History and basic technologies of Nippon Kayaku

Year	Occurrence	Basic Technologies
1916	Establishment of Nippon Kayaku Manufacturing Co., Ltd. as the predecessor of Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd., the first manufacturer of industrial explosives in Japan.	Explosives technologies Explosives manufacturing technology, detonator manufacturing technology, etc.
1916	Establishment of Teikoku Dyes Manufacturing Co., Ltd.	Dyes technologies Dye-synthesizing technology, evaluation technology, etc.
1931	Establishment of Yamakawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.	Pharmaceuticals technologies Low-molecular-weight compound synthesis technology, Pharmaceuticals manufacturing technology, Evaluation system for pharmaceuticals technology, etc.
1943	Merger of Nippon Kayaku Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Teikoku Dyes Manufacturing Co., Ltd., and Yamakawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.	Integration of three basic technologies related to explosives, dyes, and pharmaceuticals
1945	Corporate name changed to Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd.
1956	Success in the industrial manufacture of diazinon.	Agrochemicals technologies
1970	Establishment of a joint venture, Nissyo Kayaku Co., Ltd., with Showa Denko K. K, aiming at manufacturing acrylic ester.	Catalysts technologies
1971	Start of manufacturing epoxy resins	Resins technologies Resin-synthesis technology, processing technology, evaluation technology, etc.
1994	Start of manufacturing airbag inflators

Creation of New Products and Businesses by the Fusion of Basic Technologies

The basic technologies of Nippon Kayaku are related to fine chemicals that are based on original products developed in the fields of explosives, dyes, pharmaceuticals, and subsequently, resins such as epoxy resins for the encapsulation of semiconductors. And from the fusion of these technologies, new products and businesses have been created.

First, by applying the ignition technology related to the field of explosives, the business of developing and manufacturing micro gas generators and inflators for ensuring safety in automobiles was started. Moreover, by fusing our technologies for low-molecular-weight compounds synthesis (pharmaceuticals) and high-molecular-weight compounds synthesis (resins), "polymeric micelle anti-cancer drugs" that incorporated a drug delivery system (DDS) were created; these drugs are currently undergoing clinical trials.

Furthermore, the technologies for the synthesis and compounding of dyes have been applied to colors for inkjet printers and color filters for digital cameras, etc. By fusing these technologies with the resin manufacturing technology, the businesses of polarizing films and photo-functional films were started.

In the future, we will not only create new products and businesses by strengthening and expanding our technologies but also develop new basic technologies by fusing and integrating our various preexisting technologies.