{"id":30,"date":"2019-06-27T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T00:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ad1278zmsf.smartrelease.jp\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:27:21","slug":"outline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sc-chem.co.jp\/en\/about\/outline\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<nav class=\"tab\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"select\">About us<\/li>\n<li>Organization Chart<\/li>\n<li>Offices<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<div class=\"tab_contents inner\">\n<section class=\"tab_child active\" id=\"profile\">\n<h2>Corporate Profile<\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Founded<\/th>\n<td>February 23, 1998<\/td>\n<th>Capital<\/th>\n<td>JPY 1,060,977,520 (Sumitomo Corporation 100% share)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Sales<\/th>\n<td>JPY 223.6bilion (FY2024)<\/td>\n<th>Number of Employees<\/th>\n<td>322 (as of April 1, 2026)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Executive Officers<\/th>\n<td colspan=\"3\">\n<table class=\"sub\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Representative Director, Executive President<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\">Takuya Tsujigaki<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Director, Managing Executive Officer <\/td>\n<td>Hitoshi Nagase<\/td>\n<td>In charge of Corporate Officer and General Manager of Administrative Office<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Director, Managing Executive Officer<\/td>\n<td>Daisuke Fukami<\/td>\n<td>In charge of Plastics Business Unit, Organic Chemicals Business Unit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Director (part time)<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\">Takanori Kagohashi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Director (part time)<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\">Takahiro Asano<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Director (part time)<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\">Yoshinori Takayama<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Audit &#038; Supervisory Board Member<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\">Hidenori Eto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Audit &#038; Supervisory Board Member (part time)<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\">So Matsuoka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Managing Executive Officer<\/td>\n<td>Takashi Tanaka<\/td>\n<td>Inorganic Chemicals Business Unit, Green Chemicals Business Unit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Managing Executive Officer<\/td>\n<td>Shinichi Asahina<\/td>\n<td>In charge of Functional Chemicals Business Unit, In charge of Operations Management Unit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Managing Executive Officer<\/td>\n<td>Shin Udatsu<\/td>\n<td>In charge of Semiconductor &#038; Battery Materials Business Unit, Electronic<br \/>\n                                        &#038; Functional Materials Business Unit<br \/>\n                                        &#038; General Manager of Semiconductor &#038; Battery Materials Business Unit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Executive Officer<\/td>\n<td>Masayoshi Kobayashi<\/td>\n<td>Assistant to Corporate Executive Officer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Executive Officer<\/td>\n<td>Osamu Murayama<\/td>\n<td>General Manager,Plastics Business Unit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Executive Officer<\/td>\n<td>Ken Iwasaki<\/td>\n<td>General Manager, Green Chemical Business Unit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Executive Officer<\/td>\n<td>Hideyuki Imamura<\/td>\n<td>Worked for Sumitronics Taiwan Co.,Ltd.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Offices<\/th>\n<td colspan=\"3\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Headquarters<\/th>\n<td>8F, Sumitomo Shoji Takebashi Bldg., 2-2, Hitotsubashi 1-Chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo<br \/>\n                                        100-0003<br \/>\n                                        Tel : +81-3-5220-8200<\/p>\n<div class=\"gomap\" data-target=\"#tokyo\">Map<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Kansai Office<\/th>\n<td>7F, Sumitomo Bldg., 5-33, Kitahama 4-Chome, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 541-8576<br \/>\n                                        Tel : +81-6-6105-4000<\/p>\n<div class=\"gomap\" data-target=\"#osaka\">Map<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Nagoya Office<\/th>\n<td>44F, JR Gate Tower, 1-3, Meieki 1-Chome, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi 450-6644<br \/>\n                                        Tel : +81-52-583-2180<\/p>\n<div class=\"gomap\" data-target=\"#nagoya\">Map<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Hiroshima Office<\/th>\n<td>10F, Ginsen Hiroshima Bldg., 3-2, Kamiyacho 1-chome, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi,<br \/>\n                                        Hiroshima 730-0031<br \/>\n                                        Tel : +81-82-248-8393<\/p>\n<div class=\"gomap\" data-target=\"#hiroshima\">Map<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<div class=\"sp_only flag_txt\"><span>\u25a0<\/span> = Sumitomo Shoji Chemicals Co., Ltd.