Corporate Profile

Company Name

Honshu Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.

President and CEO

Masayuki Kinoshita

Founded

November 13, 1914

Established

March 23, 1949
* The company merged with a company that had formerly been Yuraseiko, a limited partnership.

Capital

1,500.5 million yen

Shareholders

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.　　MITSUI & CO., LTD

Number of employees

363 (as of April, 2023)

Domestic Sites

Head office
Mercros Bldg., 3-9, Nihombashi 3-chome, Chuo-ku,
Tokyo 103-0027, Japan
□ Personnel, Legal & Administration Dept.
Tel. +81-3-3272-1481 Fax. +81-3-3272-1480
□ Accounting & Finance Dept.
Tel. +81-3-3272-1482 Fax. +81-3-3272-1480
□ Corporate Planning Dept.
Tel. +81-3-3272-1485 Fax. +81-3-3274-3870
□ Chemicals Business Div. Specialty Chemicals Dept.
Tel. +81-3-3272-1483 Fax. +81-3-3274-3870
□ Chemicals Business Div. Biphenol Dept.
Tel. +81-3-3272-1483 Fax. +81-3-3274-3870
□ High Performance Materials Div. Electronic Chemicals Dept.
Tel. +81-3-3272-1486 Fax. +81-3-3274-3870
□ High Performance Materials Div. Advanced material Dept.
Tel. +81-3-3272-1488 Fax. +81-3-3274-3870
□ High Performance Materials Div. Industrial material Dept.
Tel. +81-3-3272-1487 Fax. +81-3-3274-3870
□ Purchasing & Logistics Dept.
Tel. +81-3-3272-1484 Fax. +81-3-3274-3870


Wakayama Works
5-115, Kozaika 2-chome, Wakayama-shi,
Wakayama 641-0007, Japan
Tel. +81-73-422-8171 Fax. +81-73-425-8511


Research Center
5-115, Kozaika 2-chome, Wakayama-shi,
Wakayama 641-0007, Japan
Tel. +81-73-422-8174 Fax. +81-73-436-6291

Our Activities

Manufacture and sale of materials for high-performance resins such as liquid crystal polymers, specialty polycarbonate resins and specialty epoxy resins, as well as various chemicals that serve as materials for electronic chemicals, pharmaceuticals and agricultural chemicals

Industry Group

Hi-Bis GmbH

- Location
Salegaster Chaussee 1, 06803 Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany
Tel. +493494-79845-80 Fax. +493494-79845-88

- Business
Manufacturing and sale of special bisphenols


Honshu Kosan Co., Ltd.

- Location
5-115, Kozaika 2-chome, Wakayama-shi,
Wakayama 641-0007, Japan
Tel. +81-73-425-8611 Fax. +81-73-433-9672

- Business
Transactions of work at the company's Wakayama Works outsourced by customers

Main banks

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
The Kiyo Bank, Ltd.
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited