Dave Savastano, Editor07.31.15
12. Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals
7-6 Bakurocho 1-chome
Nihonbashi, Chuo-Ku
Tokyo 103-8383 Japan
Phone: +81-3-3662-7111
Fax: +81-3-3669-3936
www.daicolor.co.jp
Sales: $246 million (¥29,492 million); consolidated sales $1.36 billion (¥162,999 million).
Major Products: Sheetfed, heatset, waterless and UV offset, gravure and specialty inks; security and banknote inks; and overprint varnishes.
Key Personnel: Koji Takahashi, president; Toshiya Sakakibara, CFO; Yoshihisa Makino, senior managing director; Kengo Nakajo, managing director; Kazuo Nakamura, managing director; Akio Yoshida, chief pigment technology officer and managing director.
Number of Employees: 2,500 (colorants and printing inks; 3,500 (worldwide) (Ink World estimate).
Comments: Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, manufactures inks, pigments and colorants. In 2014, the company enjoyed slight growth overall, with sales increasing 1.9% to ¥162,999 million ($1.36 billion), but the Japanese yen’s decline compared to the U.S. dollar heavily impacted the conversion to the dollar. Net income declined 5.9% to 5,662 million, or 5.6% to ¥6,045 million ($47.3 million).
The Printing Inks business suffered a slight decline in terms of yen of 1.7% in fiscal year 2014, with net sales of ¥29,492 million ($246 million). Meanwhile, operating income rose operating i3.3% to ¥2,465 million, up by 3.3% compared to fiscal year 2013.
Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals reported that gravure ink for packaging remained robust for food-related use, although sales for beverage-related use was decreased due to the bad summer weather in summer. In Southeast Asia market, sales for lifestyle-related and food-related packaging were brisk. Sales of offset inks declined, particularly for book publishing.
Dainichiseika has a sizable position in China, with three ink manufacturing facilities: offset inks at Dainichiseika Ink (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.; gravure inks at Hi-Tech Color (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.; and a full portfolio of inks at Dainichiseika (H.K.) Ltd. & Dainichiseika (H.K.) Colouring Co. Ltd. in Hong Kong. Dainichiseika also makes gravure inks at Hi-Tech Color, Inc. in the U.S. and a full range of inks at P.T. Hi-Tech Ink Indonesia.
7-6 Bakurocho 1-chome
Nihonbashi, Chuo-Ku
Tokyo 103-8383 Japan
Phone: +81-3-3662-7111
Fax: +81-3-3669-3936
www.daicolor.co.jp
Sales: $246 million (¥29,492 million); consolidated sales $1.36 billion (¥162,999 million).
Major Products: Sheetfed, heatset, waterless and UV offset, gravure and specialty inks; security and banknote inks; and overprint varnishes.
Key Personnel: Koji Takahashi, president; Toshiya Sakakibara, CFO; Yoshihisa Makino, senior managing director; Kengo Nakajo, managing director; Kazuo Nakamura, managing director; Akio Yoshida, chief pigment technology officer and managing director.
Number of Employees: 2,500 (colorants and printing inks; 3,500 (worldwide) (Ink World estimate).
Comments: Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, manufactures inks, pigments and colorants. In 2014, the company enjoyed slight growth overall, with sales increasing 1.9% to ¥162,999 million ($1.36 billion), but the Japanese yen’s decline compared to the U.S. dollar heavily impacted the conversion to the dollar. Net income declined 5.9% to 5,662 million, or 5.6% to ¥6,045 million ($47.3 million).
The Printing Inks business suffered a slight decline in terms of yen of 1.7% in fiscal year 2014, with net sales of ¥29,492 million ($246 million). Meanwhile, operating income rose operating i3.3% to ¥2,465 million, up by 3.3% compared to fiscal year 2013.
Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals reported that gravure ink for packaging remained robust for food-related use, although sales for beverage-related use was decreased due to the bad summer weather in summer. In Southeast Asia market, sales for lifestyle-related and food-related packaging were brisk. Sales of offset inks declined, particularly for book publishing.
Dainichiseika has a sizable position in China, with three ink manufacturing facilities: offset inks at Dainichiseika Ink (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.; gravure inks at Hi-Tech Color (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.; and a full portfolio of inks at Dainichiseika (H.K.) Ltd. & Dainichiseika (H.K.) Colouring Co. Ltd. in Hong Kong. Dainichiseika also makes gravure inks at Hi-Tech Color, Inc. in the U.S. and a full range of inks at P.T. Hi-Tech Ink Indonesia.