Daicel

Daicel Corporation
株式会社ダイセル

Type	Public KK
Traded as	:
Industry	Chemical
Founded	(September 8, 1919; 97 years ago (1919-09-08))
Headquarters	Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0011 (Osaka head office) Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8230 (Tokyo head office), Japan
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Misao Fudaba (President and CEO)
Products	Cellulosic derivatives Organic chemicals Plastics Industrial pyrotechnic devices Water treatment systems
Revenue	JPY 443.7 billion (FY 2014) (US$ 3.69 billion) (FY 2014)
Profit	JPY 31.2 billion (FY 2014) (US$ 260 million) (FY 2014)
Number of employees	10,173 (as of March 31, 2015)
Website	Official website
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JPY 443.7 billion (FY 2014)

JPY 31.2 billion (FY 2014)

Daicel Corporation (株式会社ダイセル, Kabushiki gaisha Daiseru^?) is a chemical company based in Japan. It operates business in celluloid technologies, organic chemicals, high-performance chemicals, polymers and pyrotechnic devices. The company's products include cellulose acetate, tow for cigarette filters, high-performance chemicals, engineering plastics like liquid crystal polymers (LPCs), resin compounds, and automotive airbag inflators.

The company formed under the name of Dainippon Celluloid Company from a 1919 merger of eight regional celluloid manufacturers and changed its name to the present one in 1966. Its first subsidiary, Fuji Photo Film, was set up in 1934 to produce nitrocellulose film. Eventually this company became Fujifilm.