Showa Denko

Showa Denko K. K. (Japanese昭和 电工 株式会社,. engl Showa Denko KK) is a Japanese chemical company, which is listed on the Nikkei 225.

Showa Denko was founded in the 1930s by Mori Nobuteru as part of the Mori Group by fusion of Shōwa Hiryō (fertilizer) and Nippon Denki Kōgyō ( electronics) and was originally mainly used in the production of fertilizer ( ammonium sulfate) operates. Today, the company generates its revenue through chemistry, aluminum smelting and electronics.

Products

Showa Denko provides, among others, the bio- polyester polybutylene succinate (PBS ), HPLC column ( Shodex ), hard disk platters, as well as rare earth magnets ago.

Scandals

  • In Showa Denko scandal in 1948 it became known that the company had paid bribes to public officials to obtain government loans. The scandal contributed to the fall of the coalition government of Prime Minister Ashida Hitoshi.
  • 1964, the company was responsible for the contamination of river water by methyl mercury compounds that had led to the outbreak of Niigata Minamata disease.
  • 1989 Tryptophan Scandal: After the conversion of the production of the sleeping pill L- tryptophan to a new genetic engineering technique it came back out to many unexplained diseases with the eosinophilia -myalgia syndrome, which later on impurities with 1,1 '- ethylidene bis ( tryptophan ) could be.
Types of business entity International Securities Identification Number Chief Executive Officer Profit (economics) Rare-earth magnet Hitoshi Ashida Methylmercury Digital Object Identifier
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