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Company information

Corporate profile
April 1,2025
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Company name
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GOO Chemical Co., Ltd.
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Representative
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Haruki Fujimura, President & Representative Director
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Established
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November 1953
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Capital
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¥100 million
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Head Office location
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58 Ijiri, Iseda-cho, Uji City, Kyoto 611-0043
TEL: +81-774-46-7777
FAX: +81-774-43-3552
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Sales offices
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Hokuriku Sales Office (Komatsu City, Ishikawa Pref.)
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Factories
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Headquarters, Factory (Iseda-cho, Uji City, Kyoto)
Fukui Factory (Mikuni-cho, Sakai City, Fukui Pref.)
Shiga Factory (Hino-cho, Gamou-gun, Shiga Pref.)
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Business
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Manufacture and sale of specialty chemical industrial products (Oiling agents and sizing agents for textiles, resin for the electronics industry, resin for cosmetics, other industrial resins, etc.)
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Number of Employees
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207
History
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November 1953
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Establishes GOO Chemical Co., Ltd. in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto City for the manufacture and sale of chemicals, oil products and agricultural processing products for the chemical industry, industrial application and agriculture
Also opens Hokuriku Branch Office in Nomi-gun, Ishikawa Pref.
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June 1958
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Transfers Hokuriku Branch Office to Doiharamachi, Komatsu City, Ishikawa Pref. and upgrades it to sales office
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November 1959
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Starts research into acrylic acid ester sizing agent for synthetic fiber
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April 1964
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Starts research into resin for cosmetics
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June 1967
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Transfers Head Office and factory to Uji City, Kyoto Pref. (current location)
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May 1971
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Concludes technical licensing agreement for the company's synthetic sizing agents with Taiwan-based Eternal Chemical Co., Ltd. (technical tie-up continues to this day)
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August 1979
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Starts research into chemical agents for the electronics industry
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February 1983
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Establishes GOO Unyu Co., Ltd. as a subsidiary (currently a consolidated subsidiary) in Uji City, Kyoto Pref.
(Changes name to GOO LOGISTICS Co., Ltd. in January 1993)
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October 1986
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Transfers Hokuriku Sales Office to Arakida-machi, Komatsu City, Ishikawa Pref. (current location)
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August 1987
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Constructs electronic materials technical center at Head Office to research chemical agents for the electronics industry
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June 1988
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Opens Tokyo Branch Office in Chuo-ku, Tokyo
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December 1991
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Transfers Tokyo Branch Office to Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
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October 1992
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Constructs Fukui Factory in Mikuni-cho, Sakai City, Fukui Pref.
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November 1996
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Lists shares on Kyoto Stock Exchange
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March 1999
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Constructs Shiga Factory in Hino-cho, Gamou-gun, Shiga Pref.
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July 2000
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Obtains quality assurance standard ISO 9002 certification at all business locations
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March 2001
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Lists shares on Second Section of Osaka Securities Exchange (currently Second Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange following market integration)
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August 2003
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Obtains ISO 9001 certification (2000 edition) (all business locations)
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March 2004
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Obtains ISO 14001 certification at Shiga Factory
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December 2010
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Transfers Tokyo Sales Office to Kaji-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (current location)
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September 2013
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Starts operation of gas-engine co-generation system
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July 2015
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Reconstruction of the Fukui Factory Office ridge
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December 2016
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Establishes joint venture EMINENT MATERIALS CORPORATION P.O in Taiwan
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March 2018
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Constructs Plant No.5 at Fukui Factory
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August 2019
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Obtains ISO 14001 certification in all business locations.
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November 2021
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Constructs New Headquarters / R&D building
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February 2022
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Constructs Plating Additive Plant at Fukui Factory
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March 2022
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Closes Tokyo Sales Office
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April 2022
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Lists shares on Standard Market of Tokyo Stock Exchange following market restructure
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April 2022
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Delists shares from Standard Market of Tokyo Stock Exchange
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July 2023
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Relocates Hokuriku Sales Office to the Fukui factory
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March 2025
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Certified as “KENKO Investment for Health 2025”