Company Profile
Company Overview and History
This section provides an overview and history of Nippon Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd.
Overview
- Company name
- NIPPON CHEMICAL INDUSTRIAL CO.,LTD.
- Start of business
- Sep.1893
- Foundation
- Sep.1915
- Capital
- 5,757,110,605 yen (JPY)
- Business description
- Sales, production, export of electronic materials, organic chemicals, agricultural chemicals, etc. with inorganic chemicals (phosphorus compounds, silicates, barium salts, and chromium salts) as major products.
- Representative
- President : Hirota Tanahashi
- Facilities
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■Head Office･ R&D
11-1, 9-chome, Kameido, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 136-8515
■Factory
Fukushima No.1 Factory(Fukushima,Japan)，Fukushima No.2 Factory(Fukushima,Japan)，Aichi Factory(Aichi,Japan)，Tokuyama Factory(Yamaguchi,Japan)
■Global Network
JCI USA Inc.( N.Y., USA )，JCI(SHANGHAI)Co., Ltd.( Shanghai, China )，JCI(Thailand)Co., Ltd.(Bangkok,Thailand) ，TAIWAN NIPPON CHEMICAL INDUSTRIAL Co.,Ltd. (Taichung, Taiwan (R. O. C.))
- Employees
-
- Male
- Female
- Total
- Numbers
- 619
- 72
- 691
- Average age
- 42.1
- 40.2
- 41.9
(as of Mar 31,2026)
Business Results
- Fiscal Term
- Net Sales
- Ordinary Profit
- After-tax Profit
- FY Mar.2026
- 39,757
- 2,507
- 2,742
- FY Mar.2025
- 36,940
- 3,135
- 2,552
- FY Mar.2024
- 36,763
- 2,261
- 1,524
- FY Mar.2023
- 35,934
- 1,209
- 732
- FY Mar.2022
- 33,652
- 6,077
- 6,328
millions of yen (JPY)
History
| Sep 1893 | Dr. Toragoro Tanahashi founded Tanahashi Seiyakusho in Azabu, Tokyo as a private company. |
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| Sep 1915 | Tanahashi Seiyakusho incorporated as a joint stock company and name changed to Nippon Seiren Co., Ltd. |
| Primary products at that time were chromates, silicates, and aluminum sulfates. | |
| Dec.1924 | Toyo Electric Industry Co., Ltd. was established as a subsidiary. Production of yellow and red phosphorus started. |
| Dec.1935 | Nippon Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd., founded in July 1907, was merged into Nippon Seiren Co., Ltd., providing two factories,Kameido (pigments, barium salts) and Koriyama factories (phosphates). |
| Dec.1941 | Nippon Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd., merged Toyo Electric Industry Co.,Ltd. and Nippon Ryuso Co.,Ltd. and renamed them Miharu and Nishi-Yodogawa factories. |
| Mar.1944 | Nippon Seiren Co., Ltd. merged with Nippon Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd., and integrated the five factories. The name of Nippon Seiren Co., Ltd. changed to the present one, Nippon Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd. |
| Apr.1950 | Production of fused phosphate fertilizer started at Koriyama factory. Production of insecticides started at Miharu factory. |
| Apr.1969 | Kanto Sodium Silicate Glass Co., Ltd. at Kashima Coastal Area by joint investment with Asahi Denka Kogyo K.K. (current ADEKA Corp.). |
| Apr.1970 | Aichi factory was established and production of phosphoric acid started. |
| Aug.1971 | Tokuyama factory was established and production of chromium compounds started. |
| May.1973 | Barite Industry Co., Ltd. (dissolved in 2004) for production of barium salts was established by joint investment with Dowa Kogyo (current DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd.). |
| Dec.1985 | Kyodo phosphoric Acid Co., Ltd. (dissolved in 2004) for production of wet process phosphoric acid by joint investment with Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals Inc. (current Mitsui Chemicals Inc.) and Rasa Industries, Ltd. |
| Aug.1992 | Keiyo Chemical Co., Ltd. for production of sodium silicates by joint investment with Fuji Chemical Co., Ltd. |
| Feb.1994 | NC-Tech Co., Ltd. for production of cuprous oxide by joint investment with Nissin Chemco Ltd. |
| Apr.1994 | Nippon Puretec Co., Ltd., (currently a consolidated subsidiary) was established for design, build, and distribution of air-conditioning equipments and devices. |
| Feb.1996 | JCI USA Inc. was incorporated in the United States. |
| Mar.1997 | Yunnan Panqiao phosphorous and Power Co., Ltd. for production of yellow phosphorus by joint investment with Nissho Iwai Co. (current Sojitz Corp.), Chengjiang Phosphorus Chemical Industrial Group Ltd. (China), Chengjiang County Hydro-power Development Company (China), and Shee Hing Trading Co. (Hong Kong). |
| Jun.2004 | Nikka (Chengdu) Electronic Materials Co., Ltd., for production and distribution of barium salts for electronic materials by joint investment with Iwatani Corporation and others. |
| Aug.2010 | JCI (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. was incorporated. |
| Dec.2012 | Chromium salts business by Nippon Denko Co., Ltd. was purchased. |
| Jun.2014 | Nikka (Chengdu) Electronic Material Co., Ltd. was dissolved. |
| Jun.2016 | The Bangkok Representative Office was opened in the Kingdom of Thailand. |
| Aug.2017 | JCI (THAILAND) CO., Ltd. was incorporated in the Kingdom of Thailand. |
| Mar.2023 | The Bangkok Representative Office was closed. |
| Jun. 2024 | TAIWAN NIPPON CHEMICAL INDUSTRIAL Co., Ltd. was incorporated in Taiwan (R. O. C.). |
