Approach toward environmentally friendly products
Chemicals Division is dedicated to handling environmentally friendly products.
The division is capable of integrating business process, from procurement of materials to delivery of products.
Providing a wide range of chemical materials catering to industrial products, automobiles, and housing
Kakuya TanakaGeneral Manager,
Chemical Div.
Products & Services
| Speciality Chemicals Department |
We sell, manufacture on contract, and process materials and intermediates for the plastic, urethane, synthetic fiber, and fine chemical industries. We support environmentally friendly procurement in line with business continuity plans (BCPs) and procurement of development products and materials. We also provide materials for papermaking and cardboards, as well as materials for data recording papers.
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| Performance Chemicals Department |
We provide a wide range of resins and coating materials for the paint, ink, and adhesive industries.
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| Mobility Chemicals Department |
We sell materials for automobile parts and chemicals.
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| Housing Materials Department |
We sell a wide range of materials and products for housing, housing material, and housing equipment manufacturers. We import and sell materials for laminated timber makers, and export and sell products in overseas markets.
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| Housing Materials Development Department |
We develop new businesses for wood and housing materials. We make efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), effectively utilize forest resources, review the supply chain, and develop new products. |
Topics
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Mixing and stirring tank
Shanghai Inabata Fine Chemical
Shanghai Inabata Fine Chemical Co., Ltd. is a consigned manufacturer of hardeners for the highest-quality urethane coatings, which boasts a production capacity of 12,000 tons - the largest in China. The demand for urethane coatings is expected to further increase in China, such as for automobile top coats, automobile repairs, and plastics products. Its clients are major international coating manufacturers and its main suppliers of raw materials are major isocyanate manufacturers. The company is planning to expand its capability to custom process chemical agents other than hardeners for urethane coatings, as handling of dangerous materials becomes increasingly restricted in China. Shanghai Inabata Fine Chemical hopes to introduce its manufacturing technology around the world utilizing Inabata Group's global network.
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Molded rubber auto parts: Hi-Tech Rubber Products
Hi-Tech Rubber Products Co., Ltd. in Thailand manufactures rubber components, mainly for use in the automotive industry. It specializes in precision parts made from high-functionality rubbers (silicone, fluorine, acrylic, H-NBR). The company is installed with resin molding facility and can assemble resin-molded products and rubber products, as well as bonding different types of materials.
The company eyes to market rubber parts as well as rubber/resin components for the evolving car electronics applications. -
Globally-recognized nitrocellulose of Nobel NC
Nitrocellulose is a membrane formation agent used in a wide variety of applications such as inks, paints, and manicure products. The nitrocellulose produced by Nobel NC Co., Ltd. (Thailand) is especially clear and its cubic granular shape makes it easy to handle.
Inabata’s Chemical Division provides Nobel NC's globally-recognized high-quality nitrocellulose to a large number of manufacturers. -
Inabata's solution proposals
Total solution for custom synthesis of intermediates
Inabata’s Chemical Division conducts sale of materials, additives, and intermediates for resin, rubber, textile, and agrochemical industries. It provides solutions in a way that suits customer needs (local procurement, mass production, finding alternative manufacturers, etc.), establish a framework for custom synthesis of intermediates, and carry out proposals for comprehensive services and dispersed country risk using our global network.
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Building environmentally friendly business
from raw materials to productsChemicals Division deals with all kinds of environmentally friendly materials and products for homes. Inabata has served as a sales agent for Japan Novopan Industrial Co., Ltd.'s particle boards for over 40 years. Particle boards are environmentally friendly product made with materials from demolished buildings or underused lumber. Novopan has the top share of particle boards in Japan.
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FSC® forest certified (COC certified) / PEFC forest certified (COC certified)
Housing Materials Department of Chemicals Division obtained "COC (Chain of Custody) Certification" in 2010 for its environmentally friendly processing and distribution of lumber (up to the final product), produced in forests managed appropriately from environmental, social, and economic aspects.
Inabata has traditionally supplied a large quantity of lumber from forests certified by international forest certification organizations. COC certifies that the lumber is distinguishable in every stage of the supply chain up until the final product, and that environmentally friendly products are being processed and distributed.
Inabata has been certified by international forest certification organizations Forest Stewardship Council ®(FSC®) and Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC).
The Chemicals Division leverages our advantages as a shosha, or Japanese trading company, with manufacturing and processing bases to offer optimum products, materials, and services to clients, by creating synergy between the three chemicals departments that handle the upstream to midstream value chain, and the Housing Materials Department, which deals with the downstream, closer to the final product.
The Specialty Chemicals Department mainly sells materials and intermediates for the industry related to petrochemicals, such as plastics, urethane, and fibers. The Performance Chemicals Department provides a wide range of materials, such as additives and solvents, to the mainstay paints, inks, and adhesives industries. The Mobility Chemicals Department sells airbag, tire, and gasket materials, thermal interface materials, and other materials used in automobiles as well as ships and aircraft.
The Housing Materials Department deals in eco-friendly building materials required by the housing, housing materials, and housing equipment industries, as well as particle board, lumber, housing equipment, and plastic products and their materials. The Housing Materials Development Department is in charge of new business development.