Nippon Gohsei Europe GmbH

Name

Nippon Gohsei Europe GmbH

Legal name

Nippon Gohsei Europe GmbH

Website

https://nippon-gohsei.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Nippon Gohsei Europe GmbH is a 6-employee Düsseldorf-based sales subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical Group that markets Soarnol™, a specialty ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH) resin used in multilayer food packaging and high-barrier industrial applications across European and select global markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Barrier Resins

NAICS

Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (325211)

SIC

Plastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan Elastomers (2821)

akta.pro primary industry

Fluoropolymers & High-Barrier Resins Manufacturing (PTFE, PVDF, ETFE, EVOH) (IMANAAAF)

Keywords

• EVOH resin
• Barrier resins
• Food packaging materials
• Ethylene vinyl alcohol
• Oxygen barrier film

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Nippon Gohsei Europe GmbH represents and markets the Soarnol™ brand of ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH) resin for the European market. Soarnol is a high-barrier specialty resin supplied to converters and packaging manufacturers for use in food packaging and other industrial applications requiring high oxygen and gas barrier performance. The product line is positioned under the Mitsubishi Chemical Group.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Soarnol: Soarnol is a product brand under Mitsubishi Chemical Group. The brand website is maintained at soarnol.com with content available in English, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Mitsubishi Chemical GroupcoreOthersThe Soarnol product website is operated by Mitsubishi Chemical Group. Soarnol is branded as a product of the Mitsubishi Chemical Group family, indicating a parent-subsidiary or affiliated company relationship within the chemical manufacturing industry.

Direct peers

• Kuraray: Kuraray is the producer of EVAL™, the most direct competing EVOH (ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer) resin globally. It serves the same food packaging and barrier applications as Soarnol, making it the closest direct peer.

Broad incumbents

• SABIC: SABIC is a global chemicals and petrochemicals producer with a broad portfolio of packaging and barrier resins. As a broad incumbent in plastics materials, it is a relevant peer in the upstream packaging materials ecosystem within which EVOH competes.
• Asahi Kasei: Asahi Kasei is a Japanese diversified chemicals and materials producer with barrier and specialty polymer offerings serving packaging and industrial customers. It is a broad incumbent in the specialty barrier materials market adjacent to EVOH.
• Dow: Dow is a major global chemicals and plastics producer with broad packaging material offerings including barrier technologies. It is a broad incumbent in the broader packaging materials market where EVOH is used.
• BASF: BASF is one of the world's largest chemical companies with a diversified plastics and specialty polymers portfolio serving packaging customers. While it does not focus on EVOH, it competes in adjacent specialty and barrier polymer markets.
• Sumitomo Chemical: Sumitomo Chemical is a Japanese diversified chemicals company whose petrochemicals and specialty plastics divisions serve packaging and industrial markets. It is a broad incumbent in the regional and global packaging materials value chain.
• LyondellBasell: LyondellBasell is a global leader in polyolefins and advanced polymers serving packaging and industrial customers. As a broad incumbent in packaging materials, it is relevant to the structural layer packaging market into which EVOH is integrated.
• Arkema: Arkema is a global specialty chemicals producer with a portfolio of barrier materials and high-performance polymers serving packaging and industrial applications. It is a broad incumbent in the specialty barrier resin space adjacent to EVOH.
• Mitsubishi Chemical Group: Parent/affiliated organization of Nippon Gohsei Europe GmbH. Mitsubishi Chemical Group operates Soarnol under its broader specialty chemicals and polymer portfolio, encompassing advanced materials and barrier resins alongside much larger chemical operations.

Emerging players

• Chang Chun Petrochemical: Chang Chun Petrochemical is an Asian producer of EVOH resins, providing direct competition in the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer market. As a regional player with growing global ambitions, it is an emerging competitor to Soarnol.

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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