Nitto Denko Corporation – Manufacturing adhesives and coating products

Since our foundation in 1918, the Nitto Group has swiftly identified market needs and based on our key technologies, such as adhesives and coating, we have conducted business globally across various industries including electronics, automotive, housing, infrastructure, environmental, and medical.

In recent years, we have dedicated ourselves to minimizing our environmental impact and reducing various “social costs” around the world, for example, creating products which reduce medical costs for the aging populations of developed countries. These are both indispensable to maintaining sustainable economic growth. Therefore, we will continue to expand into new “Green, Clean, and Fine” (environmental, new energy, and life sciences) business domains, create Area Niche Top™ (ANT) products* in China, India, Brazil and other emerging economies, and develop new businesses and themes.

Creating these new businesses is crucial to accelerating our globalization efforts. For example, adhesive tapes, one of our main businesses, has the advantage of being able to move freely across any market or area in the world. By leveraging that advantage, we will further expand our business globally through our Global Niche Top™ and Area Niche Top™ strategies.

In October of 2013, we rebranded ourselves as “Nitto” to pursue new possibilities in new business fields. In addition, we also developed our new corporate philosophy in January, 2014.

Business Fields:

Automotive and Transportation Equipment
Nitto has a rich lineup of products providing automobiles and other various transport machines with an abundance of useful materials. We currently have sales offices established in more than 26 countries around the world.
We are working hard to provide new types of added value to meet the recent needs of various fields, especially the automobile field, through technologies such as automotive lightening that aim to further increase fuel efficiency in the future, the evolution of power modules for environmental vehicles and electrical equipment developed in pursuit of safety and amenity.

Housing / Housing Equipment
From general houses to high-rise buildings. From new construction to renovation projects. We are offering products and services that correspond to every step of the construction process.
The housing industry is increasingly faced with greater demand for enhanced housing functions, being represented by such concepts as the “100-year home” and the “smart house”. Some of these highly demanded functions include advanced living functions, solar cells, storage batteries, and an integrated management system for household appliances.

Infrastructure Industries
We are offering products and technical services from over 20 destinations around the world.
These include our filtration film that helps protect water resources through seawater desalination and reuse of drainage water.
We have been advancing in our research and development in the field of new energy. In addition to our materials for wind power generation, we are also providing materials for solar power panels.

Material Industries
Beginning with our surface protection film, we are providing a diverse lineup of products in the material processing field for metal plates, resin substrates, glass sheets, etc.
In addition to continuing to develop adhesive technologies such as “firm adhesive strength” and “clean peeling”, we are also continuously meeting the needs of our customers via our global network, which includes 3 production and processing centers.

Home Appliance and Electrical Industries
We are offering a diverse lineup of products for various applications ranging from major appliances to AV, mobile, Office Automation equipment, and LEDlights. This wide variation includes ultra-thin sealant materials, which are practically free of impure substances that can contaminate devices, as well as double-sided tape, which has properties that are similar to fixing screws.

Displays
We respond to our customer requirements by offering them valuable solutions that incorporate our unique technologies and products, including our know-how for producing high-definition, durable, thin, and lightweight technologies in various types of optical and adhesive film for displays and touch panel devices.

Electronic Devices
We are meeting the needs of our customers by providing them with a wide range of products such as semiconductor and electronic component manufacturing process materials, as well as optical device sealing materials and HDD peripheral materials.
We are producing a variety of products related to the semiconductor manufacturing process such as adhesive tape, sealing materials, and auxiliary equipment used in back grinding, dicing, and molding.

Medical Industries
We have secured the global top share in the synthesis of nucleic acid medicines through our fully equipped facilities and systems, which are capable of carrying out all stages of development from initial research of the smallest scale to final clinical testing.
Our transdermal adsorption drugs that apply our adhesive technology have been highly acclaimed for their reliable production technology based on long standing experience.

Packaging Industries
We provide a wide range of tape products that can be used in various applications. Some of our products include tape for cardboard packaging, temporary adhesion tape that doesn’t leave any glue residue when removed, and security tape that makes it possible to know when the tape was tampered with. Furthermore, we have a lineup of tape applicators that facilitate labor savings and a reduction in man-hours.

Consumer Products / Personal care products
In addition to Nitto technologies being used in businesses and various technologies, our products are also widely utilized in the markets of consumer goods. Nitto has been able to supply the consumer market with various materials from housewares to materials used in hygienic goods such as diapers, helping our customers achieve a more comfortable way of life.

Products Group:

• Double-coated Adhesive Tape
• Surface Protective Film
• Sealing Materials / NVH Related Products
• Masking Tape