Nicca Chemical Co., Ltd.

Nicca Chemical Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells surfactants and related products for textile chemicals, metals, pulp and paper, paints, dyes, synthetic resins, and dry and professional cleaning agents in Japan and internationally. Its textile chemicals include oiling, scouring, chelating, dispersing, leveling, soaping, fixing, water-absorbing quick-dry, anti-static, fluorocarbon-based water and oil repellent, soil-release, napping, antimicrobial, antiviral, and anti-slip chemicals, as well as anti-odor agents and penetrating agents for alkali reduction and mercerization. The company also provides specialty chemicals for pulp and paper, water-based industrial cleaners, recording papers, and surfactant products, along with performance chemicals such as abrasive resistance, shock absorption, high durability, softness, toughness, low dielectric, heat resistance, lubricity, slidability, water and oil repellent, anti-blocking, smoothness, defoaming, high refractive index, optical scattering, high hardness, high coating abrasive, hydrophilic/anti-fogging, and high solubility products, plus antifouling and anti-fingerprint products. Additionally, it offers laundry chemicals for the dry cleaning industry, infection control chemicals for medical and welfare fields, functional photo-cross-linker, ultra dispersed diamonds, and femtoreactor products, and manufactures and sells cosmetics and pharmaceutical products, including hair and scalp care, styling, treatment, perm, hair color, skin care, and hair straightener products. The company was incorporated in 1941 and is headquartered in Fukui, Japan.