Nippon Shokubai Co Ltd is a Japan-based company mainly engaged in the manufacture and sale of chemicals. It has two business segments. The Materials Business segment includes acrylic acid, acrylic esters, ethylene oxide, ethylene glycol, ethanolamine, special esters, superabsorbent polymers, maleic anhydride, and process catalysts. The Solutions Business segment includes polymers for concrete admixtures, glycol ethers, secondary compounds, alcohol ethoxylates, water-soluble polymers such as detergent raw materials, pharmaceutical intermediates, electronic information materials, iodine compounds, resins for adhesives and paints, ethyleneimine derivatives, adhesive products, automotive catalysts, denitrification catalysts, dioxin decomposition catalysts, exhaust gas treatment equipment, wet oxidation catalysts, and battery materials.