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Sekisui Chemical 
Summary
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]
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Native name | 積水化学工業株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Sekisui Kagaku Kōgyō kabushiki gaisha |
| Company type | Public KK |
| TYO: 4204 | |
| Industry | Chemical, Medical, Plastics, Other |
| Founded | 1947 |
| Headquarters | , Japan |
Key people | Keita Kato (CEO, President) |
Number of employees | 27,000 |
| Website | https://www.Sekisuichemical.com |
History edit
Sekisui Chemical was founded on March 3, 1947.
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).[2]
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.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Sekisui Chemical on the Forbes Global 2000 List". Forbes. Archived from the original on March 5, 2013. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
- ^ Murakoshi, Koji (October 15, 2020). "Japan's Sekisui struck by espionage using social media". Nikkei Asian Review. Archived from the original on October 15, 2020.
Authorities allege the 45-year-old man divulged information on the production of conductive particles used in touch screens between August 2018 and January 2019 to Chaozhou Three-Circle (Group), a producer of communications equipment parts based in China's Guangdong Province.
- ^ "Sekisui Chemical named among the world's most sustainable companies for the third time in a row". EPPM. 2020-03-09. Retrieved 2021-03-11.