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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: Functional Coating Business, Papermaking and Environmental Business, Adhesives and Biomass Business, and Fine Electronics Business. The Functional Coating Business segment includes Photocurable resins, thermosetting resins, resins for printing inks, resins for paints, etc. The Papermaking and Environmental Business segment includes Paper strength agents, sizing agents, new water-based polymers, etc. The Adhesives and Biomass Business includes Hydrogenated petroleum resin, adhesive resin, ultra-light-colored rosin, emulsifier for synthetic rubber polymerization, etc. The Fine Electronics Business segment precision parts cleaning agents and cleaning equipment, low dielectric polyimide resins, fine chemical products, compounded products for electronic materials, precision abrasives, etc. The company was founded in November 1876 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.