Nippon Chemical eyes international growth through speciality chemicals
Nippon Chemical aims to expand its international reach and welcomes partnerships with other chemical companies and universities
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Nippon Chemical Industrial has spent 124 years honing its expertise in perfecting chemical formulations. Founded in 1893, the company has been at the forefront of pushing innovations of chemicals applications in the fields of electronics, energy, pharmaceuticals, agriculture and more.
“Our research and development initiatives focus on expanding the potential of our products to protect health and life, discover breakthroughs for energy management, and improve comfort,” says president Hirota Tanahashi.
Nippon Chemical specialises in inorganic chemicals such as chromium and inorganic phosphorus compounds, silicates and silica. The company has also built an impressive know-how in speciality chemicals such as electronic ceramic materials, circuit materials, battery materials and pharmaceutical and agrochemical intermediates.
With its extensive experience, Nippon Chemical has pioneered many developments in the chemical industry, one of which is advanced electroless plating.
With this process, Nippon Chemical was able to provide the hybrid electroconductive powders coated with high-quality metals for use in circuit materials.
Nippon Chemical has also formulated high-performance dielectric powders based on barium titanate for use in multilayer ceramic capacitors.