Nisshin Kasei

What Nisshin Kasei does

Nisshin Kasei Co., Ltd. (日新化成株式会社) is a privately held Japanese specialty chemical trading company founded in Osaka in 1958, operating across four product verticals: pharmaceutical materials, electronic materials, functional chemical resins, and industrial materials. The company is an authorized Japanese distributor for major global chemical manufacturers including Dow Chemical (ETHOCEL ethylcellulose, DOWEX ion exchange resins), Shin-Etsu Chemical (METOLOSE, AQOAT, HPMCP), Asahi Kasei (CEOLUS crystalline cellulose), and Mitsubishi Chemical (Diafoil PET films), supplemented by proprietary developed products: POVACOAT® PVA copolymer (patented in Japan, US, and Europe) for pharmaceutical coating and binding, EC Vehicle sintering binders for MLCC and PDP paste manufacturing, NEW EIP® electron-beam-processed tablet press punches, and CCD-based inspection equipment (NIS-TOP-100, PIE-C3, PGS-R2, FAVIS-3000) for tablet appearance and powder foreign-matter detection.

Revenue is generated through two streams: specialty chemical trading (one-time resale of imported and domestic raw materials and excipients) and proprietary equipment plus formulation sales (capital equipment purchases with recurring chemical reorders). The company operates five specialized sales divisions — Pharmaceutical-Related Sales, Electronic/Industrial Materials Sales, Functional Chemical Resins Sales, Machinery Sales, and Trading — served by three regional offices in Osaka (headquarters), Tokyo, and Nagoya, plus a research laboratory at the Nagata district in Higashiosaka focused on EC Vehicle and proprietary product development. Go-to-market relies on direct enterprise field sales by vertical-specialized teams, supported by regular exhibition participation (FC EXPO, POWTEX, Interphex Japan, CPhI Frankfurt, High-Performance Ceramics Expo).

The company maintains a long-running industry-academia partnership with Osaka University Kobayashi Laboratory (since 2003), which has produced the Si nano-particle hydrogen generation technology currently commercialized via FC EXPO co-exhibitions with Chuo Engineering. Nisshin Kasei is family-controlled (Uemura family, with Motohiko Uemura as President since 2015) and operates a wholly-owned subsidiary, Nisshin Kikai Service Co., Ltd., spun off from the machinery division in 1986. The company holds ISO 9001 (since 2003) and ISO 14001 (since 2007) certifications and has received Good Tax Declarant recognition from the Osaka National Tax Agency East Tax Office in 2016 and 2022.

Name

Nisshin Kasei

Legal name

日新化成株式会社 (Nisshin Kasei Co., Ltd.)

Website

https://nisshinkasei.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

1958

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Nisshin Kasei is a privately held Japanese specialty chemical trading company (founded 1958, Osaka) that distributes Dow, Shin-Etsu, and Asahi Kasei raw materials while selling proprietary pharmaceutical excipients (POVACOAT®), EC binders, and CCD-based tablet/powder inspection equipment to enterprise customers in pharmaceutical, electronics, and industrial sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Chemicals Trading

NAICS

Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers (4246), Chemical Manufacturing (325), Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516)

SIC

Wholesale-Chemicals & Allied Products (5160), Industrial Organic Chemicals (2860), Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826)

akta.pro primary industry

Electronic & High-Purity Specialty Chemicals (IMAEABAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Inspection, Checkweighing & Detection Systems (Vision, Metal, X-ray) (IMALAOAH)

Keywords

• Specialty chemicals
• Pharmaceutical excipients
• Inspection equipment
• Industrial materials
• Binder formulations

Headquarters

HQ city

Chuo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Specialty Chemical Trading: Import and domestic sale of specialty chemicals, fine chemicals, synthetic resins, pharmaceutical excipients, and raw materials sourced from major global manufacturers including Dow Chemical (USA) and Japanese manufacturers such as Shin-Etsu Chemical, Asahi Kasei, and others.
2. Proprietary Equipment Sales: Sale of self-developed inspection equipment (PIE-C3, PGS-R2, NIS-TOP-100) and proprietary formulations (POVACOAT, EC Vehicle). Equipment sales are one-time capital purchases; proprietary chemicals generate recurring reorders.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Nisshin Kasei is a specialty chemical trading company that imports and distributes fine chemicals, specialty chemicals, synthetic resins, pharmaceutical excipients and raw materials from major global manufacturers (Dow Chemical, Shin-Etsu Chemical, Asahi Kasei, DuPont) to chemical manufacturers in Japan and abroad. Alongside distribution, the company independently develops and sells proprietary pharmaceutical excipients (POVACOAT® PVA copolymer), proprietary electronic materials (EC Vehicle binder, Si Nano Particles) and proprietary CCD-based inspection equipment (PIE-C3 powder inspection, PGS-R2 powder removal, NIS-TOP-100 tablet inspection, NEW EIP® punches), supported by in-house R&D and a partnership with Osaka University.

