Arakawa Chemical Industries Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of industrial chemicals, resins, and adhesives. Its operations are carried out through the following segments: Papermaking Chemicals, Coating, Adhesion, Functional Materials and Others. The Papermaking Chemicals segment handles sizing preparations, paper strong agent, chemicals for coated paper and other. The Coating segment covers the printing ink varnish, paint resin, emulsifier for synthetic rubber polymerization, ultra-violet curable resin and other. The Adhesion segment produces adhesion, resin for adhesive, super light color rosin and other. The Functional Materials segment includes electronic materials and fine chemicals. The Others segment handles real estate, insurance systems, and other. The company was founded in November 1876 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.