Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. · Tokyo Japan

Since its founding in 1887 as Japan's first chemical fertilizer manufacturer, Nissan Chemical Industries has grown to include a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, electronic materials, agrochemicals, and pharmaceuticals. Nissan Chemical's basic chemical products include melamine, ammonia derivatives, silica products and electronic coatings, and acids. Its smallest chemical segment, pharmaceuticals, includes anti-hypertensive, anti-inflammatory, and lipid-lowering drugs. The company's agricultural segment makes herbicides and acaricides and grew after the 2002 acquisition of Monsanto's Japanese business, which gave it the rights to sell that company's Roundup brand of herbicides in Japan. To read the full description, subscribe now.