Showa Denko K.K

Showa Denko K.K. operates as a chemical company in Japan and internationally. It operates through six segments: Petrochemicals, Chemicals, Electronics, Inorganics, Aluminum, and Others. The Petrochemicals segment offers olefins, including ethylene, propylene, C4 fraction, cracked fuel oils, etc.; and organic chemicals comprising vinyl acetate monomer, vinyl and ethyl acetate, allyl alcohol, acetaldehyde, acetic acid, and allyl ester resins, as well as polypropylene. The Chemicals segment offers industrial gases, such as liquefied carbon dioxide, dry ice, oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, argon, carbonic acid, fusing ethylene, helium, and other industrial gases; high-purity gases/chemicals and equipment for use in the LCP, LED, and solar cell manufacturing processes; ammonia, caustic soda, hydrochloric acid, acrylonitril, amino acid, chelate agent, and other industrial chemicals, as well as elastomer products; functional polymers, which comprise unsaturated polyester, resins, adhesives, and biodegradable plastic products; and raw materials for cosmetics, functional monomers, hydrophilic polymers, and HPLC columns. The Electronics segment offers aluminum based and glass based hard disks (HDs); aluminum substrates for HDs; SiC epitaxial wafers for power devices; LED chips and epitaxial wafers; MOCVD epitaxial wafers; rare earth magnetic alloys; and lithium ion batteries and fuel cell materials. The Inorganics segment manufactures and sells polish, abrasives, and refractories; and supplies graphite electrodes for electric steelmaking furnaces. The Aluminum segment offers aluminum capacitor foils and aluminum sheets; extruded and forged products, aluminum cylinders, cast rods of aluminum alloys, compressors, heat exchangers, and power semiconductor cooling devices; and aluminum beverage cans. The Others segment engages in the general trading; and provision of building materials. The company was incorporated in 1939 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Show More...