Company Nissan Chemical Corporation

Nissan Chemical Corporation specializes in manufacturing and marketing chemical products. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:

- performance materials (30.2%): polyimide resins, colloids, silicas, inorganic materials, etc. for the manufacturng of electronic products (semiconductors, LCD displays, etc.);

- agrochemical products (25.1%): insecticides (Sanmite, Starmite, Mito-Kohne, Leimay and Ikaruga brands), herbicides (Roundup, Targa, Sirius and Permit), fertilizers, etc.;

- basic chemicals and fine chemicals (11.3%): melamine, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, ammonia, etc.;

- pharmaceutical products (2.9%): primarily for treatment of angina, hypertension, cholesterol, etc.;

- other (25.8%).

The remaining sales (25.8%) are from the chemicals trading activity.

Net sales break down geographically as follows: Japan (47.7%), China (14.5%), Korea (10.3%), Asia (13.8%), Europe and the United States (13.7%).

Number of employees: 2,965