Daicel Corporation (株式会社ダイセル, Kabushiki gaisha Daiseru) is a chemical company based in Japan. It operates business in celluloid technologies, organic chemicals, high-performance chemicals, polymers and pyrotechnic devices. The company's products include cellulose acetate, tow for cigarette filters, high-performance chemicals, engineering plastics like liquid crystal polymers (LPCs), resin compounds, and automotive airbag inflators.[3]
Company type | Public KK |
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TYO: 4202 | |
Industry | Chemical |
Founded | (September 8, 1919 | )
Headquarters | , Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Misao Fudaba (President and CEO) |
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Revenue | |
Number of employees | 11,606 (2019) |
Website | Official website |
Footnotes / references [1][2] |
The company formed under the name of Dainippon Celluloid Company from a 1919 merger of eight regional celluloid manufacturers and changed its name to the present one in 1966.[4] Its first subsidiary, Fuji Photo Film, was set up in 1934 to produce nitrocellulose film.[5] Eventually this company became Fujifilm.
As of early 2020, Daicel owned a majority stake in Polyplastics. By the end of 2020, Daicel purchased the remaining minority stake from Celanese and attained 100% ownership of Polyplastics.[6][7][8]
References
edit- ^ "Corporate Data". Daicel Corporation. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
- ^ "Company Profile". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
- ^ "Company Profile". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
- ^ Saito, Mari (November 5, 2014). "Recalls, uncertainty to push air bag maker Takata to wider loss". Thomson Reuters. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
- ^ Fred Aftalion (January 1, 1991). A History of the International Chemical Industry. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 206, 317. ISBN 0-8122-8207-8.
- ^ Moore, Stephen (July 22, 2020). "Daicel Acquires Celanese Share in Polyplastics". PlasticsToday. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
- ^ Research, Zacks Equity (October 13, 2020). "Celanese Wraps Divestment of Stake in Polyplastics to Daicel". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
- ^ Hartmann, Jens. "CELANESE: Sale of Polyplastics share to Daicel completed / Investments in Asian compounding". Plasteurope.com. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
External links
edit- Official global website (in English)
- "Company history books (Shashi)". Shashi Interest Group. April 2016. Wiki collection of bibliographic works on Daicel