Sekisui Chemical


Sekisui Chemical is a Plastics manufacturer with head offices in Osaka and Tokyo. The company owns a plethora of subsidiaries engaged in a variety of businesses. Sekisui has over 27,000 employees in more than eighteen countries worldwide.[1]

Sekisui Chemical Company, Limited
Native name
積水化学工業株式会社
Sekisui Kagaku Kōgyō kabushiki gaisha
TypePublic KK
TYO: 4204
IndustryChemical, Medical, Plastics, Other
Founded1947
Headquarters,
Japan
Key people
Keita Kato (CEO, President)
Number of employees
27,000
Websitehttps://www.Sekisuichemical.com

History

Sekisui Chemical was founded on March 3, 1947.

In October 2020, a 45-year old researcher was accused of engaging in corporate espionage against Sekisui on behalf of Guangdong-based Chaozhou Three-Circle (Group).[2]

Sekisui has been recognized for its environmental efforts and in 2020 was ranked as the 12th most sustainable corporation in the world by the Canadian organization Corporate Knights Inc.[3]

References

  1. "Sekisui Chemical on the Forbes Global 2000 List". Forbes. Archived from the original on March 5, 2013. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  2. Murakoshi, Koji (October 15, 2020). "Japan's Sekisui struck by espionage using social media". Nikkei Asian Review. Archived from the original on October 15, 2020. Authorities allege the 45-year-old man divulged information on the production of conductive particles used in touch screens between August 2018 and January 2019 to Chaozhou Three-Circle (Group), a producer of communications equipment parts based in China's Guangdong Province.
  3. "Sekisui Chemical named among the world's most sustainable companies for the third time in a row". EPPM. 2020-03-09. Retrieved 2021-03-11.


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