07.14.22
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: $241 million (¥26,686 million); consolidated sales $1.3 billion (¥138.491 billion yen).
Major Products: Sheetfed, heatset, waterless and UV offset, gravure and specialty inks; security and banknote inks; and overprint varnishes.
Key Personnel: Koji Takahashi, president; Tomoyuki Arie, CFO.
No, of Employees: 4,000 worldwide (Ink World estimate).
Comments: Tokyo-based Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd. is a leader in offset and gravure inks, pigments and colorants. The company has 13 domestic and 23 manufacturing and sales subsidiaries worldwide.
Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd. continued to be impacted by the economy, as the company’s 2021 sales dropped 10.7% to ¥121,933 million ($909 million). However, operating profit soared, rising 51.3% to ¥7,446 million ($55 million).
The Graphic and Printing Materials segment, which includes Dainichiseika’s ink business, had a mixed year in 2021. Net sales for the Printing Inks business sales were up approximately 5% to ¥28,016 million ($209 million). However, operating profit fell, with an operating loss of ¥825 million ($6.1 million).
“Net sales of gravure printing ink for the packaging materials industry were solid in Japan, while sales overseas were weak due to the effects of the spread of COVID-19 on the subsidiary in Indonesia. Sales of offset printing ink for the advertising and publishing industry were weak due to the impact of the state of emergency declaration in summer,” the company reported in its annual report.
Nihonbashi, Chuo-Ku
Tokyo 103-8383 Japan
Phone: +81-3-3662-7111
Fax: +81-3-3669-3936
www.daicolor.co.jp
Sales: $241 million (¥26,686 million); consolidated sales $1.3 billion (¥138.491 billion yen).
Major Products: Sheetfed, heatset, waterless and UV offset, gravure and specialty inks; security and banknote inks; and overprint varnishes.
Key Personnel: Koji Takahashi, president; Tomoyuki Arie, CFO.
No, of Employees: 4,000 worldwide (Ink World estimate).
Comments: Tokyo-based Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd. is a leader in offset and gravure inks, pigments and colorants. The company has 13 domestic and 23 manufacturing and sales subsidiaries worldwide.
Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd. continued to be impacted by the economy, as the company’s 2021 sales dropped 10.7% to ¥121,933 million ($909 million). However, operating profit soared, rising 51.3% to ¥7,446 million ($55 million).
The Graphic and Printing Materials segment, which includes Dainichiseika’s ink business, had a mixed year in 2021. Net sales for the Printing Inks business sales were up approximately 5% to ¥28,016 million ($209 million). However, operating profit fell, with an operating loss of ¥825 million ($6.1 million).
“Net sales of gravure printing ink for the packaging materials industry were solid in Japan, while sales overseas were weak due to the effects of the spread of COVID-19 on the subsidiary in Indonesia. Sales of offset printing ink for the advertising and publishing industry were weak due to the impact of the state of emergency declaration in summer,” the company reported in its annual report.