NissanChemicalIndustries,Ltd.engagesinthemanufactureandsaleofindustrialchemicals.Itoperatesthroughthefollowingsegments:Chemicals,FunctionalMaterials,Agrochemicals,Pharmaceuticals,WholesaleBusiness,andOthers.TheAgrochemicalssegmentmarketsherbicides,insecticides,andfungicide.TheOtherssegmentincludesfertilizers,transportation,landscaping,andengineering.ThecompanywasfoundedbyJokichiTakamine,EiichiShibusawa,andTakashiMasudainFebruary1887andisheadquarteredinTokyo,Japan.
Theirdiscoveryresearchgeneratedherbicidequizalofop-ethyl,acaricideinsecticidepyridaben,herbicidepyrazosulfuron-ethylandherbicidehalosulfuron-methyl,inaddition,theyhavefungicideamisulbromandacaricidecyenopyrafen,whichhavebeencommercializedsince2008and2009respectively.Furthermore,theyhaveacquiredfungicidethifluzamidefromDOWChemicalin2010andstartedmarketingglobally.