Corporate Data

Corporate Headquarters

Company Name	DIC Corporation
Headquarters	DIC Building, 7-20, Nihonbashi 3-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8233, Japan Access (Head Office) [Printable Map]
Representative	Kaoru Ino Representative Director, President and CEO
Date of Foundation	February 15, 1908
Date of Incorporation	March 15, 1937
Paid-in Capital	¥96.6 billion
Description of Business	Manufacture and sale of printing inks, organic pigments and synthetic resins
Number of Employees	Consolidated 20,513, Non-consolidated 3,593 (As of December 31, 2019)
Facilities	Headquarters, 2 Branch offices, 9 Plants, Laboratory, Art Museum
Number of Group Companies	174 (Domestic:32, Overseas:142) (As of December 31, 2019)

Financial Highlights

Consolidated

Billions of yen

	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019
Net sales	FY2017:789.4	FY2018:805.8	FY2019:768.6
Operating income	FY2017:56.5	FY2018:48.4	FY2019:41.3
Ordinary income	FY2017:57.0	FY2018:48.7	FY2019:41.3
Net income*	FY2017:38.6	FY2018:32.0	FY2019:23.5
EPS (yen)	FY2017:407.56	FY2018:338.40	FY2019:248.29

* Net income attributable to owners of the parent

Historical Highlights

1908 Feb	Established as Kawamura Ink Manufactory
1937 Mar	Incorporated as Dainippon Printing Ink Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
1950 May	Has initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
1962 Oct	Absorbs Japan Reichhold Chemicals, Inc., and changes Company name to Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Incorporated (DIC)
1986 Dec	Acquires the graphic arts materials division of Sun Chemical Corporation of the United States
1987 Sep	Acquires Reichhold Chemicals, Inc.
1990 May	Opens the Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art (currently the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art)
1999 Dec	Acquires Coates, the printing inks division of France's TOTALFINA S.A.
2005 Sep	Sells Reichhold
2008 Apr	Celebrates centennial anniversary, changing Company name to DIC Corporation
2009 Oct	Establishes DIC Graphics Corporation
2017 Jan	Enters capital and business alliance with Taiyo Holdings Co., Ltd.