ARAKAWA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (4968) Stock Price

Arakawa Chemical Industries operates five business segments.

1. **Functional Coatings Business**

This segment provides UV-curable resins, heat-curable resins, printing ink resins, and coating resins. These products are used to enhance characteristics such as printability, heat resistance, and gloss.

2. **Paper and Environmental Business**

The paper and environmental business handles paper strength enhancers, sizing agents, and new water-based polymers. These products are used to increase paper strength and provide water resistance, preventing ink bleeding during printing.

3. **Adhesives, Sealants, and Biomass Business**

This segment provides hydrogenated petroleum resins, adhesive and sealant resins, ultra-light-colored rosin, and emulsifiers for synthetic rubber polymerization. These products are used to improve tackiness, adhesive strength, and heat resistance.

4. **Fine Electronics Business**

The fine electronics business offers precision parts cleaning agents and equipment, low-dielectric polyimide resins, fine chemical products, electronic material compounds, and precision polishing agents. These products play important roles in the manufacturing and processing of electronic components.

5. **Other Business

The other business includes Cactama Service Co., Ltd., which provides casualty insurance and real estate management services. This segment primarily serves a complementary role within the group.

Through these diverse businesses, Arakawa Chemical Industries meets the needs of various industrial sectors.

Arakawa Chemical Industries is advancing global business operations under its vision of "Connecting Through Chemistry – SPECIALITY CHEMICAL PARTNER." Under this vision, the company provides products that add functionality to material surfaces and gaps, while valuing connections with business partners, employees, and society.

The company is implementing its medium-term management plan "V-ACTION for sustainability," targeting the realization of its 2030 vision. Through recovery of profitability in existing businesses and portfolio reform, it aims to contribute to the realization of a sustainable global environment and society.

Arakawa Chemical Industries has established a Sustainability Committee and is advancing business portfolio reform and information disclosure based on TCFD. Additionally, the company has issued Sustainability-Linked Bonds, with CO2 emission reduction and sales growth of sustainability products as key performance indicators.

The company operates diverse business segments including functional coatings, paper and environment, adhesives and biomass, and fine electronics. Through these operations, it addresses the needs of various industries while pursuing sustainable growth.