<\/div>\n<p>        <!---- tr>\n    \n\n<th scope=\"row\">1988\u5e747\u6708<\/th>\n\n\n    \n\n<td class=\"fade1\">\u4f4f\u5546\u5316\u5b66\u54c1\u8ca9\u58f2\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u304b\u3089\u4f4f\u5546\u5316\u5b66\u54c1\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u306b\u793e\u540d\u5909\u66f4<\/td>\n\n\n    \n\n<td class=\"blk\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n\n\n    <\/tr ---->\n<table id=\"enkaku\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"ym\" scope=\"col\" width=\"10%\">Year \/ month<\/th>\n<th class=\"smk\" scope=\"col\" width=\"55%\">Sumitomo Shoji Chemicals Co., Ltd.<\/th>\n<th class=\"oth\" scope=\"col\" width=\"35%\">&nbsp;<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">July, 1968<\/th>\n<td class=\"fade1\">Sumisho Chemicals &amp; Plastics, Inc. was fully founded by Sumitomo Corporation.\n                    <\/td>\n<td class=\"blk\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">April, 1992<\/th>\n<td class=\"fade1\">Merged Tokyo Sumisho Polymer Technics K. K. and Osaka Sumisho Polymer Technics K.<br \/>\n                        K.<\/td>\n<td class=\"fade2 arrow\">Tokyo Sumisho Polymer Technics K.K. and Osaka Sumisho Polymer Technics K.K.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"arrow\" src=\"\/shared\/images\/about\/arrow.png\" alt=\"\">\n                    <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">February, 1998<\/th>\n<td class=\"bg_blue\">Sumitomo Shoji Plastics Co., Ltd. was fully founded by Sumitomo Corporation<br \/>\n                        (capital JPY 450 mil)<\/td>\n<td class=\"blk\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">April, 1998<\/th>\n<td class=\"bg_blue\">Acquired plastics sales business from Sumisho Chemicals &amp; Plastics, Inc.\n                    <\/td>\n<td class=\"arrow\">Sumisho Chemicals &amp; Plastics, Inc. divested plastics sales business<img decoding=\"async\"\n                            class=\"arrow\" src=\"\/shared\/images\/about\/arrow.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">April, 1999<\/th>\n<td class=\"bg_blue blk\"><\/td>\n<td>Sumitomo Shoji Chemicals Co., Ltd. acquired chemical business excluding agro chemicals from<br \/>\n                        Sumisho Specialty Chemicals International Co., Ltd.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">August, 1999<\/th>\n<td class=\"bg_blue\">Sumitomo Shoji Plastics Co., Ltd. increased JPY 900 mil in capital.<\/td>\n<td class=\"blk\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">May, 2001<\/th>\n<td class=\"bg_blue\">Headquarters relocated to Harumi Island Triton Square<\/td>\n<td class=\"blk\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">July, 2002<\/th>\n<td class=\"bg_blue\">Sumitomo Shoji Plastics Co., Ltd. merged Sumisho Plaschem Co., Ltd.<\/td>\n<td class=\"arrow\">Sumisho Plaschem Co., Ltd.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"arrow\" src=\"\/shared\/images\/about\/arrow.png\"\n                            alt=\"\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">July, 2004<\/th>\n<td class=\"bg_blue\">Sumitomo Shoji Plastics Co., Ltd. acquired organic chemical business from<br \/>\n                        Sumitomo Shoji Chemicals Co., Ltd.<\/td>\n<td class=\"arrow\">Sumitomo Shoji Chemicals Co., Ltd. divested organic chemical business<img decoding=\"async\"\n                            class=\"arrow\" src=\"\/shared\/images\/about\/arrow.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">July, 2005<\/th>\n<td class=\"bg_blue blk\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Sumitomo Shoji Chemicals Co., Ltd. acquired chemical business from Sumisho Medichem Co., Ltd.\n                    <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">October, 2005<\/th>\n<td class=\"bg_blue\">Sumitomo Shoji Plastics Co., Ltd. merged Sumitomo Shoji Chemicals Co., Ltd. and<br \/>\n                        Sumisho Chemicals &amp; Plastics Nagoya Co., Ltd.<br \/>\n                        Sumitomo Shoji Plastics Co., Ltd. changed its trade name to Sumitomo Shoji Chemicals Co., Ltd.\n                    <\/td>\n<td class=\"arrow\">Sumitomo Shoji Chemicals Co., Ltd.<br \/>\n                        Sumisho Chemicals &amp; Plastics Nagoya Co., Ltd.<br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"arrow\" src=\"\/shared\/images\/about\/arrow.png\" alt=\"\">\n                    <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">April, 2008<\/th>\n<td class=\"bg_blue\">Sumitomo Shoji Chemicals Co., Ltd. acquired electronics device business from<br \/>\n                        Sumitronics Corporation<\/td>\n<td class=\"arrow\">Sumitoronics Corporation divested electronics device business.