Daicel Corporation (株式会社ダイセル) is a chemical company based in Japan. It operates business in celluloid technologies, organic chemicals, high-performance chemicals, polymers and pyrotechnic devices. The company's products include cellulose acetate, tow for cigarette filters, high-performance chemicals, engineering plastics like liquid crystal polymers (LPCs), resin compounds, and automotive airbag inflators.[3]
The company formed under the name of Dainippon Celluloid Company from a 1919 merger of eight regional celluloid manufacturers and changed its name to the present one in 1966.[4] Its first subsidiary, Fuji Photo Film, was set up in 1934 to produce nitrocellulose film.[5] Eventually this company became Fujifilm.
As of early 2020, Daicel owned a majority stake in Polyplastics. By the end of 2020, Daicel purchased the remaining minority stake from Celanese and attained 100% ownership of Polyplastics.[6][7][8]
External links
- Official global website
- Wiki collection of bibliographic works on Daicel
References
- Corporate Data Daicel Corporation, retrieved December 23, 2015^
- Company Profile The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones & Company, retrieved December 23, 2015^
- Company Profile Bloomberg L.P., retrieved December 23, 2015^
- Mari Saito. Recalls, uncertainty to push air bag maker Takata to wider loss Thomson Reuters, November 5, 2014, retrieved December 23, 2015^
- Fred Aftalion. A History of the International Chemical Industry University of Pennsylvania Press, January 1, 1991^
- Stephen Moore. Daicel Acquires Celanese Share in Polyplastics PlasticsToday, 2020-07-22, retrieved 2024-04-10^
- Zacks Equity Research. Celanese Wraps Divestment of Stake in Polyplastics to Daicel Yahoo Sports, 2020-10-13, retrieved 2024-04-10^
- Jens Hartmann. CELANESE: Sale of Polyplastics share to Daicel completed / Investments in Asian compounding Plasteurope.com, retrieved 2024-04-10^