Messages from Group Company Leadership

Since 1999, Kayaku Safety Systems Europe has been engaged in the manufacture and sale of automotive safety components from our eastern Czech Republic base of Vsetin. The critical safety components we supply to the market are high-quality, designed with operational safety in mind, and help provide enhanced protection to drivers behind the wheel. We aim to contribute to local communities through sustainable business management, environmental awareness, improved employee quality of life, and philanthropic activities.

Established in May 2007, Kayaku Safety Systems de Mexico produces automotive safety parts for the North American market and the world at large. With priorities placed on product safety and quality, we are moving forward with A3 Activities (KAIZEN) and working towards a waste-free production line. Through the implementation of sustainable management practices under the KAYAKU spirit of “continuously providing society with the best products through ceaseless progress and the combined forces of our consciences,” we are aiming to become a company that repays stakeholder trust across the board.

Kayaku Safety Systems Malaysia was established in 2012 with the aim of manufacturing and selling automotive safety parts. Underpinned by our focus on safety and quality, our products can be found in cars across every ASEAN member state and across the wider world. We also practice sustainable business management in accordance with the KAYAKU spirit. Our aim is to earn the trust of every stakeholder through contributing to increased car safety with the parts we provide.

POLATEHCNO has been given a fresh lease of life at Nippon Kayaku’s Joetsu Plant. Within plant walls, our mantra is “Safety First”, as we constantly strive to maintain favorable working conditions with zero industrial accidents. We also aim to optimize production through creating workplace unity and stronger camaraderie. Our environmentally-conscious measures have seen us boost energy-saving, reduce industrial waste, utilize and fix MFCA standards, reuse water, improve treatment methods for liquid waste, and recycle discarded plastics. In future, just as now, do we wish to see a locally-rooted Joetsu Plant continue its eco-friendly drive while stably supplying unique parts to world markets, thereby contributing to better living standards and a sustainable society.

MOXTEK contributes to society with its utilization of cutting-edge nano-optical and X-ray technologies for imaging and analysis equipment. The core of our sustainability drive consists of: (1) growing in tandem with the local community; and (2) contributing to society with a technology-rooted approach. We already support local initiatives through proactive participation in a “Homeless Support Program” and delivery of extra-curricular science activities to local schools. And we are even helping to elucidate the beginnings of the universe through our contributions to the NASA Mars Exploration and Space Telescope projects! In short, we are working hard to be a locally-rooted company which aids the wider development of science.

As our name might suggest, we design, develop and produce optical films for the display industry and other methods of application, thereby contributing to Nippon Kayaku’s Light ControlBusiness. We are currently making every effort to implement Nippon Kayaku Group’s sustainable management practices.
Since establishment in 1999, we have, to the fullest extent possible, recycled both the Twistar™ packaging shipped to, and the raw materials received from, the Joetsu factory. Furthermore, we ensured that our facility built in 2008 was fitted with energy recovery devices for use at various stages of the production process, thereby keeping energy consumption to a minimum. And on top of that, we have held down environmental pollution stemming from our coating line by catalytically oxidizing organic solvent waste gases in an incinerator.
Our production plant electricity comes with a so-called “Green Label” which certifies our wind-generated energy. And, although only able to supply a limited amount of our electricity needs, we are looking into the installation of solar panels on our roof in light of recent energy price hikes. Individual safety and environmental conservation are the themes reflected in every management decision taken at Dejima Optical Films.

RaySpec Ltd. is mainly concerned with the manufacture and sale of X-ray-based analytical devices found in electron microscopes. We endeavor to contribute to society through listening to customer and market voices, and delivering products and services tailored to needs, with safety and quality prioritized.
With our KAYAKU spirit corporate vision forever in mind, we shall strengthen corporate governance, work towards thorough compliance, practice sustainable management which recognizes environmental issues, and aim to deliver happiness and joy to all our stakeholders.

Nippon Kayaku Korea both imports and sells the products of our Fine Chemicals Business Unit, in addition to various other products and raw materials. On top of undertaking contracts concerning Korean domestic manufacturing projects, we both manufacture and sell automotive safety components, and provide relevant technical support.
The numerous diverse business operations we handle come with an inevitably large number of laws and regulations with which to comply; the three laws on chemical-related products being particularly exacting. We are therefore redoubling our compliance efforts across the board. We are also strengthening governance systems to ensure proper business transparency and fairness. Though our scope for impact is limited, we would like, in just a small way, to increase the value we add to society and the environment, and meet stakeholder expectations with a concerted company effort towards sustainable business management.

Euro Nippon Kayaku GmbH (ENK) is engaged in the import and sale of fine chemicals business products in the European region. With its European Green Deal and European Climate Law, Europe is ahead of the world curve in its efforts to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, and has triggered new laws and regulations worldwide in order to meet its standards. In a world seeking great changes, ENK seeks to grow with such changes and create new business opportunities, and promote sustainable management in its continuing quest to meet stakeholder expectations.

