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Japanese chemical company, specializing in the development, manufacture and sale of inks, pigments, polymers, specialty plastics and compounds and biochemicals.
It was founded in 1908 as Kawamura Ink Manufactory, renamed to Kawamura Kijuro Shoten in 1915, incorporated as Dainippon Printing Ink Manufacturing in 1937 and renamed to Dainippon Ink and Chemicals (DIC) in 1962 before the name was changed to the present name DIC Corporation in 2008 on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
The company slogan "Color & Comfort By Chemistry" suggests that DIC products should deliver color and comfort to daily life.
The company operates worldwide (through 176
subsidiary and
affiliate companies in 62 countries) and includes the
Sun Chemical
Sun Chemical is the world's largest producer of printing inks and pigments and is located in Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey. It was incorporated in 1945. The company has its roots as the Lorilleux & Cie. Paris in 1818, but was incorporated ...
corporation, based in the Americas and Europe.
DIC in Japan has 10 plants in Japan, located in Tokyo, Chiba, Hokuriku, Sakai, Kashima, Yokkaichi, Shiga, Komaki, Saitama, and Tatebayashi. The main research laboratory in Japan is located in
Sakura, Chiba cooperating with DIC development centers in China (Qingdao DIC Finechemicals Co., Ltd., Qingdao, China) and the Sun Chemical Group's research laboratories (in USA, Germany and UK).
The company is listed on the
Tokyo Stock Exchange
The , abbreviated as Tosho () or TSE/TYO, is a stock exchange located in Tokyo, Japan. It is the third largest stock exchange in the world by aggregate market capitalization of its listed companies, and the largest in Asia. It had 2,292 listed ...
.
History
* 1908 Founded as Kawamura Ink Manufactory
* 1937 Incorporated Dainippon Printing Ink Manufacturing
* 1950 Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
* 1962 Merged with Japan Reichhold, changed Company name to Dainippon Ink and Chemicals
* 1986 Acquired Sun Chemical's Graphic Art Material Dept.
* 1987 Acquired Reichhold Chemicals, Inc.
* 1999 Acquired
Totalfina S.A.’s Printing Ink Dept. (Coates)
* 2005 Sold Reichhold
* 2008 Changed Company name to DIC Corporation
* 2009 Established DIC Graphics, joint venture with
Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) integrating DIC's domestic printing ink business and DNP's printing ink business
* 2021 Acquired
BASF
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The BASF Group comprises subsidiaries and joint ventures in more than 80 countries ...
’s Global Pigments Business, known as BASF Colors & Effects (BCE)
Business and products
DIC is divided in 3 business units and 6 product divisions
Packaging & Graphic
* Printing Material Products Division :
Offset inks,
gravure inks,
flexo inks,
metal decorative inks,
security inks,
printing plates, jet inks, news inks
* Packaging Material Products Division: Packaging adhesives, coextruded multilayer films,
polysterene (hyperbranched, GPPS,
HIPS
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The hip region ...
).
Color & Display
*Color Material Products Division: pigments for printing inks, pigments for coatings and plastics, pigments for specialty applications, pigments for color filters, pigments for cosmetics and
health food
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A health ...
s (
Spirulina)
* Display Material Products Division:
Thin-Film transistor liquid crystal (TFT LC), Supertwisted nematic liquid crystal (STN LC)
Functional Product
* Performance Material Products Division: general polymers (
alkyd resins, unsaturated
polyester resins,
plasticizers
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Plastic ...
, waterborne resins,
acrylic resins,
phenolic resins
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) specialty polymers (
epoxy resins, ultraviolet (UV)-curable resins,
polyurethane resins,
fluorochemicals),
metal carboxylates, sulphur chemicals, fiber and textile colorants
* Composite Material Products Division:
polyphenylene sulfide
Polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) is an organic polymer consisting of aromatic rings linked by sulfides. Synthetic fiber and textiles derived from this polymer resist chemical and thermal attack. PPS is used in filter fabric for coal boilers, paper ...
(PPS) compounds, interior housing products, industrial
adhesive tapes,
plastic colorant Plastic colorants are chemical compounds used to color plastic. Those compounds come in a form of dyes and pigments. The type of a colorant is chosen based on the type of a polymeric resin, that needs to be colored. Dyes are usually used with polyc ...
s, high-performance optical materials, Hollow-fiber membranes, medical diagnostics products
DIC Color System Guide
The DIC Color System Guide is a
spot color
In offset printing, a spot color or solid color is any color generated by an ink (pure or mixed) that is printed using a ''single run'', whereas a process color is produced by printing a series of dots of different colors.
The widespread offset ...
system, based on
Munsell color theory.
The Informed Illustrator: Digital Spot Color Systems
/ref> It is common in Japan, and comparable in role to the Pantone
Pantone LLC (stylized as PANTONE) is a limited liability company headquartered in Carlstadt, New Jersey. The company is best known for its Pantone Matching System (PMS), a proprietary color space used in a variety of industries, notably graphi ...
systems.
Cultural activities
*DIC owns 47.7% of the sports club
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Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...
chain "Renaissance".
Gallery
References
External links
Official website
DIC Corporation, Corporate Profile
* Wiki collection of bibliographic works on DIC Corporation
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Chemical companies based in Tokyo
Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Chemical companies established in 1908
Japanese companies established in 1908