DIC : Board of Director Appointed Chairman of the Japan Printing Ink Makers Association
June 22, 2017 at 03:28 am
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Tokyo, Japan-DIC Corporation announced that board of director Yoshihisa Kawamura, also serves as chairman of DIC Graphics Corporation-the principal company in the DIC Group's printing inks business in Japan-has been appointed chairman of the Japan Printing Inks Makers Association (JPIMA). The appointment was announced at the association's 70th annual general meeting on May 26, 2017. JPIMA is an industrial organization that works to contribute to the sound development of the printing inks and varnish industries by conducting management-, technology- and demand-related research and necessary operations, as well as to promote favorable relations among its various members.
With the aim of supporting the advancement of the printing inks and related industries, which manufacture products that play an important role in people's lives, DIC Graphics will continue working to reinforce its relationship with JPIMA. The company will also step up efforts to develop environment-friendly products that ensure safety and peace of mind with the aim of contributing to the realization of a sustainable society.
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DIC Corporation specializes in the manufacturing and marketing of printing inks and chemicals. Net sales break down by product family as follows:
- printing inks (47.2%): offset inks, decorative inks, soft cut inks, etc.;
- polymers (25%): aqueous resins, acrylic resins, saturated polyester resins, UV curable resins, polyurethane resins, epoxy resins, unsaturated polyester resins and polystyrenes;
- fine chemicals products (12.4%): liquid crystals, functional pigments and multi-purpose liquid pigments;
- chemical and thermoplastic components (8.1%): polyphenylene sulfide, liquid inks and dyes for plastics;
- industrial adhesive tapes and hollow fibre membranes (7.3%).
At the end of 2019, the group had 9 production sites in Japan.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (39.5%), Asia and Oceania (20.5%), Europe and Africa (23.1%) and the Americas (16.9%).