Company Information
- name
- Chukoh Chemical Industries, Ltd.
- main office
- AKASAKA INTERCITY AIR 26F, 1-8-1, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052 Japan
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- Founded
- March 29, 1963
- Capital
- 300 million yen
- Accounting period
- March
- amount of sales
(Fiscal year ending March 2024) - 14.2 billion yen (non-consolidated)
16.3 billion yen (consolidated) - number of employees
(April 2024) - 459 people
513 people *Group companies total - Director
- Representative Director Naoyuki Shono
Director Takahiro Nishihara
Director Atsushi Okubo
Director Masaki Kamihama
Director Yoshinori Kikuchi - Auditor
- Takeo Nikkawa
- Operating Officer and Director
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CEONaoyuki Shono
Managing Executive OfficerTakahiro Nishihara
Managing Executive OfficerAtsushi Okubo
Operating OfficerMasaki Kamihama
Operating OfficerYoshinori Kikuchi
Operating OfficerKatsuhiko Yoshimoto
Operating OfficerTakashi Mimata
Operating OfficerMasayuki Sueishi
DirectorReiji Hara
DirectorTomomi Haraguchi
DirectorSachio Kawakita
- Office
- Sales: Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka
Production: Matsuura City, Nagasaki Prefecture and Kanuma City,Tochigi Prefecture - Consolidated Subsidiaries
- Chukoh Belt Corporation, Ltd.
Chukoh Chemical (shanghai) Trading, Ltd.
Chukoh Chemical Fluorine Plastic Product Changshu Co., Ltd.
Chukoh Chemical (Thailand) Co., Ltd. - Affiliated Companies
- Kyoritsuka Kogyo
- Affiliated Organizations
- Japan Business Federation (Keidanren)* Click here for our article
Kyushu Economic Federation (General Incorporated Association)
Japan Fluoropolymers Industry Association (JFIA)
Japan Membrane Structures Association - Corporate Awards
- 48th Good Company Award Grand Prix (2014)
Selected as one of the 100 Global Niche Top Companies by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in 2020 (Materials and Chemicals category)
Corporate Philosophy / Chukoh’s Core Competence
Corporate philosophy
Creating the future
Our mission, through the production of high performance plastic, is to create the future by utilizing the propriety technology that we have developed and nurtured. By making the most of our highest global standard Organization Specific human and material resources, we, by putting them to optimal use, are to dedicate not only to ourselves but also to our nation and humankind.
In order to do so, we must always ask ourselves what benefits our customers and create added value for their satisfaction.
What we are proud of
Chukoh's Core Competence
- Company and employee attitudes
- 50 years of achievements and determination for the next 100 years
Strong financial position
Rapid decision making
Temperament, work attitude, employee training
Ethics and social responsibility
- A variety of solutions
- A wide variety of processing equipment
World-class technological capabilities
Clean manufacturing environment
Selection of optimal raw materials
- Quality Control System
- Chukoh Standard
traceability
- Crisis Management System
- Natural disaster risk and production bases
BCP for production, sales, and information
(Business Continuity Plan)
Organization chart
History
- 1963
- Established Chukoh Fibers Company, Ltd.
Entered into technical cooperation with Dodge Fibers, Inc. of the United States and changed the company name to Japan Dodge Fibers Co., Ltd. - 1964
- Completed factory in Matsuura, Nagasaki Prefecture, and began full-scale production of fluoroplastic products.
- 1977
- Company name changed to Chukoh Chemical Industries, Ltd.
- 1982
- The first permanent construction project using fluoroplastic material is completed.
Introduction of TQC activities - 1985
- Engaging in research and development of biodegradable plastic products
- 1991
- Matsuura Factory No. 2 was completed as a production base exclusively for fabrics (fluoroplastic impregnated glass cloth).
- 1996
- ISO9002:1994 certified
- 1998
- The Utsunomiya Factory was completed in Kanuma, Tochigi Prefecture as a production base for fluoroplastic tubes and Injection molding products
- 2001
- As part of our environmental business, we began to fully engage in the development and sale of biodegradable plastic products, and launched the Eco Products Department as a dedicated department.
- 2002
- ISO9001:2000 certified
- 2004
- Entered the silicone coating business
(Specialty Coating Division established and began coating automotive side curtain airbags) - 2007
- A new factory was completed in line with the expansion of the silicone coating business (a factory dedicated to coating automotive side curtain airbags).
- 2008
- Obtained ISO 14001:2004 certification. Established Chukoh Membrane Co., Ltd., a sales company for fluoroplastic membrane materials.
- 2009
- Established Chukoh Belt Co., Ltd., a sales company for fluoroplastic belts.
- 2010
- Constructing a new factory dedicated to adhesive tapes
- 2011
- Established local subsidiary Chukoh Chemical Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in China.
North Kanto Sales Office opened.
Established a manufacturing subsidiary in China, ``Zhongko Kasei Plastic Products (Changshu) Co., Ltd.''
Opened a representative office in Bangkok, Thailand - 2012
- Chukoh Support Co., Ltd. is established.
- 2013
- Established joint venture "Zhongxing Shengyu Technology Co., Ltd." in China
- 2014
- Established local subsidiary "Chukoh Chemical (Thailand) Co., Ltd." in Thailand.
Won the Grand Prize at the 48th Good Company Awards - 2015
- Winner of the 2015 Hometown Business Award (Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Award)
- 2018
- F1 Matsuura Factory completed
- 2020
- Selected as one of the 100 Global Niche Top Companies by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in 2020
Winner of the Good Design Award 2020 (fluoroplastic Film Material Chuko Sky™ Highly Translucent Film Material)
Nagasaki Prefecture Institute of Invention and Director 's Award (Printing method for architectural membrane materials)
Certified as a 2020 Hataraku Yell Employee Benefit Promotion Corporation - 2021
- New factory Utsunomiya WEST WING completed on the Utsunomiya Factory site.
Certified as a 2021Employee Benefit Promotion Corporation by Hataraku Yell - 2022
- Invention Grand Prize, Invention Encouragement Prize (Highly transparent, high strength fluoroplastic film material)
Certified as a 2022 Hataraku Yell Employee Benefit Promotion Corporation
Winner of the Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry Director's Award at the Monodzukuri Nippon Grand Prize (Highly transparent, high strength fluoroplastic film material) - 2023
- Certified as a 2023 Hataraku Yell Employee Benefit Promotion Corporation
- New factory F1 EAST WING 1 completed on the site of F1 Matsuura Factory
