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Nippon Shokubai's competitors and similar companies include Mitsubishi Chemical, Kraton, Toyo Gosei and Lecron Industrial Development Group.
 Nippon Shokubai Nippon Shokubai is a company that specializes in chemicals and production capacity for acrylic acid and superabsorbent polymers. |  Mitsubishi Chemical Mitsubishi Chemical (三菱ケミカル株式会社) is a company that manufactures and distributes chemical products. |  Kraton Kraton is a company that develops, manufactures, and markets biobased chemicals and specialty polymers primarily derived from pine wood pulping co-products. |  Toyo Gosei Toyo Gosei (formerly known as Nihon Acetylene Chemical Engineering) is a manufacturer, seller, and distributor of photolithography photosensitive materials. |  Lecron Industrial Development Group Lecron Industrial Development Group (formerly known as Lecron Internet Media Industry) is a company that manufactures and sells chemical products. | |
Founding Date | Founding Date 1941 | Founding Date 1933 | Founding Date 2009 | Founding Date 1954 | Founding Date 2003 |
Type | Type Public | Type Subsidiary | Type Public | Type Public | Type Public |
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Locations | Locations Osaka, JP HQ Chiyoda City, JP Himeji, JP Kawasaki, JP Suita, JP | Locations Shanghai, CN HQ | |||
Employees | Employees 4,607 | Employees 40,736 | Employees 1,7513% decrease | Employees 8874% increase | Employees N/A |
Valuation ($) | Valuation ($) 1.7 b | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) 1.5 b | Valuation ($) 372.8 m | Valuation ($) N/A |
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Revenue (est.) | Revenue (est.) ¥409.3b (FY, 2025) | Revenue (est.) ¥1.3t (FY, 2024) | Revenue (est.) $2b (FY, 2021) | Revenue (est.) ¥38.7b (FY, 2025) | Revenue (est.) ¥969.9m (FY, 2025) |
Cost of goods | Cost of goods ¥307.3b (FY, 2025) | Cost of goods ¥1.2t (FY, 2024) | Cost of goods $1.4b (FY, 2021) | Cost of goods ¥26b (FY, 2025) | Cost of goods ¥862.5m (FY, 2025) |
Gross profit | Gross profit ¥105.5b (FY, 2025) | Gross profit ¥110.3b (FY, 2024) | Gross profit $588.8m (FY, 2021) | Gross profit ¥12.7b (FY, 2025) | Gross profit ¥128.1m (FY, 2025) |
Net income | Net income ¥18.5b (FY, 2025) | Net income ¥4.8b (FY, 2024) | Net income $175.6m (FY, 2021) | Net income ¥3.3b (FY, 2025) | Net income ¥35.4m (FY, 2025) |
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