Sekisui Chemical

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Sekisui Chemical Company, Limited

Native name	積水化学工業株式会社
Romanized name	Sekisui Kagaku Kōgyō kabushiki gaisha
Type	Public KK
Traded as	TYO: 4204
Industry	Chemical, Medical, Plastics, Other
Founded	1947
Headquarters	Osaka and Tokyo , Japan
Key people	Keita Kato (CEO, President)
Number of employees	27,000
Website	https://www.Sekisuichemical.com

Sekisui Chemical is a Plastics manufacturer with head offices in Osaka and Tokyo. The company owns a plethora of subsidiaries engaged in a variety of businesses. Sekisui has over 27,000 employees in more than eighteen countries worldwide.^[1]

History[]

Sekisui Chemical was founded on March 3, 1947.^[2] The company created by seven young scientists with the intention to run a general Plastics business.^[3]

In 1963, Sekisui Chemical established Sekisui Plastics Corporation (SPC) in Pennsylvania, U.S., to manufacture expandable polystyrene paper. This was the first expansion into the U.S. for a Japanese manufacturing company.^[4]

In October 2020, a 45-year old researcher was accused of engaging in corporate espionage against Sekisui on behalf of Guangdong-based Chaozhou Three-Circle (Group).^[5]

Sekisui has been recognized for its environmental efforts and in 2020 was ranked as the 12th most sustainable corporation in the world by the Canadian organization Corporate Knights Inc.^[6]

Business Domains[]

Residential[]

Sekisui utilizes modular construction methods that use factory production to build steel framed and wooden modular Housing.^[7] Sekisui also provides what it markets as safe, secure, environmentally-friendly, and sustainable towns in collaboration with local government and other companies. The first of these towns opened in 2020 in Tokyo.^[8]

Advanced Lifelines[]

The Urban Infrastructure and Environmental Products Company manufactures Products to support social infrastructure. Some of their Products include water and gas piping, synthetic railway sleepers, guttering and advanced Plastics for aircraft interiors.^[9]

Innovative Mobility[]

The High Performance Plastics Company develops and manufactures fine particles, adhesion and precise synthesis technologies to develop and provide high-performance and intermediate materials for a wide variety of fields such as Electronics, Mobility, Building and Infrastructure materials, Industry, etc ^[10]

Life Sciences[]

Sekisui develops Diagnostics equipment for the medical sector and drug development for pharmaceutical science.^[11]

Corporate Philosophy[]

The name "Sekisui" comes from Sun Tzu's book The Art of War.^[12] “The victor of a battle is determined in one fell swoop with tremendous force, just as pent-up water [Sekisui] drops into a deep gorge". The company takes this to mean that they must do their business by "analyzing your opponent’s situation, to consolidate your own structure, and release the power of pent-up waters to be successful".^[13]

In November, 1959, Sekisui Chemical adopted the '3S Principle' as its corporate philosophy.^[14] It stands for "Service, Speed and Superiority".

Subsidiaries[]

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North America[]

• Sekisui AIM Aerospace Group
• Sekisui America Corporation
• Sekisui Polymatech America Co., Ltd.
• Sekisui Voltek, LLC.
• Sekisui Products, LLC.
• Sekisui S-LEC America, LLC.
• Sekisui Kydex, LLC.
• Sekisui SPR Americas, LLC.
• Sekisui Specialty Chemicals America, LLC.
• Sekisui Xenotech, LLC.
• Sekisui Diagnostics, LLC.
• Sekisui Diagnostics P.E.I. INC.

Central/South America[]

• Sekisui S-LEC Mexico S.A. de C.V.
• Sekisui Alveo Representative LTDA.
• Sekisui Specialty Chemicals Mexico, S.DER.L.DE C.V.

Europe[]

• Sekisui Europe B.V.
• Sekisui Alveo AG
• Sekisui Alveo (Benelux) B.V.
• Sekisui Alveo BS GmbH
• Sekisui Alveo B.V.
• Sekisui Alveo (GB) Ltd.
• Sekisui Alveo GmbH
• Sekisui Alveo S.A.
• Sekisui Alveo S.r.L.
• Sekisui Chemical GmbH
• Sekisui Diagnostics GmbH
• Sekisui Diagnostics (UK) Limited
• Sekisui Pipe Renewal B.V.
• Sekisui ESLON B.V.
• Sekisui S- LEC B.V.
• Sekisui Specialty Chemicals Europe S.L.

Asia and Oceania[]

• Sekisui Southeast Asia Co., Ltd.
• Sekisui Polymatech (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
• Sekisui Polymatech Trading (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
• Thai Sekisui Foam Co., Ltd.
• Sekisui S-LEC (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
• Sekisui Chemical (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
• Sekisui Systembath Industry (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
• Sekisui Specialty Chemicals (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
• S and L Specialty Polymers Co., Ltd.
• Veredus Laboratories Pte. Ltd.
• Sekisui Singapore Pte. Ltd.
• Sekisui Vietnam Co., Ltd
• PT.Sekisui Indonesia
• PT. Sekisui Techno Molding Indonesia
• PT. Sekisui Polymatech Indonesia
• PT. Sekisui Polymatech Trading Indonesia
• Sekisui Korea Co., Ltd.
• YOUNGBO CHEMICAL Co., Ltd.
• Sekisui Refresh Co., Ltd.
• Sekisui Industrial Piping Co., Ltd.
• Sekisui Chemical (Taiwan) Co., Ltd.
• Sekisui (Hong Kong) Ltd.
• Sekisui Pilon PTY.Ltd.
• Sekisui RIB LOC Australia PTY.Ltd.
• Sekisui Chemical India Private Limited
• Sekisui DLJM Molding Private Ltd.
• Sekisui-SCG Industry Co., Ltd.
• SCG-Sekisui Sales Co., Ltd.
• Sekisui Heim Real Estate (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
• PF-Sekisui JV Co., Ltd.

China[]

• Sekisui (Shanghai) International Trading Co., Ltd.
• Sekisui (Qingdao) Plastic Co., Ltd.
• Sekisui (Wuxi) Plastics Technology Co., Ltd.
• Sekisui (Shanghai) Environmental Technology Co., Ltd.
• Sekisui Systembath (Shenyang) Co., Ltd.
• Sekisui Polymatech (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
• Sekisui Polymatech (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd.
• Sekisui High Performance Packaging (Langfang) Co., Ltd.
• Sekisui S-LEC (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
• Youngbo HPP (Langfang)Co., Ltd.
• Sekisui Youngbo HPP (Wuxi)Co., Ltd.
• Sekisui Medical Technology (China) Ltd.
• Sekisui Medical Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd
• Sekisui (Dalian) Housing Technology Co., Ltd.
• Sekisui Chemical (China) Co., Ltd.

Japan[]

• Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. Osaka Head Office
• Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. Tokyo Head Office^[15]

References[]

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