Sekisui Chemical Explained

Sekisui Chemical Company, Limited
Native Name:	積水化学工業株式会社
Native Name Lang:	ja
Romanized Name:	Sekisui Kagaku Kōgyō kabushiki gaisha
Type:	Public KK
Industry:	Chemical, Medical, Plastics, Other
Foundation:	1947
Location City:	Osaka and Tokyo
Key People:	Keita Kato (CEO, President)
Num Employees:	27,000
Location Country:	Japan
Homepage:	https://www.Sekisuichemical.com

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]

History

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.^[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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sekisui Chemical on the Forbes Global 2000 List. https://web.archive.org/web/20130305112206/http://www.forbes.com/companies/sekisui-chemical/. dead. March 5, 2013. Forbes. en. 2019-06-24.
2. News: Japan's Sekisui struck by espionage using social media . Koji . Murakoshi . October 15, 2020 . https://archive.today/20201015200229/https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Japan-s-Sekisui-struck-by-espionage-using-social-media . 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..
3. Web site: 2020-03-09. Sekisui Chemical named among the world's most sustainable companies for the third time in a row. 2021-03-11. EPPM. en-gb.