About Matsumoto yushi-seiyaku
Matsumoto Yushi Seiyaku is a chemical manufacturing company headquartered in Shibukawa-cho, Yao-shi, Osaka, which mainly manufactures surfactants. Founded in 1926 (Taisho 15). It is a member company of the Midorikai and belongs to the Sanwa Group.
Company Profile
Manufacture and sale of surfactants and various chemicals used mainly in the textile industries. It has a particularly high share in the textile industry, and also manufactures heat-expandable microcapsules that use the thermal expansion of polymers, and is known as one of the companies with a place in all industrial fields.
In particular, the company's proprietary synthetic chemical glue, methylcellulose, is widely used in the civil engineering and construction fields. Matsumoto will further expand its field of operations from the textile industry to pharmaceuticals related industry.
It also manages a Japanese subsidiary in a joint venture with Quaker Chemicals of the United States, which also specializes in the manufacture and sale of specialty chemicals.