Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd.

Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Company, Limited manufactures and sells absorbent polymers, functional chemicals, and gases in Japan and internationally. It operates through the Super Absorbent Polymers and Functional Materials segments. The Super Absorbent Polymers segment offers AQUA KEEP, a super absorbent polymer used in hygiene products such as disposable diapers, baby diapers, sanitary napkins, and incontinent pads, as well as in industrial materials like water blocking tape for power and optical cables and water-swelling rubber. The Functional Materials segment produces water soluble polymers, emulsions, latexes, powder resins, organic synthetic chemicals, particle polymers, pharmaceuticals-related products, functional products, electronics gases, standard gases, industrial chemicals, medical gases, chemical gases, oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, and other gas generators, including PSA systems. The company was incorporated in 1944 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.