Business Overview

Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells powders, pigment dispersions, and functional materials in Japan, Asia, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Color & Functional Products; Polymers & Coating Materials; and Graphics & Printing Materials. It offers inorganic, organic, and prepared pigments for applications including paints, printing inks, and information display and recording materials; mass colorants for synthetic fibers, pigment printing agents, and colorants for paper and construction materials; and colorants for thermoplastic resins. The company also provides colorants for PVC, fluoropolymer, and other resins; UV and EB curable coating agents and decorative and functional coating agents, as well as functional products for the electronics and information materials, automotive and interior construction materials fields; and urethane resins and colorants used for synthetic leather and molded products, special coating agents and adhesives. In addition, it offers Chitosan polymer and its derivatives; printing inks for paper media; and inks and peripheral products for gravure printing. The company was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.