Nippon Gōsei Kagaku Kōgyō
| Nippon Gōsei Kagaku Kōgyō | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Kabushiki-gaisha |
| ISIN | JP3710000005 |
| founding | 1927 |
| Seat |
Osaka , Japan
|
| management | Katsumi Kimura (President) |
| Number of employees | 1,737 |
| sales | 104.6 billion yen (827 million euros ) |
| Branch | chemistry |
| Website | www.nichigo.co.jp |
| Status: 2015 | |
Nippon Gōsei Kagaku Kōgyō KK ( Japanese 日本 合成 化学 工業 株式会社 , ~ Kabushiki-gaisha , English The Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. ) is a Japanese chemical company. The main product is SoarnoL , an ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer . Further products are Gohsenol ( polyvinyl alcohol ), Nichigo G-Polymer ( butenediol-vinyl alcohol copolymer), Specialty Films ( Hi-Selon & Bovlon ) and Nichigo G-Tape .
The company was founded in 1927 as KK Nippon Gōsei Kagaku Kenkyūsho ( 株式会社 日本 合成 化学 研究所 ) and received its current name in 1928. Japan's first vinyl acetate was produced in 1936 .
In 1994 a factory for the production of SoarnoL in the USA was acquired ( La Porte ). In 2004, another plant was built for this in Kingston upon Hull .