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Paints & Coatings

Industries

Demanding architectural and industrial environments call for high-functioning paints and coatings with enhanced appearance, durability, and heat resistance. Using premium raw materials, we offer resins, pigments, and other solutions to help improve performance while also reducing costs.

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Your Application Development Partner

Elevate your paint or coating’s performance, durability, or aesthetics with our full range of application development services through the NAGASE Application Workshop (NAW). Our expert technicians and fully-equipped testing facilities can help with customized formulations, test production, and physical property assessments to help you meet even the toughest project requirements.

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MARKET SPOTLIGHT

Commercializing TruBlack™

How Nagase and BioRegion Turned Innovation into a Market Success

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One-stop solution for raw materials, processing, and services.

We provide one-stop solutions for manufacturers and processors of various paints, including automotive coatings, industrial coatings, architectural paints, and functional coatings.

Reliable supply of a wide range of high-performance materials.

We offer solutions for the stable supply of high-performance materials such as special luminous pigments, high transparency pigments, matte finishes, scratch resistance, improved weather resistance, and enhanced adhesion.

Proposals with Emotional Value

In manufacturing, the focus is on "sensory value" encompassing CMF: Color, Material, and Finishing. Products that incorporate these elements engage the five senses and enhance the user experience. We offer premium colors, materials, and decorative technologies and techniques.

Key Focus Areas & Initiatives

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Contributing to new market entry and expansion of existing sales in the Japanese paint raw materials sector.

Import and inventory sales of bulk products across multiple clients. We import chemical products from overseas and sell them domestically, specializing in materials such as resin raw materials, solvents, pigments, and additives used in paints, inks, and adhesives.

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Core Company of a Trading Group
Founded in 1832 as a dye supplier in Kyoto, we are a specialty trading company offering products, services, and solutions primarily in the food, electrical equipment, semiconductor, mobility, chemical, and life sciences markets.

Consolidated Subsidiaries
Sales of industrial chemicals, chemicals for papermaking, synthetic resins, and various types of machinery

Consolidated Subsidiaries
Sales of dyes, additives, industrial chemicals, synthetic resins, and more

Consolidated Subsidiaries
Manufacturing and sales of high-performance resins such as epoxy resin-modified products, materials for photolithography, epichlorohydrin derivatives, acrylic polymers, conductive coatings, and antimicrobial and antibacterial agents.

Consolidated Subsidiaries
Development, manufacturing, and sales of food ingredients, pharmaceutical ingredients, cosmetic ingredients, health food ingredients, functional pigments, enzymes, and phospholipids

Consolidated Subsidiaries
Manufacturing of Color Formers

50% Investment
Sales of textile processing, dyes, and various chemicals

Consolidated Subsidiaries

Nagase America Corporation

Business Activities

Import and export, domestic sales, marketing
North America: NAGASE America
Central America: NAGASE Mexico
South America: NAGASE Brazil

URL

https://nagaseamerica.com/

Consolidated Subsidiaries

Nagase Europe

Business Overview

Import and Export, Domestic Sales, Marketing
European Operations (Germany, Hungary)

URL

https://www.nagase.eu/

ASEAN & Middle East

Nagase Thailand

Consolidated Subsidiaries

Import and Export, Domestic Sales, Marketing
Asia Regional Headquarters
India, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines.

URL

https://group.nagase.com/th/

Consolidated Subsidiaries

Nagase Shanghai Trading

Business Services

Import and export, domestic sales, marketing
Regional hubs in China (North China, East China, Central China, South China)
Taiwan (Taipei), South Korea (Seoul)

URL

https://group.nagase.com/th/

We can adjust conductivity across a wide range (surface resistivity of 10² to 10¹⁰ Ω/sq), making our products suitable for various applications, including anti-static layers, transparent electrodes, and biomedical electrodes.

This is a comprehensive site that presents trends and topics related to urethane in a clear and accessible manner for beginners and industry professionals alike.

JAFCA is composed of members from various industries, including manufacturers in apparel fashion, products, interiors, cosmetics, schools, and organizations. JAFCA aims to enhance color design in these industries and provide a vibrant living experience to the public, promoting business together with all our members.