kk traded as tyo 4272 industry chemicals pharmaceuticals founded tokyo japan june 5 1916 ; 100 years ago 1916 06 05 headquarters tokyo fujimi bldg. 11 2 fujimi 1 chome chiyoda ku tokyo 102 8172 japan key people masanobu suzuki president products agrochemicals airbag inflators dyes explosives functional films pharmaceuticals synthetic resins revenue jpy 161.8 billion fy 2014 us 1.34 billion fy 2014 net income jpy 15.7 billion fy 2014 us 130.2 million fy 2014 number of employees 1 879 non consolidated 5 174 consolidated as of march 31 2015 website official website footnotes references 1 2 nippon kayaku nihon kayaku kabushiki gaisha japan pharmaceuticals is a japanese company that was founded in 1916 as the first industrial explosives manufacturer in japan under the company name nippon kayaku seizo co. ltd. . its main business areas are functional chemicals pharmaceuticals safety systems and agrochemicals . 3 it has 8 plants and 4 laboratories in japan . 4 it also has subsidiaries in different countries around the world . 5 it is listed on the nikkei 225 . 6 contents 1 history 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was established in 1916 to produce explosives for the construction sector . the firm then diversified into chemical dyes and pharmaceuticals in the interwar period . by 1950 nippon kayaku had established itself as the ninth leading pharmaceutical firm in japan . the launch of its anticancer drug bleomycin strengthened the firm s pharmaceutical business . 7 products edit major products made by nippon kayaku are epoxy resins uv curing type resins functional films colors for inkjet printers catalysts dyes pharmaceuticals pharmaceutical api and intermediates diagnostics airbag inflators micro gas generators for seatbelt pretensioners squibs agrochemicals . 8 references edit corporate profile . nippon kayaku . retrieved february 18 2016 . company profile . bloomberg businessweek . bloomberg l.p. retrieved february 18 2016 . business areas . nippon kayaku . retrieved march 4 2013 . list of business establishments . nippon kayaku . retrieved march 4 2013 . list of group companies . retrieved march 4 2013 . nikkei constituents . nikkei . retrieved november 11 2010 . umemura maki march 2 2011 . the japanese pharmaceutical industry its evolution and current challenges . taylor & francis . pp. 248 249 . isbn 978 1 136 82824 9 . major products . nippon kayaku . retrieved march 4 2013 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to nippon kayaku . japan portal chemistry portal companies portal nippon kayaku official site english v t e nikkei 225 companies of japan 7 & i advantest on agc ajinomoto alps ana amada aozora bank asahi breweries asahi kasei astellas bridgestone canon casio chiba bank chiyoda chuden chugai citizen comsys concordia financial credit saison dai ichi life daiichi sankyo daikin dainippon screen dainippon sumitomo pharma daiwa house daiwa securities denka denso dentsu dnp dowa ebara eisai 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