Corporate information
Corporate profile
| Company name | Osaka Gas Chemicals Co., Ltd. |
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| Head Office | Domecity Gas Bldg. 2-37, Chiyozaki 3-chome-minami, Nishi-ku, Osaka 550-0023, Japan TEL (+81)-6-4393-0181 FAX (+81)-6-4393-0191 |
| CEO | Takeshi Sakakitani, President and CEO |
| Establishment | September 21, 1931 |
| Beginning of Business | June 29, 1949 |
| Capital stock | 14.2 billion yen (shareholder: Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.) |
| Amount of sales | 33.5 billion yen (Ltd in Fiscal Year 2023) |
| Workforce | About 400 |
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Company history
（Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd）
| 1931 | Company Establishment | ||
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| 1937 | Commenced production and sales of activated carbon with Takeda "Shirasagi" brand | ||
| 1947 | Kansai Tar Products Co., Ltd. was established to sell benzene and tar products. | ||
| 1949 | Company name was changed to Kinki Coke Sales Co., Ltd. and began selling coke. | ||
| 1969 | Commenced Importation and sales of Xylamon: termite control products | ||
| 1971 | Commenced Importation and sales of Xyladecor: wood care paints | ||
| 1991 | Osaka Gas Chemicals Co., Ltd. was established by integrating the coke, chemical, and carbon materials businesses. | ||
| 1992 | Hirakata Plant was established. (Life environment related business) | ||
| 1996 | Began Battery materials business | ||
| 2001 | Began Fine materials business | ||
| 2003 | Inaugurated as Japan EnviroChemicals, Ltd.， spun off from Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. |
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| 2004 | Nara Surface Technology Center was established. | ||
| 2005 | DONAC Plant was established. (currently CF Materials Production Center) | ||
| 2005 | Brought Japan EnviroChemicals, Ltd. Into the group | ||
| 2009 | Left Chemical products business. | ||
| 2012 | Established Frontier Materials Laboratories. | ||
| 2014 | Brought Jacobi Carbons AB and its 19 subsidiaries into the group | ||
| 2015 | Unified Japan EnviroChemicals, Ltd. Brought Mizusawa Industrial chemicals Co., Ltd. into the group |
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