Japan Chemical Engineering & Machinery Co., Ltd.

Japan Chemical Engineering & Machinery Co., Ltd. (日本化学機械製造株式会社, often shortened to Nikkaki) is a Japanese plant-engineering and chemical-machinery manufacturer headquartered in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka. According to its corporate profile, the company was established on 31 October 1938 (Showa 13) and has since developed products matched to the needs of each era, building more than 80 years of track record. It describes itself as a pioneer of alcohol distillation technology in Japan, and states that the experience and engineering skill accumulated over that history are now applied across the chemical, food, pharmaceutical and industrial-machinery fields. The company's business is the design, manufacture and sale of chemical machinery and chemical plants, combustion equipment, and ultra-low-temperature liquefied-gas equipment. Its self-described strength is as a nimble plant-engineering house for chemical factories: it handles everything from design and equipment procurement through fabrication, construction and commissioning on a single-responsibility basis. It works with corrosion-resistant materials such as stainless steel, copper, titanium, nickel, Monel and Hastelloy, and is approved to build high-pressure equipment including boilers and special boilers up to 10 MPa and Class 1 pressure vessels. It also builds high-vacuum and ultra-low-temperature equipment down to 1.3×10⁻³ Pa and −268 °C, and maintains complete plate-working and inspection facilities including automatic welding machines. Product lines span distillation (including alcohol distillation, purification distillation, TCS/trichlorosilane distillation, hydroquinone and DCB rectification, and ultra-high-purity distillation), evaporation and concentration, drying and heating, filtration and separation, reaction/stirring/mixing/fermentation, and liquefied-gas-related equipment. The catalogue also lists wastewater treatment units using distillation, MVR-type waste-heat reuse systems, bioethanol demonstration plants, secondary-battery-related equipment, batch distillation, synthetic-resin reactors, high-vacuum resin reactors, methacrylic-acid derivative reactors, spray dryers, ultra-low-temperature reactors, membrane-separation solvent dehydration, MEK recovery units, microwave reactors, and a range of stationary and portable cryogenic containers and evaporators for liquid oxygen, nitrogen, argon and carbon dioxide. Test equipment for distillation, evaporation, drying, filtration, separation, reaction, stirring, environment and microwave processing is also offered. Customers are organised by industry — chemical, food, pharmaceutical, environmental measures, inorganic chemistry and new energy — and by application such as distillation, evaporation/concentration, drying/heating, filtration/separation, reaction/stirring/mixing/fermentation and liquefied gases. The company also promotes overseas expansion support, helping customers set up factories in Thailand, Vietnam and neighbouring ASEAN countries, providing plants, machinery and equipment between Vietnam, Thailand and Japan with resident Japanese engineers from preliminary surveys through post-completion maintenance. As of April 2026 the company reported 182 employees and annual sales of ¥5,471 million for the fiscal year ended April 2026, with stated capital of ¥100 million. Its representative director and president is Kazumasa Takahashi. It operates a head office and factory in Osaka, a Tokyo branch in Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, and Shiga factories in Konan, Shiga Prefecture. It holds ISO 9001:2015 quality certification and EcoAction 21 environmental certification, and is registered as a licensed specific construction business.

Japan Chemical Engineering & Machinery Co., Ltd. was established on 31 October 1938 (Showa 13), according to its corporate profile. From its founding the company pursued products matched to the needs of the times and repeatedly developed new technologies and new products. Its corporate history singles out alcohol distillation technology as the field in which it grew remarkably as a pioneer of the domestic industry, building a track record spanning roughly 80 years. Over the decades the experience and engineering capability cultivated through that distillation heritage were extended into a broad range of fields — chemicals, food, pharmaceuticals and industrial machinery. The company evolved from a distillation specialist into a chemical-plant engineering firm that designs, procures, fabricates, constructs and commissions complete production facilities, and that also manufactures individual equipment items. Its product range grew to include reaction, separation and filtration, concentration, drying and environmental equipment, as well as combustion equipment and ultra-low-temperature liquefied-gas machinery. By the 2010s and 2020s the company was presenting itself as a small but capable engineering house with in-house fabrication and inspection capabilities, corrosion-resistant and high-pressure fabrication approvals, and high-vacuum/ultra-low-temperature expertise. It also began promoting overseas expansion support, offering plants, machinery and equipment to customers building factories in Thailand, Vietnam and neighbouring ASEAN countries, with resident Japanese engineers providing support from preliminary surveys through post-completion maintenance. Publicly posted news items record participation in trade shows such as INCHEM TOKYO 2019 and Plant Show OSAKA 2020, newspaper coverage of its high-purity sulfuric acid production equipment in 2021, and recognition as a Health and Productivity Management Outstanding Organization in 2026. As of April 2026 the company reported 182 employees and annual sales of ¥5,471 million for the fiscal year ended April 2026.

• Company established (Showa 13).

• Exhibited at INCHEM TOKYO 2019 Plant Show.

• Exhibited at Plant Show OSAKA 2020.

• High-purity sulfuric acid production equipment featured in a newspaper.

• Product videos made available for viewing.

• Issued Product News (No. 32).

• Recognised as a 2026 Health and Productivity Management Outstanding Organization.

• Reported 182 employees and annual sales of ¥5,471 million for the fiscal year ended April 2026.

A nimble, single-responsibility chemical-plant engineering house and pioneer of Japanese alcohol distillation technology, serving chemical, food, pharmaceutical, environmental and new-energy customers in Japan and ASEAN.

• Alcohol distillation plants

  The company's founding specialty and self-described pioneer technology in the Japanese market.

• TCS (trichlorosilane) distillation equipment

  Purification distillation equipment for trichlorosilane.

• Ultra-high-purity distillation units

  Distillation systems for very high purity requirements.

• MVR-type waste-heat reuse system

  Multi-stage indirect mechanical vapour recompression system for waste-heat reuse.

• Bioethanol demonstration plant

  Demonstration plant construction for bioethanol.

• Stationary ultra-low-temperature storage tanks (CE-M, CE-25)

  Cryogenic tanks for liquid oxygen, nitrogen, argon and carbon dioxide.

• Portable ultra-low-temperature containers (SUPER45G, SUPER495, SUPER 50-N-S / 100-N-S)

  Portable cryogenic containers for liquefied gases.

• Cryogenic liquefied-gas evaporators (CAV-ES, CAV-MP, CAV-SHN, CAV-SMP)

  Evaporators for ultra-low-temperature liquefied gases.

• Cryogenic liquefied-gas tank lorry

  Tank lorry for liquid oxygen, nitrogen, argon and carbon dioxide.

• High-purity sulfuric acid production evaporator

  Evaporator for producing high-purity sulfuric acid; featured in a newspaper in 2021.

• Microwave reactors and microwave processing test equipment

  Microwave-based reaction and processing equipment.

• Test equipment

  Test equipment for distillation/evaporation, drying, filtration/separation, reaction/stirring, environment and microwave processing.

1. 1日本化学機械製造株式会社 (official website homepage)nikkaki.co.jp
2. 2会社概要 | 日本化学機械製造株式会社nikkaki.co.jp
3. 3製品紹介 | 日本化学機械製造株式会社nikkaki.co.jp
4. 4ケミカル関連設備 | 製品紹介 | 日本化学機械製造株式会社nikkaki.co.jp
5. 5Japan Chemical Engineering & Machinery Co., Ltd. (Japan) — Wikidatawikidata.org