PERMACEL was originally founded in 1927 as a division of Johnson & Johnson to produce and market masking tapes. In 1982, the company was acquired by Avery International Corporation. In 1988, Permacel was acquired by Nitto Denko Corporation and became a wholly owned subsidiary of Nitto Denko for the express purpose of manufacturing and selling various industrial tapes.
The company has earned a reputation as a pioneer in the field of pressure-sensitive tapes by developing new products through innovative proprietary technologies. Currently, Permacel develops, manufactures, and markets 350 kinds of tapes used for the manufacturing process in the Electrical, Electronics, Automobile, Aerospace, and Graphic Art industries. In joining the Nitto Denko group, Permacel also began producing a variety of Nitto Denko products. With its expanded product line, Permacel serves an increasingly broad market.
The company has plants in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, and Lakewood, New Jersey as well as sales and converting bases in Los Angeles and Detroit.
NITTO DENKO - Since its incorporation in 1918, Nitto Denko has augmented its original lineup of tape, film and other products and parts in the fields of Optical Media, Semiconductor, Home Electronic Appliances, Electrical Insulation, Automobiles, Housing & Construction, Health Care, Packaging, Environmental Protection and Life Care. Specifically, Nitto Denko manufactures products such as double-coated adhesive tapes, optical films for LCD's, semiconductor encapsulating materials, flexible printed circuits, medical and surgical products and more. Although our technologies and products are essential to the industry and appear commonly in everyday life, our corporate core technology of polymer synthesis is relatively unknown to most consumers.
Reliable manufacturing techniques and technologies, and high quality of its products have earned Nitto Denko recognition not only in the domestic market, but also among our overseas markets. Our corporate vision of creating new value is founded on a strong grounding in R&D; in fact, 15 percent of our workforce is involved in this area. Nitto Denko's belief in the importance of quality control has sparked dedication to unceasing quality improvement.
All our plants in Japan, as well as those in Nitto Europe (Belgium), Nitto Denko Electronics (Malaysia), Nitto Denko (Taiwan), Permacel, Graphic technology and Hydranautics in the USA, have been certified as conforming to the ISO-9000 series of internationally recognized quality-assurance standards. As a result, Nitto Denko achieved a top share in the global market for a number of products.
Nitto Denko has enjoyed total sales of nearly $6 billion 2005. We have 34 branches, offices and manufacturing plants in various regions of Japan. We employ over 2,700 people. We also have overseas subsidiaries in US, China, UK, Germany, Belgium, France, Sweden, Italy, Poland, Hong Kong, Philippines, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Australia.
NITTO AMERICAS, INC.- Established in 2000, Nitto Americas, Inc. is the new holding company for Nitto Denko's subsidiaries in the USA. Consisting of 1500 employees and nearly $400 million in revenues, Nitto Americas seeks to leverage the competencies across all four USA companies to better serve our customers and achieve exponential growth.
You can learn more about our North American group companies by clicking on each name below:
- AVEVA
Drug Delivery System, INC - is a leader in development
and commercial supply of transdermal path products that
fullfill unmet market needs for pharmaceutical partners, by
fortifying R&D piplines and maximizing product life cycles.
- HYDRANAUTICS
- Since its founding in 1963, Hydranautics has been committed to the
highest standards of technology research, product excellence and
customer satisfaction. Hydranautics entered the reverse osmosis
water treatment field in 1970, and is now one of the most respected
and experienced firms in the membrane separations industry.
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NITTO DENKO AMERICA
- Since its incorporation in 1969 Nitto Denko America, Inc. has
dedicated its resources to enabling our customers to develop state-of-the-art
products using Nitto Denko's opto- electronics materials. From our
leading-edge technologies of high polymer materials, we have developed
many outstanding Global Niche Top products such as semiconductor encapsulating
materials, materials and systems for semiconductor processing, flexible
printed circuits, and polarizing and retardation films for LCD.
- NITTO DENKO CORPORATION - Was founded in 1918 to produce electrical insulation products. The basic technology of polymerisation lead to a wide product range in the most diverse markets.