Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of chemical products. It operates through the Materials Business and Solutions Business segments. The Materials Business segment manufactures and sells acrylic acid, acrylic esters, superabsorbent resins, ethylene oxides, ethylene glycols, ethanolamine, maleic anhydride, process catalysts, MMA monomers and polymers, and other chemicals. The Solutions Business segment manufactures and sells polymers for concrete admixtures, secondary alcohol ethoxylates, water soluble polymers, intermediates for pharmaceuticals, electronic information materials, iodine compounds, resins for adhesives/paints, ethyleneimine derivatives, processed adhesive products, and automotive catalysts, dioxins decomposition catalysts, denitrification catalyst, equipment for waste gas treatment, wet air oxidation catalysts, and materials for batteries. The company was founded on August 21, 1941 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.
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