Company Profile

DKS Co. Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production and sale of surfactants, other industrial chemicals, and life sciences-related products in Japan and internationally. It provides nonionic, anionic, cationic, and amphoteric surfactants; cellulose polymers, and vinyl polymer materials; polyether polyols, urethane prepolymers, water-based urethane resins; and water-based urethane resins, flame retardants, and amide-based lubricants. It also offers polyvinyl pyrrolidones and preservatives; sucrose esters of fatty acids and emulsifier blends; natural-based counteractant, chemical, and humus soil deodorizers; surfactants, surfactants blends, cellulose nanofibers, and sodium carboxymethyl celluloses; waterborne polyurethanes, ionic surfactants, water-soluble polymers, and dye dispersants; polymerizable surfactant and rigid urethane foams; and rock caking agent, PU-based water reducing admixture, water-stopping agent, and water reducing admixture. In addition, it provides sugar-derived products, sucrose benzoates, photocurable resin, waterborne polyurethanes, polylactic acid modifier, and petrochemical-free surfactants; additives for positive/negative electrodes and separators, and adhesives; flame-retardant electrolytes, anti-chain explosion agent, and gel polymers; conductive pastes, potting agents for PCBs, and PU-based CFRTP matrix resins; solubilizer; synthetic leathers and decorative films; materials and dispersion stabilizer for LiB, and photocurable coating agent; emulsifiers and phenol derivatives; and space deodorizers, fiber binders, and cleaning and antistatic agent. Further, it offers health foods and disinfectants for agricultural purposes; food and pharmaceutical additives; deodorizers, disinfectants, soaps, and various surfactants; and functional claims. The company was formerly known as Dai-ichi Kogyo Seiyaku Co., Ltd. and changed its name to DKS Co. Ltd. in 2013. DKS Co. Ltd. was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.