Arakawa Chemical Industries Ltd

Detailed Description

Arakawa Chemical Industries, Ltd. manufactures and sells chemicals for paper manufacturing, resins for printing inks and adhesives, intermediate materials for electronic materials, etc. in Asia, China, Europe, and the United States. The company offers various paper chemicals, including water-repellents, sizing agents, paper surface improving agents, and paper strengthening agents for the manufacture of books, newspapers, tissues, and other types of papers. It also provides coating chemicals and adhesive materials, such as printing inks for offset printing; book (magazine)-gravures and food-package-gravures; tackifiers for adhesive agents or tapes; release agents for the separation of release paper; polymerization emulsifiers for producing synthetic rubber tires; ester gums that enhance chewing sensations; and resins as a raw material of paint or film coating, as well as hydrogenated petroleum resins and colorless rosin derivatives under the ARKON and PINECRYSTAL names. In addition, the company offers electronic materials, including rosins for use as raw material of chemicals and electronic components; provides solutions for solder jointing processes, including the soldering and post-soldering cleaning process; and develops flux-removing agents for electronic or semiconductor devices, as well as cleaning systems using flux-removing agent, and its peripheral equipment. Further, it provides photo-curing polymers, organic-inorganic hybrid resins, and hybrid polyimide films. 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.