Daicel

Daicel Corporation
株式会社ダイセル
Company type	Public KK
Traded as	TYO: 4202
Industry	Chemical
Founded	(September 8, 1919; 105 years ago)
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	Cellulosic derivatives; Organic chemicals; Plastics; Industrial pyrotechnic devices; Water treatment systems;
Revenue	JPY 443.7 billion (FY 2014) (US$ 3.69 billion) (FY 2014)
Net income	JPY 31.2 billion (FY 2014) (US$ 260 million) (FY 2014)
Number of employees	10,173 (as of March 31, 2015)
Website	Official website
	Footnotes / references;

Daicel Corporation (株式会社ダイセル, Kabushiki gaisha Daiseru) is a chemical company based in Japan. 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]

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.

References

^ "Corporate Data". Daicel Corporation. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
^ "Company Profile". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
^ "Company Profile". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
^ Saito, Mari (November 5, 2014). "Recalls, uncertainty to push air bag maker Takata to wider loss". Thomson Reuters. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
^ Fred Aftalion (January 1, 1991). A History of the International Chemical Industry. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 206, 317. ISBN 0-8122-8207-8.

External links

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"Company history books (Shashi)". Shashi Interest Group. April 2016. Wiki collection of bibliographic works on Daicel

[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.

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