Takemoto

Takemoto Yushi is a Japanese company whose history began in 1725 when the first Takemoto Chozaburo started pressing rapeseed and cottonseed in Mikawa Province's Goyu. It later expanded through edible sesame oil and, from 1935, began manufacturing surfactants. The company was established in 1945 and has since expanded into fields including textiles, civil engineering and construction, agriculture, electronics and information, and synthetic resins and films, sending specialty chemicals centered on surfactants to markets worldwide.

Takemoto Yushi's history began in 1725, when the first Takemoto Chozaburo started pressing rapeseed and cottonseed for lamp oil in Goyu, Mikawa Province. The company later expanded its market through the production of edible sesame oil. In modern times it took on the development of surfactants and operates globally as a research-and-development-oriented specialty chemical company. According to its official history page, a factory was moved to Gamagori in 1924; in 1935, under the guidance of Professor Nishizawa Kyosuke of Tohoku Imperial University, it began manufacturing surfactants; and the company was established in 1945, expanding into a broad range of fields including textiles, civil engineering and construction, and agriculture. Later milestones listed on the same page include the establishment of a joint venture in Taiwan in 1975, the start of operation of the Hamacho Plant in 1984, the start of operation of the Kameiwa sesame oil filling plant in 1986, the acquisition of U.S. company GTI in 1988, the start of operation of the Kameiwa oil pressing plant and establishment of a joint venture in India in 1991, completion of the head office building and R&D Center in 1994, establishment of a subsidiary in Suzhou, China, in 1997, the start of operation of the Oshima Plant in 1998, the start of operation of the Suzhou, China plant in 2000, completion of the new administrative building at the Kameiwa Plant in 2009, the start of operation of the Kashima Plant in 2010, establishment of a subsidiary in Shanghai, China, in 2011, and completion of the production headquarters building in 2018.

• Sesame-related products

• Textile industrial chemicals

• Civil engineering and construction chemicals

• Electronics and information-related chemicals

• Agrochemical chemicals

• Synthetic resin and film chemicals

• Other industrial chemicals

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