Daicel (DACHF) Price & Analysis

Daicel Corporation manufactures and sells cellulosic derivatives, organic chemicals, plastics, pyrotechnic devices, and other products in Japan, Asia, North America, and Europe. It operates through Medical/Healthcare, Smart, Safety, Materials, Engineering Plastics, and Others segments. The company offers 1,3-Butylene glycol, polyglycerin, and thickener for cosmetics; natural health food materials and supplements; and chiral and achiral columns, chiral reagents, bio reagents, and DNA and RNA-based probes, as well as analytical/purification/synthesis/formulation services, and analytical tools services for pharmaceuticals. It also provides triacetylcellulose and films for display market; solvent for electronic materials, polymers for resist, and semiconductor process cleaning agents; and optical parts and lens units, silver nanoparticle inks, and organic semiconductor devices for visualization technology. In addition, the company offers inflators for air bags and pyro-fuse for automotive market, as well as safety device for non-mobility products; acetic acid and derivatives, cellulose acetate, acetate tow, and other raw materials for resins and inks, and solvents for paints; and cycloaliphatic epoxies, caprolactone, ketene derivatives, alkylamines, and other raw materials for electrical materials and coatings. Further, it provides a range of plastics, such as engineering plastics, plastic compound products, functional sheets, formed trays, and packaging films for engineering plastics segment. Additionally, the company manufactures and distributes water treatment systems and diffusers for a range of industrial applications. Its products are used in transportation, electronics, medical care, personal care, everyday life, and environment and energy applications. The company was formerly known as Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd. and changed its name to Daicel Corporation in October 2011. Daicel Corporation was incorporated in 1919 and headquartered in Osaka, Japan.