than 30 countries and regions; the group supplies high-purity gases, gas mixtures, electronic material gases including corrosive gases, semiconductor manufacturing materials such as liquid and solid specialties, purification equipment, nitrogen generators, MOCVD equipment, exhaust gas abatement systems, air separation plants, space simulation chambers, liquid helium-related equipment, LP gases for commercial vehicles and aerosols, and Thermos-branded stainless steel vacuum-insulated bottles and housewares to industries including steel & metal, chemicals, petroleum refining & energy, metal processing, food & beverage, electronics, automotive, construction, shipbuilding, healthcare, and aquaculture. A consolidated subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corporation, the company oversees key operating units such as Taiyo Nippon Sanso and Nippon Gases, providing gas handling systems, plant engineering, cryogenic services, and sustainability solutions like hydrogen-oxygen combustion burners and CO2 recovery equipment to enhance productivity and reduce emissions. Recent developments include the July 2025 completion of a $480m acquisition of Coregas, Blacksmith Jacks, and Coregas NZ in Australia and New Zealand to expand industrial gas operations; a February 2025 agreement to acquire Resonac's exhaust gas abatement equipment business in Japan and Taiwan, slated for completion in June 2025; an August 2025 announcement of a new air separation plant in Las Vegas, Nevada; September 2025 establishment of a CO2 processing plant by Nippon Gases in Zörbig, Germany, and plans for a new air separation plant in Norway; a global brand unification under "NIPPON SANSO" in August 2025; head office relocation to Tokyo's World Trade Center Building Main Tower in September 2025; and a name change from Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation in October 2020 to reflect its holding company structure.