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DKS's competitors and similar companies include Toyo Gosei, Nippon Shokubai, Kraton and Solutia Europe.
 DKS DKS (formerly known as Dai-ichi Kogyo Seiyaku Co., Ltd.) is a producer and seller of surfactants and industrial chemicals. |  Toyo Gosei Toyo Gosei (formerly known as Nihon Acetylene Chemical Engineering) is a manufacturer, seller, and distributor of photolithography photosensitive materials. |  Nippon Shokubai Nippon Shokubai is a company that specializes in chemicals and production capacity for acrylic acid and superabsorbent polymers. |  Kraton Kraton is a company that develops, manufactures, and markets biobased chemicals and specialty polymers primarily derived from pine wood pulping co-products. | ||
Founding Date | Founding Date N/A | Founding Date 1954 | Founding Date 1941 | Founding Date 2009 | Founding Date 1961 |
Type | Type Public | Type Public | Type Public | Type Public | Type Subsidiary |
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Locations | Locations HQ | Locations Osaka, JP HQ Chiyoda City, JP Himeji, JP Kawasaki, JP Suita, JP | Locations Gent, BE HQ | ||
Employees | Employees N/A | Employees 8874% increase | Employees 4,607 | Employees 1,7513% decrease | Employees 348 |
Valuation ($) | Valuation ($) 195.8 m | Valuation ($) 372.8 m | Valuation ($) 1.7 b | Valuation ($) 1.5 b | Valuation ($) N/A |
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Revenue (est.) | Revenue (est.) N/A | Revenue (est.) ¥38.7b (FY, 2025) | Revenue (est.) ¥409.3b (FY, 2025) | Revenue (est.) $2b (FY, 2021) | Revenue (est.) €563.1m (FY, 2021) |
Cost of goods | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods ¥26b (FY, 2025) | Cost of goods ¥307.3b (FY, 2025) | Cost of goods $1.4b (FY, 2021) | Cost of goods €498.2m (FY, 2021) |
Gross profit | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit ¥12.7b (FY, 2025) | Gross profit ¥105.5b (FY, 2025) | Gross profit $588.8m (FY, 2021) | Gross profit €64.9m (FY, 2021) |
Net income | Net income N/A | Net income ¥3.3b (FY, 2025) | Net income ¥18.5b (FY, 2025) | Net income $175.6m (FY, 2021) | Net income (€754.6k) (FY, 2021) |
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Toyo Gosei
HQ
Tokyo, JP
Employees
887↑ 4% increase
Toyo Gosei (formerly known as Nihon Acetylene Chemical Engineering) is a manufacturer, seller, and distributor of photolithography photosensitive materials.
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HQ
Osaka, JP
Employees
4,607
Nippon Shokubai is a company that specializes in chemicals and production capacity for acrylic acid and superabsorbent polymers.
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HQ
Houston, US
Employees
1,751↓ 3% decrease
Kraton is a company that develops, manufactures, and markets biobased chemicals and specialty polymers primarily derived from pine wood pulping co-products.
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Solutia Europe
HQ
Gent, BE
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