Daicel Corporation (4202.T)

1,551.00 -38.00 (-2.39%) As of 11:24AM JST. Market open.

Daicel Corporation

Grand Front Osaka Tower-B
3-1, Ofuka-cho Kita-ku
Osaka 530-0011
Japan
81 6 7639 7171
https://www.daicel.com

Sector(s): Basic Materials
Industry: Specialty Chemicals
Full-time employees: 

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year born
Mr. Yoshimi Ogawa	President, CEO & Director	94M	N/A	1960
Naohide Hakushi	Managing Executive Officer, GM of Himeji Production Sector & Aboshi Plant	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hidekage Kojima	Senior Managing Executive Officer	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Yasuhiro Sakaki	Senior Managing Executive Officer, GM of Corporate Strategy & SCM Division and Director	N/A	N/A	1962
Mr. Kotaro Sugimoto	Senior Managing Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Support Headquarters & Director	N/A	N/A	1960
Takashi Ueno	Managing Executive Officer, Head of Production Management Headquarters & GM of Ohtake Plant	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Akihisa Takabe	Senior Managing Executive Officer and Head of Assessment Division, Safety & Quality	N/A	N/A	1960
Naotaka Kawaguchi	Managing Executive Officer	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ikuo Takahashi	Executive officer, GM of Innovation Park & Head of Corporate Reserch Center	N/A	N/A	N/A
Masaaki Fujio	Executive Officer & Head of Responsible Care	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amounts are as of 31 December 2023, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in JPY.

Description

Daicel Corporation engages in the materials, medical/healthcare, smart, safety, engineering plastics, and other businesses in Japan, China, and internationally. The company offers acetic acid, acetic acid derivative chemicals, acetate tow, acetic anhydride, thioglycolic acid, caprolactone derivatives, methyl 3-methoxyacrylate, cycloaliphatic epoxies, alkylamines comprising diethylhydroxyamine, and 1,3-butylene glycol, as well as cellulose acetate; and Actranza Lab, a drug delivery device. It also provides solutions for the electronics market, such as functional films and materials for use in smartphones, PCs, TVs, and in-vehicle displays; polymers and solvents for use in the semiconductor manufacturing process; optical lenses for use in VR, smartphones, and various sensors; printed electronic materials; and organic semiconductors. In addition, the company offers automobile airbags inflators comprising gas generation devices; pyro-fuses as safety systems for use in products, such as electric vehicles, renewable energy storage, and transmission systems and robots; and gas generators for seat belt pretensioners, as well as engineering plastics and plastic compound products, high performance polymer, functional sheets, formed trays, and packaging films. Further, it reuses water for medical care, drinking water, food, and wastewater fields; and provides chiral columns, chiral reagents, pharma excipients, bellocea S7, flavocell(S-equol), konjac ceramide, polyglycerols, urolithin A, and excipients for food, as well as analytical and separation services. The company's products are used in transportation, electronics, medical care, personal care, everyday life, and environment and energy applications. The company was formerly known as Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd. and changed its name to Daicel Corporation in October 2011. Daicel Corporation was incorporated in 1919 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.

Corporate governance

Daicel Corporation’s ISS governance QualityScore as of 1 May 2024 is 3. The pillar scores are Audit: 1; Board: 4; Shareholder rights: 2; Compensation: 1.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.