Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd. provides ethylene oxide, acrylic, superabsorbents, performance chemicals, and catalyst and green energy materials. It operates through three segments: Basic Chemicals, Functional Chemicals, and Environment and Catalysts. The Basic Chemicals segment offers acrylic acids, acrylates, ethylene oxides, ethylene glycols, ethanolamine, secondary alcohol ethoxylates, and glycol ether. The Functional Chemicals segment provides superabsorbent polymers, pharmaceutical intermediates, polymer for concrete admixture, electronic information materials, iodine, maleic anhydride, resins for adhesives and paints, and adhesive products. The Environment and Catalysts segment offers automotive, De-NOx, dioxin decomposition, process, and gas/wastewater treatment catalysts; and materials for fuel cells and lithium-ion batteries. The company also provides agro chemicals, flame retardants, photo/electro chemicals, adhesive- processed and fine sphere particles, surfactant and other chemicals, stabilizer of vinyl chloride resin, antiseptic, antifouling agents, anti-freeze, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, acrylic acid derivatives, unsaturated polyester resins, plastic molded materials, automotive catalysts, malonates, plant control systems, and water soluble polymers, as well as MAA, MMA, and PMMA products. In addition, it designs, constructs, repairs, and maintains production facilities; and provides logistics for chemicals. The company was formerly known as Nippon Shokubai Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd. in 1991. Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd. was founded in 1941 and is based in Osaka, Japan.
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