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 Company logo used since 2008 | |
| Company type | Public (KK) |
|---|---|
| TYO: 4631 | |
| Industry | Chemicals |
| Founded | Tokyo, Japan February 1908 |
| Founder | Kijuro Kawamura |
| Headquarters | Waterras Tower, 101, Kanda Awajicho 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0063, Japan |
Key people | |
| Products | |
| Revenue |  ¥ 1054.2 billion JPY (FY2022) |
 ¥ 39.7 billion JPY (FY2022) | |
Number of employees | Consolidated 22,474 (As of December 31, 2021) |
| Website | Official website |
| Footnotes / references [1][2][3] | |
DIC Corporation (DIC株式会社, Dī Ai Shī Kabushiki-gaisha) is Japanese chemical company, specializing in the development, manufacture and sale of inks, pigments, polymers, specialty plastics and compounds and biochemicals.[4]
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.[5] 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 corporation, based in the Americas and Europe.[1]
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).[6]
The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
- ^ a b "Corporate Data". Retrieved March 26, 2014.
- ^ "Income Statements". Retrieved March 26, 2014.
- ^ "Annual Report 2013" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2014. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
- ^ "Company Profile". Reuters. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
- ^ "History of the DIC Corporation". Retrieved 2014-02-16.
- ^ "Research and Development of the DIC Corporation". Retrieved 2014-02-16.