NAGASE’s value creation

Nagase Business Expert Co., Ltd.

Helping Group Companies Raise Productivity and Profitability

Nagase Business Expert Co., Ltd. is a shared services company. By standardizing and streamlining intra-Group operations such as logistics, trade, payroll services, receipts and payments, credit management general affairs, account settlements, and tax services, it is helping increase productivity and profitability. It also supports the Group by developing human resources. Going forward, it will continue to contribute to the Group’s

Launched: 2017 Number of employees: About 240
(Fiscal year ended March 31, 2021)

Nagase R&D Center

Combining Biotechnological Expertise with Frontier Technologies

The Nagase R&D Center aims to create new value that contributes to society, including with regard to people’s health and solving environmental issues, through R&D in the biotechnology field. It also aims for process innovation utilizing biotechnology, in line with its philosophy, “Unavailable Made Available in a Sustainable Way.” To advance the NAGASE Group’s bio-related business from the research stage, the Nagase R&D Center also coordinates with the Group companies’ roughly 250 researchers. The Nagase R&D Center is putting its technologies, the marketing capabilities of each organization, and the product development and manufacturing capabilities of Hayashibara Co., Ltd. and Nagase ChemteX Corporation to use in developing new enzymes, biochemicals, and more.

Developments harnessing and linking together our expertise

・Fermentation production of Trehangelin, which is expected to have antiaging effects
・Fermentation production of the so-called longevity vitamin ergothioneine

Established: 1990
Location: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture

Nagase Application Workshop (NAW)

Providing Customers with a Place for Innovation

The Nagase Application Workshop is an open innovation laboratory for plastics and coatings. As a reliable development partner to the NAGASE Group’s customers, NAW provides evaluation and analysis of unique new technologies and materials, advances the development of new applications and more in an ongoing pursuit of function and design in the fields of plastics and coatings. In addition to enriching open laboratory capabilities, NAW targets global collaboration among laboratory functions within the Group. It is promoting information sharing among domestic and overseas business bases, including Nagase ChemteX Corporation, Hayashibara Co., Ltd., and Interfacial Consultants LLC of the United States. It is also working to build systems for global cooperation in Japan, Asia, and the United States.

Developments harnessing and linking together our expertise

・Development of various biodegradable coating and plastic materials derived from biomass
・Color design proposals according to customer needs

Established: 2007
Location: Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture

New Value Creation (NVC) Office

Create the Core of Future Business

The NVC Office advances the NAGASE Group’s innovation. It forms the core of business looking 5 to 10 years down the line through cross-sectional collaboration among business divisions. It leads the Group in coming up with ideas and strategies in the materials, semiconductor, IoT, and healthcare domains revolving around the slogan “Creating new value from big data.”

Developments harnessing and linking together our expertise

・Launched TABRASA™, a SaaS service for materials informatics
[Feature] New Business Looking to the Future

・Developed Axonerve™, an IP core for FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Arrays) specializing in high-speed, low-latency key search, and developed application for global 5G carriers

Established: 2017

Nagase ChemteX Corporation

Building an Abundant Future with Chemistry

Nagase ChemteX Corporation is a core manufacturing subsidiary of the NAGASE Group and possesses creative technologies in a variety of areas including electronics and biotechnology. It uses its core technologies in synthesis, formulation, and biotechnology to develop materials that are completely new to the world and create products with No. 1 market share. As a value-creating manufacturing company capable of meeting the needs of customers around the world, it will continue to embrace the challenge of developing new technologies and products.

Functional Resins

Precision Process Materials

Functional Chemicals

Biochemicals

Topics: Contributing to Completion of Industry’s First Spikeless Track Shoe

ASICS Corporation’s METASPRINT™ sprinters do not have spikes. Their spikeless soles use Nagase ChemteX Corporation’s thermoplastic epoxy resin technology. This cutting-edge technology supports the performance of sprinters competing within 0.01 second of time.

Established: 1970 Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Sales: About 26 billion yen
Number of employees: About 590 (Fiscal year ended March 31, 2021)

Hayashibara Co., Ltd.

Smart Biotechnology for Better Living

Hayashibara Co., Ltd. is a core business in the NAGASE Group’s life sciences field. It develops and provides ingredients for food and health foods, personal-care products, pharmaceuticals, and functional dyes. It continues to work on developing innovative new materials using its advanced biotechnology capabilities, and is increasing its presence in the global market.

Food Ingredients

Health Food Ingredients

Personal Care Ingredients

Pharmaceutical Ingredients

Functional Dyes

Topics: Sponsoring an International Academic Event

Hayashibara Co., Ltd. sponsored the online event “Nature Café on Environmental Stress and Food Crisis” organized by the multidisciplinary science journal Nature. Over 360 people from 85 countries around the world registered to participate in the event. There was also an exclusive meeting following the event for researchers from Hayashibara and experts in Japan and overseas. It was a meaningful event for Hayashibara as it has designated stable food security as one of its priority issues.

Established: 1932 Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Sales: About 24 billion yen
Number of employees: About 670 (Fiscal year ended March 31, 2021)

Prinova Group LLC

Global Development of Food Ingredients

Prinova Group sells food ingredients, manufactures premixes, and undertakes contract manufacturing of final products, mainly in North America and Europe. It has an edge in terms of ingredient sourcing, blending and flavor-related R&D capabilities, sports nutrition experience, and its network. Moving ahead, it looks to accelerate synergies with the Group and develop business in the Southeast Asian market.

Ingredients

Aromas

Premixes & Solutions

Flavors

Armada

Topics: New Global Website

In June 2021, Prinova launched its new website with extensive information on about 400 different ingredients, including nutritional materials and aroma chemicals. Going forward, Prinova plans to make the website available in more languages, including German and Spanish, and otherwise expand its functions globally.

Prinova's corporate site

Founded: 1978
Location: Illinois, USA
Sales: About 87 billion yen
Number of employees: About 1,000
(Fiscal year ended December 31, 2020)

Group Manufacturers’ Collaboration Committee

Charged with Reinforcing the Domestic Manufacturing Foundation

The Group Manufacturers’ Collaboration Committee’s (MCC) role is to promote cooperation among manufacturing companies within the Group, independent growth at each company, and sustainable growth and enhancement of corporate value for the Group overall. In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021, the MCC held committee, secretariat, activity briefing, and other meetings. In particular, discussions were held among 11 MCC member companies to set shared KPIs pertaining to safety, quality, and the environment. In the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022, the MCC plans to increase committee and secretariat members and enhance subcommittees, and will bolster the Group’s manufacturing collaboration through various activities, including promoting DX in manufacturing, addressing environmental needs, improving quality, and raising safety and health standards.

Topics: Engaging Advisors to Accelerate Personnel Development

The MCC engages advisors with management experience that have worked in manufacturing for a long time, and plans and carries out various human resource development initiatives. In addition to periodically releasing to Group employees videos of interviews based on the theme of manufacturing and symposiums where employees of MCC member companies exchange opinions, the MCC plans events such as manufacturing site tours and lectures.