List of Chemical Suppliers in Japan

Tosoh Corporation

Tosoh Corporation is the parent company of a Japanese chemical and specialty products and materials group that comprises over 100 companies worldwide and a multiethnic workforce of more than 12,000 people.

The parent company was established in 1935 and is listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. In the more than 80 years that we have been in business, we have built balanced product lines of commodity chemicals for industry and of specialty products and materials for high technology and niche markets.

Tosoh's principal markets include the chemical and petrochemical, construction, automotive, consumer electronics, information technology, bioscience, and environmental markets.

Tosoh, in short, is a global chemical company that supplies manufacturers with the materials they need to produce the things that make modern life all that it is and everything it can be.

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc.

MGC is creating products and services based on chemical engineering in a wide range of fields, as stated in the company motto: “Offering unique products through original technology.” By developing environmentally friendly materials as well as resource-conserving products and processes, and contributing to environmental protection, we are helping to realize a safe, harmonious, and prosperous future.

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

The Mitsubishi Chemical Group offers a wide variety of products in three major business domains -- performance products, health care, and chemicals -- based on a broad range of technologies beginning with “chemistry.” We believe “sustainability,” “health,”, and “comfort” are key words in 21st century society. We must amalgamate our lineup of products and technologies into power of “chemistry” that can help reduce CO2, for example, and greatly contribute to solving the problems that face our global society. Through dialogues with our customers and other stakeholders, we strive to continually provide innovative products and services.

The Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Group, which consists of three core business companies: Mitsubishi Chemicals Corporation; Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc.; and Tanabe Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation; including their Group companies has established a new three-year mid-term management plan, “APTSIS* 10,” which will be in effect from fiscal 2008 through 2010, aiming at “growing, innovating, and leaping ahead” for the next three years. In accordance with this management plan, our Group will move ahead on measures to promote sustainable growth, such as shift to high-performance products and high value-added businesses, and efficient product and business lifecycle management; nurturing seven next-generation growth businesses; and strategic investments in alliances and M&A, striving for active business expansion.

Japan Analytical Instruments Manufacturers Association (JAIMA)

This nationwide organization was founded with the purpose of contributing to the advancement of science and technology by improving technologies related to analytical instruments and promoting the progress of the analytical-instruments industry, thereby contributing to the Japanese economy and the livelihood of its citizens.

BioChromato, Inc.

Founded in 1983, BioChromato Inc is a respected Japanese manufacturer of unique high-quality products for chemical laboratories. Through its team of experienced technical experts and network of specialist distributors - BioChromato's aim is to enhance the efficiency of research and development through its development of problem-solving laboratory instruments and consumables.

Yamato Scientific Co., Ltd.

Yamato Scientific supports innovations in R&D and creates a comfortable environment by providing general laboratory equipment and Industrial equipment.

ROTEX JAPAN

FOR OVER 100 YEARS, ROTEX has been a pioneer and global leader in the development of screening equipment and technology for the process industries. ROTEX engineers and manufactures a full line of leading-edge screening equipment, feeders, conveyors and automated analyzers serving a global market in such industries as chemical processing, food processing, mineral processing, plastic compounding and agribusiness.

Kuraray Co., Ltd

Kuraray was established in 1926. In 1950, the company achieved a corporate milestone as the first in the world to bring polyvinyl alcohol synthetic fiber to market. In subsequent years, Kuraray used its proprietary technology in the area of polymer chemistry and synthetic chemistry to develop resins, chemicals, fibers and textiles and others. Kuraray has overseas subsidiaries in 17 countries and regions outside Japan, as a global specialty chemical company.

Hitachi High-Tech Science Corporation

Hitachi High-Tech Science Corporation is a Hitachi High-Tech group manufacturer of analysis/measurement equipments. In the areas of surface analysis, element/property analysis and spectroscopic/separation analysis, we offer cutting edge products and high-quality solutions globally to our forefront customers. Our two locations in Oyama-cho (Shizuoka Pref.) and Hitachinaka-shi (Ibaraki Pref.) are in one to assume development and manufacturing. In terms of sales, we are listening earnestly to our customers all over the world, through the cooperation of our domestic and international company bases, as well as of other Hitachi High-Tech groups.

The “Science Ring” mark that we display on our products and communication tools is formed by an “S”, for Science, which is at the core of our technology; and the arrangement inside the ring represents the sure connection that we have with our customers, symbolizing the commitment we have “to connect science and society and produce new values”. We plan to continue working diligently to contribute to the development of science and society for both our customers and our stakeholders, by making things that “cannot be seen” seen, that “cannot be measured” measured, and that “cannot be analyzed” analyzed through further refined technology. We sincerely ask for the same stable support and patronage we have received in the past as we continue on this endeavor.

Mitsui & Co. Plant Systems, Ltd.

Mitsui & Co. Plant Systems, Ltd. is a trading company established in April 2007 through a merger of four subsidiaries of Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (“Mitsui”). We engage in business in the power generation and transportation sector, as well as in basic industries, such as for ferrous metals and petrochemical plant construction.

Our overall business domain includes strategic parts of industrial fields that play a key role for the socioeconomic development of the countries that we serve. Going through the historical activities of Mitsui, we keep implementing ways to meet the needs of various industries, such as the introduction of overseas technology and equipment during the post-war reconstruction period of Japan and thereafter domestic industrialization; as well as dealing in products and goods globally.