Adeka 

Adeka Corporation, founded in Tokyo in 1917, is a multifaceted global company with primary business operations in chemicals, food products, and life sciences. The company's extensive chemicals portfolio includes a wide array of polymer additives, such as antioxidants, UV absorbers, hindered amine light stabilizers, nucleating and clarifying agents, metal deactivators, flame retardants, and various epoxy-type stabilizers, lubricants, and processing improvers, including water dispersion types. Additionally, Adeka supplies plasticizers, PVC stabilizers, and light/thermal curing materials like initiators, polymerizable compounds, resist materials, and specialized inputs for thermal paper, semiconductors, and circuit manufacturing. Functional polymers, encompassing water-borne, epoxy, low-chlorine epoxy, and urethane resins, are also part of their offerings. The surface specialties division provides general and functional surfactants, cosmetic ingredients, lubricant additives, and base materials for lubricants. Other chemical outputs consist of propylene glycol, peroxygen chemicals, metal soaps, and inorganic compounds. Furthermore, Adeka produces inducing joint fillers and sealing materials for civil engineering and construction. These advanced chemical solutions are vital to numerous sectors, including electronics and IT, plastics and rubber, personal care, industrial applications, liquid crystal displays, automotive manufacturing, building and construction, and paints, coatings, and adhesives. Under its RISU BRAND, Adeka's food products segment delivers a diverse selection of items. This includes margarines, shortening products, specialty oils and fats for chocolate, frying oils, whipping creams, concentrated milk-type creams, various fillings, frozen pie doughs, mayonnaise, dressings, and functional food products. Beyond its core manufacturing activities, Adeka Corporation engages in several other ventures. These include comprehensive plant facility design, construction, and construction management services, as well as facility maintenance. The company also handles logistics, warehousing, vehicle leasing, real estate, and operates as an insurance agency. Adeka Corporation adopted its current name in May 2006, having previously been known as Asahi Denka Co., Ltd.