Nissan Chemical Corporation

Nissan Chemical Corporation
Native name	日産化学株式会社
Company type	Public (K.K)
Traded as	TYO: 4021; Nikkei 225 Component
ISIN	JP3670800006
Industry	Chemicals
Founded	February 1887; 137 years ago
Founder	Jokichi Takamine; Eiichi Shibusawa; Takashi Masuda
Headquarters	Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-6119, Japan
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Kojiro Kinoshita; (President and CEO)
Products	Basic chemicals; Semiconductor materials; Inorganic materials; Herbicides; Insecticides; Fungicides; Livalo; Landel;
Revenue	JPY 193.4 billion (FY 2017); (US$ 1.8 billion)
Net income	JPY 27.1 billion (FY 2017); (US$ 255 million)
Number of employees	2,583 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2019)
Website	Official website
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Nissan Chemical Corporation (日産化学株式会社, Nissan Kagaku Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese company and constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index.^[4]

History[edit]

The company was founded in 1887 as the Tokyo Jinzo Hiryo (Tokyo Artificial Fertilizer Company) by Jokichi Takamine, Eiichi Shibusawa and Takashi Masuda.^[5] Takamine served as chief technical advisor for the company, which later was renamed to Dai Nippon Artificial Fertilizer Company.^[6] The company changed the corporate name from Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. to Nissan Chemical Corporation on July 1, 2018.

Business segments[edit]

The four main businesses of Nissan Chemical are Chemicals, Performance Materials, Agricultural Materials and Pharmaceuticals. Among the company's products are LCD display materials such as SUNEVER® and an external antiparasite drug for animals called Fluralaner, which is an active ingredient in the veterinary pharmaceutical "BRAVECTO®", developed by MSD Animal Health (MSD), the global animal health business of Merck & Co., Ltd.

References[edit]

^ "Corporate Profile". Nissan Chemical. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
^ "About the company". Financial Times. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
^ "Company Profile". Nikkei Asian Review. Nikkei Inc. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
^ "Nikkei Constituents". NIKKEI. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
^ Barbara Molony (1990). Technology and Investment: The Prewar Japanese Chemical Industry. Harvard University - Council on East Asian Studies. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-674-87260-8.
^ Daniel H. Inouye (November 15, 2018). Distant Islands: The Japanese American Community in New York City, 1876-1930s. University Press of Colorado. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-60732-793-6.