Nicca Chemical Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of surfactants, detergents, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals. It operates through the following segments: Chemicals, Cosmetics, and Others. The Chemicals segment deals with the manufacture and sale of textile processing chemicals, information recording paper chemicals, resin raw materials, commercial cleaning chemicals, medicines for medical and nursing care facilities, and other functional chemicals. The Cosmetics segment handles the manufacture and sale of hair care products such as shampoo, conditioner, hair dye, styling agents, and perm solutions. The Others segment includes equipment contractual work. The company was founded in May 1938 and is headquartered in Fukui, Japan.