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Dainippon Ink & Chemicals

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DIC Head Office, Tokyo

Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Incorporated (大日本インキ化学工業, Dainippon Inki Kagaku Kōgyō) (TYO: 4631) (now known as DIC Corporation) is a company headquartered in Nihonbashi, Chūō in Japan that manufactures inks, lacquers, pigments, industrial tapes, resins, fluorochemical products, and degassing materials. The company was founded on February 15, 1908.[1]

The company is publicly traded, has over 25,000 employees and sales exceeding $8.5 billion US per year.[1] The company operates worldwide and includes the Sun Chemical corporation.

In 1990, the company established the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art to exhibit artwork collected by the company and its affiliates.

On February 15, 2008 the company was 100 years old and officially changed its name to DIC Corporation.

References

  1. ^ a b "Corporate Data: Dainippon Ink & Chemicals, Inc". Archived from the original on 2006-10-15. Retrieved 2006-10-17.