Nichias Corp (5393)

Nichias Corporation manufactures and sells thermal insulation materials primarily in Japan. It operates in five segments: Construction and Sales for Plants, Industrial Products, High-Performance Products, Auto Parts, and Building Materials. The company offers gaskets and packings, including sheet, semi-metal, metal, and cloth gaskets, pastes and other sealing materials, and gland packings, as well as thermal insulation materials for molten aluminum. It also provides various fluoropolymer materials, processed products, containers, injection molded products, welded products, and corrosion-resistant linings, as well as tubes, hoses, and bellows; filter products and environmental equipment; and auto parts comprising sealing materials, and retaining and sound-proofing parts/materials, as well as heat-protection products, control parts, and materials. In addition, the company offers building materials, including heat-insulation materials for housing, eaves and soffit boards, calcium silicate boards, decorated calcium silicate boards, wrap-type fireproofing covering materials, raised-access floor systems, non-residential heat-insulation materials, refractory materials, and stack lining materials; and undertakes hot and cold insulation, refractory, electric heater tracing, acoustic insulation, and aerogel heat-insulation works. Further, it provides furniture sliding materials, slide bearing materials, friction materials, expansion joints, and water heaters. The company serves electric power and gas; waste incineration plants; chemical, petroleum refinery, and petrochemical; steel and non-ferrous metals; aluminum casting and processing; paper; building and housing construction; semiconductor and flat panel display; foods and pharmaceutical; medical equipment; electric equipment; aerospace; automobiles; ship building, maintenance, and repair; industrial equipment; and others industries. Nichias Corporation was incorporated in 1896 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.