Nippon Kayaku Co Ltd (Nippon Kayaku) provides chemical products to various industries. The company engages in business worldwide through consolidated group companies in various countries and regions overseas. It offers various products such as epoxy resins, UV curing type resins, chemicals for displays and semiconductors, functional films, colors for inkjet printers, dyes pharmaceuticals, catalysts, diagnostics, pharmaceutical API and intermediates, airbag inflators, micro gas generators for seatbelt pretensioners, squibs and agrochemicals.

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Nippon Kayaku is actively engaged in research and development, viewing it as a key driver of business growth. The company focuses on enhancing existing technologies and developing new ones to create products and businesses that protect life and health and support a richer lifestyle. The R&D initiatives are spread across various business areas, including Mobility & Imaging, Fine Chemicals, and Life Sciences. The company is working on projects such as next-generation side airbag inflators, pyrotechnic devices, dye-based polarizing films, new cancer treatment drugs, and green catalysts. Additionally, Nippon Kayaku is investing in open innovation and digital transformation to foster new business development and contribute to a sustainable society. It focuses on creating new businesses in the environment and energy sectors, accelerating open innovation, and promoting digital transformation initiatives. Pursues open innovation with startups and academia to gain a competitive advantage and collaborates on projects like bio propylene production technology. It engages in catalyst development and industrialization, contributing to projects like green propylene production. Major technology alliances include collaboration with iPEACE223 Inc. for green propylene production and joint research with the Institute of Science Tokyo on anion exchange membranes. In FY2025, the company incurred an expense of JPY14,620 million on R&D, which as a percentage of revenue was 6.6% and decreased 25% YoY.