Nippon Kayaku

{{Short description|Japanese explosives manufacturing company}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd.

| industry = Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals

| foundation = Tokyo, Japan ({{Start date and age|1916|06|05}})

| num_employees = 1,879 (non-consolidated), 5,174 (consolidated) (as of March 31, 2015)

| homepage = {{Official website|http://www.nipponkayaku.co.jp/english/}}

| logo = Nippon Kayaku.svg

| logo_size = 150px

| type = Public (K.K)

| traded_as = {{TYO|4272}}

| products = {{ubl|Agrochemicals|Airbag inflators|Dyes|Explosives|Functional films|Pharmaceuticals|Synthetic resins}}

| key_people = Masanobu Suzuki
(President)

| location = Tokyo Fujimi Bldg., 11-2, Fujimi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8172, Japan

| revenue = {{increase}} JPY 161.8 billion (FY 2014)

(US$ 1.34 billion) (FY 2014)

| net_income = {{increase}} JPY 15.7 billion (FY 2014)

(US$ 130.2 million) (FY 2014)

| footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.nipponkayaku.co.jp/english/company/information/profile.html |title=Corporate Profile |publisher=Nippon Kayaku |access-date=February 18, 2016}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/4272:JP |title=Company Profile |work=Bloomberg Businessweek |publisher=Bloomberg L.P. |access-date=February 18, 2016}}

}}

{{nihongo|Nippon Kayaku|日本化薬株式会社|Nihon Kayaku Kabushiki-gaisha}} (Japan Pharmaceuticals) is a Japanese company that was founded in 1916 as the first industrial explosives manufacturer in Japan under the company name Nippon Kayaku Seizo Co., Ltd.. Its main business areas are functional chemicals, pharmaceuticals, safety systems and agrochemicals.{{cite web|url=http://www.nipponkayaku.co.jp/english/business/?INDEX=NAVG|title=Business Areas|publisher=Nippon Kayaku|access-date=March 4, 2013}}

It has 8 plants and 4 laboratories in Japan.{{cite web|url=http://www.nipponkayaku.co.jp/english/company/factory/?INDEX=NAVG|title=List of Business Establishments|publisher=Nippon Kayaku|access-date=March 4, 2013}} It also has subsidiaries in different countries around the world.{{cite web|url=http://www.nipponkayaku.co.jp/english/company/group/index.html?INDEX=NAVG|title=List of Group Companies|access-date=March 4, 2013}} It is listed on the Nikkei 225.{{cite web|url=http://e.nikkei.com/e/app/fr/market/constituents.aspx?INDEX=NAVG|title=Nikkei Constituents|publisher=NIKKEI|access-date=November 11, 2010}}