Daicel

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]

Daicel Corporation
株式会社ダイセル
Company typePublic KK
TYO: 4202
IndustryChemical
Founded(September 8, 1919 (1919-09-08))
Headquarters
Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0011 (Osaka head office)
Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8230 (Tokyo head office)
,
Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Misao Fudaba
(President and CEO)
Products
Revenue JPY 412.83 billion (FY 2019) (US$ 3.95 billion) (FY 2019)
JPY 4.98 billion (FY 2019) (US$ 47.63 million) (FY 2019)
Number of employees
11,606 (2019)
WebsiteOfficial 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
  1. "Corporate Data". Daicel Corporation. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  2. "Company Profile". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  3. "Company Profile". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  4. Saito, Mari (November 5, 2014). "Recalls, uncertainty to push air bag maker Takata to wider loss". Thomson Reuters. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  5. Fred Aftalion (January 1, 1991). A History of the International Chemical Industry. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 206, 317. ISBN 0-8122-8207-8.
  6. Moore, Stephen (July 22, 2020). "Daicel Acquires Celanese Share in Polyplastics". PlasticsToday. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  7. Research, Zacks Equity (October 13, 2020). "Celanese Wraps Divestment of Stake in Polyplastics to Daicel". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  8. Hartmann, Jens. "CELANESE: Sale of Polyplastics share to Daicel completed / Investments in Asian compounding". Plasteurope.com. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
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