Kanto

Kanto Denka Kogyo Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells various chemical products in Japan and internationally. It operates through Fundamental Chemicals and Fine Chemicals divisions. The Fundamental Chemicals division offers inorganic products, including caustic soda, hydrochloric acid, sodium hypochlorite, aluminum chloride, etc. that are used in the manufacture of pulp and paper, bar soap/detergent, various chemicals, aluminum electrolytic capacitors, and pharmaceutical and agricultural intermediates; for the treatment of water and metal surfaces; and as food additives, sterilizer, bleach and an oxidizing agent, and catalyst for the friedel–crafts reaction. This division also provides organic products comprising trichloroethylene, perchloroethylene, vinylidene chloride, and cyclohexanol for use in the cleaning of metal parts; production of hydrofluorocarbon, pharmaceutical and agricultural intermediates, fire-resistant fibers, resins for food wraps and packages, organic solvents, and various organic products; reproduction of catalysts for oil refining; and dry cleaning. The Fine Chemicals division offers ferrochemicals, such as reprographics carriers, magnetite, etc. that are used in printers, and reprographics and environmentally friendly carriers. This division also provides fluorochemcials, such as sulfur hexafluoride, carbon tetrafluoride, trifluoromethane, hexafluoroethane, nitrogen trifluoride, octafluoropropane, tungsten hexafluoride, silicon tetrafluoride, chlorine trifluoride, octafluorocyclobutane, hexafluoro-1, 3-butadiene, iodine pentafluoride, and lithium hexafluorophosphate for use in semiconductors, liquid crystals and liquid crystal displays, rechargeable batteries, optical fibers, and high capacity transformers. In addition, the company offers lithium tetrafluoroborate and hexafluorophosphate for use in lithium-ion rechargeable battery electrolytes and additives. Kanto Denka Kogyo Co., Ltd. was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.