Arakawa Chemical Industries, Ltd. (TYO:4968)
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1,461.00
+156.00 (11.95%)
At close: Feb 6, 2026

Arakawa Chemical Industries Company Description

Arakawa Chemical Industries, Ltd. provides chemicals for functional coating agents and paper manufacturing, resins for printing inks and adhesives, and materials for electronics in Japan, China, Asia, North and South America, Europe, and internationally.

It operates through Functional Coating Chemicals, Paper Chemicals & Environmental Business, Adhesive & Biomass Materials, Fine Chemicals & Electronics, and Other segments.

The company offers functional coating chemicals comprising photo-curable, thermosetting, rosin modified phenolic, polyurethane, maleic, alkyd, polyester, modified epoxy, and styrene maleic resins, as well as resins for printing ink and paint, and functional coating agents; and paper chemicals and environmental products consisting of internal and wet paper strengthening agents, sizing agents, new water-based polymers, internal and surface size, sprayable paper strengthening agents, paper surface improving agents, and water repellant agents.

It also provides adhesive and biomass materials, such as hydrogenated hydrocarbon resins, tackifiers for adhesive and pressure sensitive adhesive, colorless rosin derivatives, emulsifiers for synthetic rubber polymerization, rosin esters, terpene and alkyl phenolic resins, disproportioned and polymerized rosins, and hydrogenated rosins; and fine chemicals and electronic products, including precise parts cleaning agents, cleaning systems and its peripheral equipment, low-dielectric polyimide resins, compounds for electronic materials, precision polishing agents, solders for use in electronics, thermoplastic polyimide solutions, organic-inorganic hybrid resins, and hybrid polyimide films.

In addition, the company offers non-life insurance and real estate management activities. The company was formerly known as Arakawa Forest Chemical Industries, Ltd. and changed its name to Arakawa Chemical Industries, Ltd. in April 1977.

Arakawa Chemical Industries, Ltd. was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.

Arakawa Chemical Industries, Ltd.
CountryJapan
Founded1876
IndustrySpecialty Chemicals
SectorMaterials
Employees1,667
CEONobuyuki Takagi

Contact Details

Address:
1-3-7, Hiranomachi
Osaka, 541-0046
Japan
Phone81 6 6209 8500
Websitearakawachem.co.jp

Stock Details

Ticker Symbol4968
ExchangeTokyo Stock Exchange
Stock TypeCommon Stock
Fiscal YearApril - March
Reporting CurrencyJPY
ISIN NumberJP3125000004
SIC Code2821

Key Executives

NamePosition
Nobuyuki TakagiChief Executive Officer
Yasutomo MiyashitaChief Financial Officer