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"arrow\"\n                            src=\"\/shared\/images\/about\/arrow.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">April, 2018<\/th>\n<td class=\"bg_blue\">Sumitomo Shoji Chemicals Co., Ltd. merged Soda Ash Japan Co., Ltd.<br \/>Sumitomo<br \/>\n                        Shoji Chemicals Co.,Ltd took over the Nagoya Plastics and Hiroshima Chemicals businesses split<br \/>\n                        from Sumitomo Corpration &#8220;Simple Absorption-Typr Split&#8221;.<\/td>\n<td class=\"arrow\">Soda Ash Japan Co., Ltd.<br \/>Sumitomo Corpration`s Nagoya Plastics &#038; Hiroshima<br \/>\n                        Chemicals businesses.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"arrow\" src=\"\/shared\/images\/about\/arrow.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">May, 2018<\/th>\n<td class=\"bg_blue\">Headquarters relocated to Sumitomo Shoji Takebashi Bldg.<\/td>\n<td class=\"blk\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">October, 2023<\/th>\n<td class=\"bg_blue\">Sumitomo Shoji Chemicals Co.,Ltd took over part of the trading busuness of the<br \/>\n                        Inorganic Chemical &#038; Electronics Functional Materials Busuness split from Sumitomo Corpration<br \/>\n                        &#8220;Simple Absorption-Typr Split&#8221;.<\/td>\n<td class=\"arrow\">Part of the Sumitomo Corpration`s Inorganic Chemcals and Electronic Functional<br \/>\n                        Materials businesses.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"arrow\" src=\"\/shared\/images\/about\/arrow.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"tab_child\" id=\"char\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/shared\/images\/about\/chart_en_260406.png?\" alt=\"Organization Chart\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"sp_only\">\n                <a href=\"\/shared\/images\/about\/chart_en_260406.png?\" class=\"btn_zoom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u56f3\u3092\u62e1\u5927\u3059\u308b<\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"tab_child\" id=\"base\">\n<ul>\n<li id=\"tokyo\">\n<h2>Headquarters<\/h2>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/shared\/images\/about\/map_tokyo2.png\" alt=\"Headquarters map\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"matchHeight\">\n<p>                    8F, Sumitomo Shoji Takebashi Bldg., 2-2, Hitotsubashi 1-Chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0003<\/p>\n<p>                    Tokyo Metro Tozai Line (T08) \u201cTakebashi\u201d Exit [1B]<br \/>\n                    Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line (Z07), Toei Mita Line (I10) and Toei Shinjuku Line (S06) \u201cJimbocho\u201d Exit<br \/>\n                    [A8]<\/p>\n<p>                    Tel : +81-3-5220-8200<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/DX44wK8psvQ2\" class=\"btn_common\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google<br \/>\n                    map<\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li id=\"osaka\">\n<h2>Kansai Office<\/h2>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/shared\/images\/about\/map_kansai.png\" alt=\"Kansai Office map\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"matchHeight\">\n<p>                    7F, Sumitomo Bldg., 5-33, Kitahama 4-Chome, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 541-8576<\/p>\n<p>                    Osaka Metro Midosuji Line (M17) \u201cYodoyabashi\u201d Exit [4]<\/p>\n<p>                    Tel : +81-6-6105-4000<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/68KhpByCkkF2\" class=\"btn_common\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google<br \/>\n                    map<\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li id=\"nagoya\">\n<h2>Nagoya Office<\/h2>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/shared\/images\/about\/map_nagoya.png\" alt=\"Nagoya Office map\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"matchHeight\">\n<p>                    44F, JR Gate Tower, 1-3, Meieki 1-Chome, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi 450-6644<\/p>\n<p>                    JR \u201cNagoya\u201d (directly connected)<\/p>\n<p>                    Tel : +81-52-583-2180<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/sycja2yWs552\" class=\"btn_common\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google<br \/>\n                    map<\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li id=\"hiroshima\">\n<h2>Hiroshima Office<\/h2>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/shared\/images\/about\/map_hiroshima.png\" alt=\"Hiroshima Office map\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"matchHeight\">\n<p>                    10F, Ginsen Hiroshima Bldg., 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