Nissan Chemical Corporation (日産化学株式会社) is a Japanese company and constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index.[4]
History
The company was founded in 1887 as "Tokyo Jinzo Hiryo" (Tokyo Artificial Fertilizer Company) by Jokichi Takamine, Eiichi Shibusawa and Takashi Masuda.[5] Takamine served as chief technical advisor for the company. The company opened its first manufacturing plant in Kōtō, and in 1888, started producing superphosphate.[6]
The company was renamed to "Dainippon Jinzo Hiryo" (Dai Nippon Artificial Fertilizer Company) in 1910.[7] In 1923, the companies of Kanto Soda and Nippon Kagaku Hiryo were merged under the Dainippon Jinzo Hiryo name. The resulting company was brought into the Nissan Group