Nichirin Chemical Industries Ltd., Japan

This company, GOTOKU CHEMICAL CO., LTD. was established in 1949 as Gotoku Chemical Promotion Partnership. Developed and released disintegrants for drug tablets to build up our unswerving position in the pharmaceutical industry. The brand name "ECG-505 " (Carmellose Calcium / Calcium Carboxymethylcellulose /CMC-Ca/Calcium Cellulose Glycolate ) Listed in [the Japanese Pharmacopoeia /USP=United States Pharmacopoeia NP=National Formulary /EP=European Pharmacopoeia] The brand name "NS-300 " (Carmellose/Carboxymethylcellulose/CMC/Cellulose Glycolate) Listed in [the Japanese Pharmacopoeia] On January 1, 1989, Mr. Yukihiro Nakayama (present Representative & President) reorganized Partnership into Company Limited and changed its name. Raising the mottoes: "Minority but all the aces", "A few selective items", and "Solid-state business management", we are keeping up the whole market, both domestic and foreign, as the sole distributor of the products above.