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![]() ![]() (picture from Daicel's Celluloid museum) About DaicelDaicel Corporation, formerly known as "Dainippon Celluloid Company " was established in 1919 through a merger of eight celluloid producers in Japan.Based on our expertise in celluloid chemistry, we have developed a variety of cellulose derivatives and brought them to the market over the years. Cellulose acetate is one of our major products. It is used for photographic film and cigarette filters. Daicel also manufactures organic chemicals e.g. acetic acid used in the synthesis of cellulose acetate. We produce more than 400,000MT/year of acetic acid along with products such as ketene, diketene and their derivatives. Daicel is one of the largest Japanese chemical companies with consolidated net sales of ca. US$3 billion p.a. ![]() CPI CompanyThe Chiral Pharmaceutical Ingredient - CPI Company is an internal company within Daicel. The CPI Company offers chiral solutions to worldwide customers. Our core technologies are chiral chromatographic separation and biotransformations (enzyme) as well as chemical synthesis capability under a rigorous quality control system. |