Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd. manufactures and sells chemical products in Japan and internationally. The company offers superabsorbent polymers, surfactants for hair care products and detergents, base materials for cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, antibacterial agents, EIA diagnostic reagents, potting resins for artificial kidneys, pressure-sensitive adhesives, and hot melt adhesives; and raw materials for polyurethane foam, polyurethane beads for powder slush molding, lubricating oil and fuel oil additives, base materials for synthetic lubricants, water-soluble cutting fluids, halogen-free cleaning agents, and paste resin for design models. It also provides agents for synthetic fiber production and fiberglass, chemicals for carbon fibers, polyurethane for artificial/synthetic leather production and precision grinding, and modifiers for synthetic fibers; and intermediates for polymerization toners/toner resins, electrolytes for aluminum electrolytic and electric double-layer capacitors, cleaning agents for hard disks manufacturing process, processing agents for semiconductors, and photo-acid generators. In addition, the company offers polymer flocculants for industrial wastewater treatment, polyurethane for heat insulating materials, slurry agents, coat-type permeable waterproof material, and reactive hot-melt adhesives; and permanent antistatic agents, pigment dispersants, resin and rheology modifiers, UV/EB curing resins, base materials for polyurethane elastomer, paint resins, defoaming agents, chemical boards for models, emulsifiers for emulsion polymerization, epoxy resin curing agents and accelerators, and polyurethane catalysts. Further, it is involved in general trucking, insurance and travel agency, and real estate businesses; and sells living ware products. The company was formerly known as Sanyo Chemical Industry Co. and changed its name to Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd. in 1966. The company was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.