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is Japanese chemical company, specializing in the development, manufacture and sale of inks, pigments, polymers, specialty plastics and compounds and biochemicals.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Company Profile )〕 It was founded in 1908 as Kawamura Ink Manufactory, renamed to Kawamura Kijuro Shoten in 1915, incorporated as Dainippon Printing Ink Manufacturing in 1937 and renamed to Dainippon Ink and Chemicals (DIC) in 1962 before the name was changed to the present name DIC Corporation in 2008 on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History of the DIC Corporation )〕 The company slogan "Color & Comfort By Chemistry" emphasizes that DIC products should deliver color and comfort to daily life. The company operates worldwide (through 176 subsidiary and affiliate companies in 62 countries) and includes the Sun Chemical corporation, based in the Americas and Europe.〔 DIC in Japan has 10 plants in Japan, located in Tokyo, Chiba, Hokuriku, Sakai, Kashima, Yokkaichi, Shiga, Komaki, Saitama, and Tatebayashi. The main research laboratory in Japan is located in Sakura, Chiba cooperating with DIC development centers in China (Qingdao DIC Finechemicals Co., Ltd., Qingdao, China) and the Sun Chemical Group's research laboratories (in USA, Germany and UK).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Research and Development of the DIC Corporation )〕 The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. ==History== * 1908 Founded as Kawamura Ink Manufactory * 1937 Incorporated Dainippon Printing Ink Manufacturing * 1950 Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange * 1962 Merged with Japan Reichhold, changed Company name to Dainippon Ink and Chemicals * 1986 Acquired Sun Chemical’s Graphic Art Material Dept. * 1987 Acquired Reichhold Chemicals, Inc. * 1999 Acquired Totalfina S.A.’s Printing Ink Dept. (Coates) * 2005 Sold Reichhold * 2008 Changed Company name to DIC Corporation * 2009 Established DIC Graphics, joint venture with Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) integrating DIC's domestic printing ink business and DNP's printing ink business 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「DIC Corporation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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