Company Profile
Taoka Chemical Company manufactures and sells chemicals, functional materials, and resin additives in Japan and globally. The company provides raw material for resists. Its portfolio also includes one-component epoxy-based adhesives, cyanoacrylate-instant adhesives, and materials for electronic parts amide and ester imide, nylon, polyester, and polyimide varnishes. It also manufactures paper chemicals and water-soluble polymers.
Its portfolio also includes raw materials for drugs and diagnostic agents, and intermediates for agricultural chemicals plasticizer for food product packaging and toys films, lubricants, floor materials, shoes, hoses, inks, rubber gloves, and food containers.
Its portfolio also includes methyl ester use in industrial detergents, shell mold applications, fine chemical intermediates, and base materials, dyes for fiber, paper, leather, and plastic, and functional pigments used in polarizing films, stationery, etc.
Rubber additives, such as resin cross linking agents, tackifiers, and kneading type vulcanizing adhesives. It also develops and produces bisphenol derivatives. Its portfolio also includes TBIS, an epoxy derivative, TBIS, an acid dianhydride, episulfide derivatives, and indole derivatives for various compounds for medical and agricultural chemical applications.
Founded in 1919 and headquartered in Osaka, Japan, the company was formerly known as Taoka Dystuffs Manufacturing Co., Ltd. before rebranding in 1972. Taoka Chemical Company, Limited operates as a subsidiary of Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited.