Challenge to realize a sustainable society with Unique Chemicals.
“Otsuka Chemical has the vision of ‘delivering value to customers through innovative technology’. With its globally competitive technologies, the company is engaged in the research and development of products for the international market. In recent times, Otsuka Chemical has been intensifying its focus on research and development aimed at achieving sustainability goals, such as attaining carbon neutrality.”
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Laboratory introduction
The Otsuka Chemical Group conducts research and development of various advanced materials, including inorganic and organic chemicals, resin composite materials, functional polymers, and bulk pharmaceuticals and intermediates. Furthermore, we continue to take on the challenge of creating new core technologies to promote 'KATACHI Business'.
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Rubber Chemicals Laboratory
In addition to engaging in the process from the design of the chemical structure of unique novel compounds to their synthesis, we assess their basic performance as a rubber material after compounding and research and develop chemicals that enable innovation in the field of rubber products, which includes automobile tires. We are also engaged in production engineering for the global commercialization of developed products.
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- Development of unique rubber additives to increase the performance of rubber materials
- Research into rubber compounding design for the optimal use of unique rubber additives
- Development of global production engineering technologies for rubber additives
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Materials Development Laboratory
The Materials Development Laboratory proposes novel solutions for future generations in many different fields through the research and development of inorganic materials, mainly including titanate, and the development of functional resin composites, adeptly combining resins with inorganic materials.
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- Development of titanate-based inorganic materials
- Development of functional resin composites
- Development of molding and processing technologies
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Advanced Polymer Laboratory
The Advanced Polymer Laboratory develops applications for TERPLUS, a group of performance polymer products, and commercialization processes for TERPLUS using our original TERP method for living radical polymerization which was jointly developed with Kyoto University's Yamago Group.
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- Development of Pigment Dispersants
- Development of Adhesives
- Development of new living polymerization polymer products and new applications for them
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Technology Development Laboratory
The laboratory became the first in Japan to identify industrial applications for hydrazine hydrate. With this as its core, the laboratory conducts research and development related to many different products such as foaming agents, azoic polymerization initiators, high-purity products for semiconductors and the custom synthesis of different derivatives tailored to customers’ needs. The laboratory also develops processes for APIs and intermediates based on the technology for the development of GCLE, a key intermediate of a cephalometric antibiotic.
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- Process development for hydrazine derivatives and their commercialization
- Process development for beta-lactam APIs and intermediates and their commercialization
- Development and commercialization of high-purity products
Contract manufacturing
SynCrest Inc., our affiliate, works on outsourced research, development and manufacturing of middle-molecule drugs and outsourced research regarding non-pharmaceutical products (functional chemicals and raw materials for food and cosmetics). The company addresses a wide variety of outsourcing needs. The core of these activities is its one-stop services for CRDMOs encompassing the entire process from raw materials to APIs and from research to manufacturing.