The Chemicals Division of Chemipro Kasei is a global leading manufacturer in the area of benzotriazole UV absorbers. The division also develops and manufactures anti-oxidants based on synthetic technologies, developers, pigment intermediates, pharmaceutical/agricultural intermediates, and chemicals for use in the electronic industry (chemicals for organic EL). Through further research and development of new UV absorbers, anti-oxidants, and flame retardants, the division aims to continue to create highly functional and high-quality products while at the same time take the needs of the global environment into account. In addition to increasing the range of available products, it will also endeavor to concentrate its technical resources on maintaining the high quality of existing products but at lower cost.

Plastic products are an essential part of modern life but do have the major disadvantages of their physical properties deteriorating and changing through exposure to light, oxygen, heat, and other environmental factors. These drawbacks can, however, be minimized by adding the UV absorbers and anti-oxidants we have available to plastic products. Benzotriazole UV absorbers are typically used nowadays in nearly all plastic products. Anti-oxidants are also known to substantially improve the weather resistance of plastic and rubber. Highly advanced plastic materials can be expected to be increasingly used as an alternative to other materials in the future too, thus making the need for our UV absorbers also being expected to rise.

High performance additives are used not only in plastic products but also a wide range of other products, for example, synthetic fibers as well as in automobiles such as their body paint, bumpers, and seats, thereby dramatically prolonging their useful lifespans. And although the additives are typically used as an addition or coating and thus not directly visible, they do play a vital role in a large number of industries.

Facsimiles can be used to quickly convey information, with thermal paper then being used to record that information. Thermal paper is also used for printing tickets, issuing ATM receipts, and other purposes, and is coated with various chemical agents (color former, developer, etc.). The pre-coated paper being exposed to heat results in a reaction that produces color. Chemipro Kasei is involved in the research and manufacturing of the chemical agents used for thermal paper, including developers.

Chemipro Kasei also has excellent precision synthesis technologies related to chemicals and serves customers by synthesizing various pharmaceutical/agricultural intermediates as well as photographic intermediates. The company owns small scale synthesis facilities for use in handling the various reactions needed.

Chemipro Kasei is also engaged in research and development activities that involve organic electronic materials. It is promoting the development of peripheral materials, including hole-transporting materials and electron-transporting materials, and also emitting materials at present.

CRT-type color televisions have now been replaced by thin LCD televisions or thin-shaped plasma display televisions. Organic EL displays* have much greater potential, however, as the next-generation LCD with respect to being thinner and requiring less electricity. They have already become the standard in the areas of mobile terminals and mobile game consoles.

* Features of Organic EL Displays (OLEDs)
OLEDs have a variety of attractive features that include being thin and requiring less electricity, a sharp image, and a wide viewing angle (clear image even when viewed at an angle).

- Development of Chemical Agents Used for Organic EL
The company commenced research on organic EL more than 10 years ago and now owns a large number of related pending patent applications.

- Leveraging Applied Technology
By making full use of our organic EL technology, we believe it will be possible to produce lighting devices of far less power consumption, thus enabling a reduction in not only the necessary electricity but also CO2 and NOx emissions from power plants, thereby making it genuinely green technology.