Product overview

Nisshin Kasei is a specialty chemical trading company (専門商社) dealing in fine chemicals, specialty chemicals, and synthetic resins. The company's product portfolio consists of three interconnected divisions: (1) Pharmaceutical Materials including proprietary inspection equipment (NIS-TOP-100 tablet inspection machine, PIE-C3 powder inspection device, PGS-R2 automatic removal system), POVACOAT® PVA copolymer coating/binding agents, and cellulose derivatives (ETHOCEL, TC-5, METOLOSE, HPMCP); (2) Electronic Materials including EC Vehicle sintering binders, LTCC acrylic binders, Si nano particles for energy applications, and ethylcellulose; (3) Functional Chemical Resins including SB latex, Vinnapas redispersible powders, Priabond adhesives, epoxy curing agents, and defoamers. Additionally, the company offers Industrial Materials such as PET films, ion exchange resins, ABZOL cleaning agents, solvent gas recovery systems, anti-fog agents, and silica. The company holds ISO9001 and ISO14001 certifications and has developed proprietary products through partnerships with universities including Osaka University.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• POVACOAT®: PVA copolymer used as pharmaceutical coating agent and binder with oxygen barrier and moisture resistance properties
• REARTH®
• NEW EIP®
• PIE-C3®
• PIE-C3
• NIS-TOP-100
• ECビヒクル (EC Vehicle)

