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RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: Services provided for small molecule drugs; broad range of therapeutic
areas including, but not limited to: oncologics, Alzheimer's disease, AIDS,
infectious diseases, Parkinson's disease, memory enhancement and
schizophrenia
PRODUCTS ON MARKET: Services: medicinal chemistry, chemical development, process research,
process development, process optimization, process scale-up, process
validation, production of intermediates, high potency compounds and
production of APIs, commercial manufacturing, separation technologies,
catalytic services, analytical and regulatory services
Kanebo Ltd.
20-20 Kaigan, 3-chome, Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-8080, Japan
Phone: +81 3-5446-3002; Fax: +81 3-5446-3027
Web: www.kanebo.co.jp
E-mail: webmaster@kanebo.co.jp
KEY PERSONNEL: Akiyoshi Nakajima; Chairman
Tetsuo Komori; President
EMPLOYEES: 13,580 employees
HISTORY: Established in May 1887 as Tokyo Cotton Trading Co.
Renamed Kanegafuchi Spinning Co. (Kanegafuchi Boseki KK) (1893)
EstablishedKanebo Service Co. (1931)
Established Kanegafuchi Industrial Co. (1938)
Established Kanebo Haris Inc. (1964)
Absorbed Tachibana Confectionery Co. (1964)
Entered pharmaceutical industry by takeover of Yamashiro Pharmaceutical
Co. (1966)
Established Kanebo Cosmetics Sales Co. (1967)
Began biotech research in the 1970s
Established Kanebo Soap Sales Co. (later Kanebo Home Products) (1971)
Established Kanebo Soap Manufacturing Co. (1971)
Absorbed Izumi Confectionery Inc. (1971)
Established Kanebo Synthetic Chemicals Co. (1971)
Established Kanebo-Stevens Co. (1971)
Established Kanebo Engineering Co. (1971)
Established Kanebo Pharmaceuticals Co. (1972)
Absorbed Watanabe Confectionery Co. (1972)
Established the Laboratory for Herbal Medicine (1976)
Established Japan Synthetic Textile Co. with Asahi Kasei (1978)
Established Kanebo Fashion Research Ltd. (1979)
Established Kanebo Cosmetics (Europe) Ltd. (1980)
Opened the Kanebo Museum of Textiles (1986)
Changed name to Kanebo Ltd. (2000)
Established the Kanebo Beauty Care Laboratory (2004)
Sold Synthetic Fiber Division (2005)
Established Kanebo Trinity Horldings Ltd. (2006)
FACILITIES: Plants:
Tsushima (Toiletries)
Second Takatsuki, Takaoka (Pharmaceuticals)
First Takatsuki, Shinmachi, Fukuchiyama (Foods)
STOCK-FINANCIAL HISTORY: Formerly listed on the Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges; delisted in 2005
SUBSIDIARIES/DIVISIONS: Toiletries, pharmaceuticals and foods divisions
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