DKS (4461) Stock Overview

DKS Co. Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production and sale of surfactants, other industrial chemicals, and life sciences-related products in Japan and internationally. The company operates through six segments: Surfactants, Amenity Materials, Urethane Materials, Functional Materials, Electronic Device Materials, and Life Sciences. It provides nonionic, anionic, cationic, and amphoteric surfactants, as well as formulated surfactant blends; and amenity materials comprising sucrose fatty acid esters, sodium carboxymethyl celluloses, cellulose nanofibers, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polyacrylamide and polyacrylate, industrial deodorants, and other products. The company also offers polyurethane materials, including polyether polyol, urethane prepolymer, and urethane systems; functional materials, such as radiation-curable monomers and oligomers, waterborne polyurethanes, and flame retardants; polymerizable surfactant HITENOL; and electronic device materials that include ionic liquids, ion-conductive polymers, ceramic/metal injection molding materials, and conductive pastes. In addition, it supplies health food products that include Tenworm Flower Grass, Silkworm Cordyceps, Sudachin, etc. The company was formerly known as Dai-ichi Kogyo Seiyaku Co., Ltd. and changed its name to DKS Co. Ltd. in 2013. DKS Co. Ltd. was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.