Kaneka Corporation

Kaneka Corporation

Kaneka Osaka headquarters in the Nakanoshima Festival Tower
Native name	株式会社カネカ
Type	Public KK
Traded as	: :
ISIN	JP3215800008
Industry	Chemistry
Founded	(September 1, 1949; 67 years ago (1949-09-01))
Headquarters	Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka, 530-8288 (Osaka head office) Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-6025 (Tokyo head office), Japan
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Kimikazu Sugawara (Chairman) Mamoru Kadokura (President)
Products	Chemicals Functional plastics Expandable plastics Foodstuffs Life science products Electronic products Synthetic fibers
Revenue	JPY 552.1 billion (FY 2014) (US$ 5 billion) (FY 2014)
Profit	JPY 18 billion (FY 2014) (US$ 164.1 million) (FY 2014)
Number of employees	8,529 (as of March 31, 2015)
Subsidiaries	Kaneka Americas Kaneka Belgium Kaneka Europe Kaneka Nutrients Kaneka Singapore
Website	Official website
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JPY 552.1 billion (FY 2014)

JPY 18 billion (FY 2014)

Kaneka Corporation (株式会社カネカ^?, Kabushiki-gaisha Kaneka) is a Japanese international chemical manufacturing company based in Osaka and founded in 1949. The company produces chemical products such as functional resin, foam resin, and synthetic fibers.

The company was also engaged in the medical equipment business. In recent years, the company manufactured raw material for production of coenzyme Q10, and apheresis devices, where blood of a donor or patient is passed through an apparatus that separates out one particular constituent and returns the remainder to the circulation.

In 1949, the company was founded by separating from the Kanegafuchi Spinning Company, Ltd. with capital of 200 million yen. The company started with developing and producing vinyl chloride named "Kanevinyl". In 1950, the Osaka "Kanevinyl" plant was completed and the mass production of PVC wire covering started in Sakamoto factory. Year later, the company developed vinyl chloride resin type "Kanebirakku" and started production in Osaka factory. In 1953, in addition to the margarine production in Takasagokogyosho, the company started production of a soft vinyl chloride compound "Kanevinyl". In 1957, the company started the production of acrylic synthetic fiber named "Kanekalon".