KAYAKU CHEMICAL (WUXI) CO., LTD. (KCW) was established in 2002 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nippon Kayaku and specializes in the manufacture and sale of photocurable resins for electrical good components. We currently sell resins for semiconductor encapsulation and high-frequency circuit boards, while also handling LCD and semiconductor cleaners. Our business expansion approach to the Chinese market is one of local production and consumption.
Rapid economic expansion in China has spawned environmental and other issues which increase the harshness of the environment in which businesses operate. Against that backdrop has sustainable management assumed extra importance in the quest to continue and develop our business.
At KCW, we believe it is paramount that each and every employee seek to realize the KAYAKU spirit and implement sustainable management by acting in accordance with the Nippon Kayaku Group Charter of Conduct and Code of Conduct.
With each employee’s actions based on a firm ethical grounding and understanding of local culture, history and business customs, we aim to continue gaining top marks from customers for value creation and contributing to society as a whole.

KAYAKU Advanced Materials, Inc., (KAM), located in Westborough, Massachusetts, USA, delivers innovative special materials to the microelectronics market while paying heed to safety operations and the environment.
We pour all our efforts into sincere and ethical business activities, strengthened governance, thorough compliance, respect for the environment and society, contributing to local communities through philanthropic activities, and responsible business management.
We also offer our employees an innovative, safe and diverse work environment which is both comfortable and rewarding, and also value and encourage individual employee contributions and self-development.
KAM’s corporate value is created from thorough application of the KAYAKU spirit and responsible business actions. That, we believe, is how we deliver long-term value to our customers, employees, local communities, and the Nippon Kayaku Group.

WUXI ADVANCED KAYAKU CHEMICAL manufactures dyes for textiles, paper and inkjet printing based on a management policy of delivering human-oriented and environmentally-friendly products which satisfy our customers. In addition to tough Chinese requirements concerning environmental conservation and production safety, we also have to contend with increasingly challenging stipulations on carbon neutrality. As such, we will continue conserving energy, reducing wastewater and cutting waste output from our production processes while devoting maximum attention to improving the workplace environment for all employees. Through providing highly safe Bluesign®-certified dyes and increasing our lineup of products which help customers reduce their environmental impact and conserve energy and resources do we aim to take steps towards a sustainable society.

Shanghai KAYAKU International Trading CO., Ltd. is involved in the sale of pigment-related products, such as textile dyes, inkjet ink and thermal developers to the Asian market, with the focus placed on China.
The textiles industry has recently not only strengthened its workplace safety regulations but introduced tougher standards on the safety of raw materials, including dyestuffs. Such moves bring added demands for water resource conservation in the supply chain and working environment improvements.
By not merely stopping at providing safe and reliable products, but through continually providing various solutions for problem-solving and production process streamlining, we are helping our customers reduce wastewater, save energy and improve their productivity.
Furthermore, printing industry moves towards eco-friendly digitalization allow Nippon Kayaku to utilize one of its strengths in the form of water-based pigment inks to contribute to a sustainable world.

NIPPONKAYAKU FOOD TECHNO concerns itself with the manufacture and sale of food-quality preservatives, such as ethanol preparations and oxygen adsorbers, as well as health food ingredients such as chitosan. With sustainable management as our bedrock, we aim to make yet bigger contributions to society through delivering excellent products and high-value service from the mission standpoints of “Food Safety” and “Food and Health.” Our food-quality preservatives aim to reduce food waste, while our health food ingredients aim to deliver “healthy lifestyle proposals through food.” In order to realize the KAYAKU spirit as a Nippon Kayaku Group member, we will prioritize safe operations, proper compliance, and environmental considerations. With high ethical standards shall every employee follow the Group’s Charter of Conduct in our quest to repay the trust and expectations of our customers.

Taiwan Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd. is chiefly involved with the promotion of products and conducting of market surveys in the life science and fine chemicals business fields. For many years, we have contributed to the Taiwanese healthcare and manufacturing industries through the supply of drugs and functional materials.
Against a backdrop of global upheaval due to various international affairs, the demands and expectations of society and customers are changing by the moment.
By responding flexibly to business environment changes under the KAYAKU spirit, and uniting all employees behind sustainable management, we shall continue to provide all our stakeholders with prosperity and peace of mind.

Wako Toshi Kaihatsu primarily conducts two types of real estate business: (1) leasing the commercial building facilities in our possession to hypermarket businesses and (2) leasing our three company-dormitory-style buildings in the capital region to Nippon Kayaku. Through this business do we aim to play a part in providing people with food, clothing and shelter, bring smiles to those who live and work under our roofs, and be seen as a necessary presence in the eyes of our customers. We will also work towards aligning our vectors with those of our client business partners in a bid to solve social problems, and promote both thorough compliance and sustainable management under the KAYAKU spirit. Specifically, we are taking steps to increase the value of our real estate assets by providing our users with better comfort, health and safety through: (1) upping energy efficiency and resource efficiency through the use of low energy devices and durable materials, and (2) installing and strengthening our facilities’ infrastructure and disaster prevention equipment.