Daicel

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.^[3]

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Daicel Corporation
株式会社ダイセル

Company type	Public KK
Traded as	TYO: 4202
Industry	Chemical
Founded	(September 8, 1919; 105 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 412.83 billion (FY 2019) (US$ 3.95 billion) (FY 2019)
Net income	JPY 4.98 billion (FY 2019) (US$ 47.63 million) (FY 2019)
Number of employees	11,606 (2019)
Website	Official website
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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.^[4] Its first subsidiary, Fuji Photo Film, was set up in 1934 to produce nitrocellulose film.^[5] Eventually this company became Fujifilm.

As of early 2020, Daicel owned a majority stake in Polyplastics. By the end of 2020, Daicel purchased the remaining minority stake from Celanese and attained 100% ownership of Polyplastics.^[6][7][8]