国内・海外のNAGASEグループ

The NAGASE Group traces its roots to 1832 when founder Denbei Nagase established Urokogataya, a dyestuffs wholesale business that handled safflower, funori seaweed, and starches in Nishijin, Kyoto. Later on we established a foothold in the chemical industry by starting to handle synthetic dyes.

1901年、長瀬グループはフランスのリヨンに支店を設立し、スイスのバゼル化学株式会社（当時はシバ）、イーストマンコダック社、アメリカのデュポンなど海外メーカーとの提携拡大を促進しました。

Tokyo branch office in 1913

Employees assigned to the London office, around 1919 (Tokutaro Nagase second from left in front row)

Advertisement of Nagase's name change in June 1943

Founded in 1952, Nagase RooTAC INDUSTRIES,INC. (formerly TOTAKU INDUSTRIES, INC) has been a pioneer in the pipes and hose industry, creating the world’s first flexible hose.

Founded in 1952. The world’s first flexible hose manufacturer.

Division for Kodak Products Service Corner at Shinsaibashi branch (1966)

Setsunan Kasei (1967)

新たに完成した東京支店ビル（1969年10月）

In 1970, it established Nagase-CIBA Ltd. (now Nagase ChemteX Corporation) as a joint venture with Ciba for manufacturing epoxy resins.

The Harima Factory after completion of phase one of construction, 1970

The following year, it established Engineering Plastics, Ltd. (EPL) in a 50-50 joint venture with GE.

Nagase-CIBA in 1971

The 150th anniversary party, 1982

In 1990, it established the Nagase R&D Center (now the Nagase Bio-Innovation Center) as a base for R&D into bio-related materials.

In 2007, it opened the Nagase Application Workshop, an open innovation laboratory, in a push to also secure an advantage in R&D functions.

Advertisement in the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (June 18, 2007)

In 2012, the NAGASE Group made the biotechnology specialist Hayashibara Co., Ltd. a subsidiary to strengthen its food ingredients business.

In 2019, it made Prinova Group LLC, a US-based company that sells and processes food ingredients and has a global sales network, a subsidiary.

With the establishment of the Sustainability Committee and formulation of the Sustainability Basic Policy in 2020

Looking forward to our 200th anniversary in the year 2032, we will contribute to the society as a Business Designer that creates a sustainable future.