Toyo Ink SC Holdings (4634) Stock Overview

artience Co., Ltd. engages in the colorants and functional materials, polymers and coatings, printing and information, and packaging materials businesses in Japan, China, Europe, Africa, rest of Asia, the Americas, and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Colorants and Functional Materials Business, Polymers and Coatings Business, Packaging Materials Business, and Printing and Information Business. The Colorants and Functional Materials Business segment offers pigments, pigment dispersions, pastes for color filter, color resist, color masterbatches, functional masterbatches, functional compounds, paints for data recording materials, carbon dispersions, inkjet inks, etc. used in coloring objects, flat panel display color filters, automotive lithium-ion batteries, and other products. The Polymers and Coatings Business segment provides pressure sensitive adhesives, laminating adhesives, hot-melt adhesives, adhesive tapes, functional film materials for electronics, marking films, can coatings, resins, hard coating materials, medical products, natural extracts, etc. used in food packaging and medical/healthcare fields, as well as automobiles, electronics, and energy sectors. The Packaging Materials Business segment offers gravure inks, flexographic inks, gravure printing systems, gravure and flexographic plate making solutions, etc. used in food packaging industry. The Printing and Information Business segment provides offset inks, newspaper inks, metal decorative inks, UV curing inks, offset printing materials, printing inspection equipment, screen inks, etc. This segment also engages in the provision of support for the standardization of customers' printing processes and color management. The company was formerly known as Toyo Ink SC Holdings Co., Ltd. and changed its name to artience Co., Ltd. in January 2024. artience Co., Ltd. was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.