Products and services

• POVACOAT® PVA-acrylic acid-methacrylic acid methyl copolymer used as a pharmaceutical coating agent and binder, offering oxygen barrier properties, moisture resistance, taste masking, odor protection and binding without requiring a plasticizer; for pharmaceutical tablet manufacturers.
• NIS-TOP-100 Tablet Appearance Inspection Machine High-performance fully automatic tablet appearance inspection machine that uses a 300,000-pixel CCD color area sensor to inspect both sides and edges of tablets for stains, shape defects, chips, printing defects and color defects, supporting long-time unmanned operation; for pharmaceutical tablet manufacturers.
• PIE-C3 Powder Foreign Matter Inspection Device Desktop-type automatic powder foreign matter inspection device using a 200-megapixel CCD 2D camera to replace manual visual inspection of powder samples, detecting 50μm+ foreign objects with LED dome illumination and dedicated PC software for image management; for pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturers.
• FAVIS-3000 Fine Particle Foreign Matter Inspection Device Fine particle foreign matter inspection device for powder and granular samples, complementing the PIE-C3 sampling inspection offering; for pharmaceutical and chemical quality control laboratories.
• PGS-R2 Powder Foreign Matter Inspection and Removal Machine Automatic powder foreign matter inspection and removal machine using special lighting units and image processing to detect and remove 50μm foreign objects from powder and granular materials, with portable space-saving design and minimal replacement parts; for production lines handling powders and granules.
• EC Vehicle (ECビヒクル) Proprietary sintering binder dissolving ETHOCEL (ethylcellulose) in specific solvents to eliminate complex viscosity adjustment work in paste production; designed for MLCC and PDP paste production with consistent viscosity, controlled solids content, foreign matter removal and adjustable flow characteristics; for electronics manufacturers.
• NEW EIP® Tablet Punch Tablet punch with surface modification using electron beam processing (EIP) and CF-containing solution for high-concentration treatment, providing high release properties, corrosion resistance and durability for tablet press tooling; for pharmaceutical tablet manufacturers.
• Si Nano Particles Silicon nano-particles produced from waste Si wafers and cutting powder through specialized processing; used for hydrogen generation via water reaction (~1,300cc H2 per 1g Si), secondary battery electrode materials, fuel cell electrodes and emergency power sources; developed with Osaka University Kobayashi Laboratory.
• ETHOCEL Premium Ethylcellulose Ethylcellulose from Dow Chemical for pharmaceutical and electronic applications, used as coating agent, binder for controlled release formulations, bitter taste masking and sintering binder for electronic pastes; for pharmaceutical and electronics manufacturers.
• CEOLUS Crystalline Cellulose Crystalline cellulose from Asahi Kasei for pharmaceutical excipients, offering excellent compression moldability, disintegrating properties, fluidity and mixing uniformity; for pharmaceutical tablet manufacturers.
• TC-5 / METOLOSE / HPMCP / AQOAT Cellulose Derivatives Cellulose derivatives from Shin-Etsu Chemical, including hypromellose (TC-5, METOLOSE), hypromellose phthalate (HPMCP) and Shin-Etsu AQOAT, used as film coating agents, granulation binders, solid dispersion bases and enteric coating agents; for pharmaceutical manufacturers.
• DOWEX Ion Exchange Resin Ion exchange resin distributed from DuPont for water treatment applications including desalination, softening, pharmaceutical water, power plant water, semiconductor ultra-pure water and tap water applications; for industrial and pharmaceutical processors.
• ABZOL Cleaning Agent Bromine-based cleaning agent (KB value 125, non-flammable) distributed as a replacement for chlorine and CFC cleaning agents and EPA SNAP certified for ozone layer protection; for industrial cleaning applications.
• REARTH Solvent Gas Recovery System Proprietary solvent gas recovery system using compressed deep-cooling condensation method, achieving a 99% or higher removal rate for organic solvent (VOC) gases, with recovered liquid reusable in precision cleaning and coating processes; recognized with the Japan Industrial Machinery Manufacturers Association President's Award (1999) and Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Technology Award (1998); for industrial manufacturers requiring environmental compliance.
• Diafoil PET Film PET film for industrial applications including heat transfer ribbons, packaging films and various protective/base films; for industrial manufacturers and packaging converters.
• Anti-fog Agents Functional coating agents for anti-fog applications on shields, goggles, polycarbonate, acrylic plastics, glass and mirrors, offering anti-fog properties, scratch resistance and durability; for manufacturers of safety equipment, optical products and signage.
• Synthetic Silica Synthetic silica from Oriental Silicas Corporation for rubber, silicone rubber, footwear, industrial materials, adsorbent carriers, paper, resins, adhesives, coatings, inks, cosmetics and other applications; for industrial manufacturers across multiple segments.
• Uniform Latex Particles Polystyrene particles, carboxyl-modified particles and colored particles ranging from 0.02μm to 50μm, used for diagnostic reagents, measuring instrument standards, spacer particles and DDS model applications; for diagnostic and life science manufacturers.

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• 大阪大学 産業科学研究所 小林研究室 (Osaka University, Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Kobayashi Laboratory)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2003Industry-academia partnership established September 2003 for joint development of electronic materials using ethylcellulose and Si nano-particle technology. Nisshin Kasei entered an incubation facility at Osaka University's campus in 2010 and expanded the laboratory in 2014. The partnership was further strengthened through CREST (JST) 'Energy Interface Science' research program from 2013, and COI STREAM (JST) from 2014 for Si nano-particle hydrogen generation technology.
• 株式会社中央エンジニアリング (Chuo Engineering Co., Ltd.)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerJoint exhibition partner at FC EXPO (International Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Expo) from at least 2022 through 2025. Co-exhibited at multiple annual events showcasing silicon nano particles, pure hydrogen generation systems, and fuel cell power supplies.
• 株式会社新興製作所 (Shinko Seisakusho Co., Ltd.)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint exhibitor at FC EXPO 2015 and PV EXPO 2015 with Osaka University Kobayashi Laboratory. Exhibited silicon wafer diamond wire cut products and Si cutting powder from waste materials.
• ニッシンキカイサービス株式会社 (Nisshin Kikai Service Co., Ltd.)coreOthersMechanical systems subsidiary established in April 1986 when the machinery department separated from Osaka headquarters sales division. President Uemura Motohiko concurrently serves as President of Nisshin Kasei. Handles mechanical equipment sales and service.
• 神戸学院大学 薬学部 (Kobe Gakuin University, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPVA copolymer application research project established in the university's pharmacy department in April 2008. Research laboratory later relocated to Osaka University Industry Science Institute Incubation Building in July 2010.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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