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UnclaimedJSR is a Japanese company that provides advanced materials and solutions including electronic materials, display solutions, optical solutions, and synthetic resins.
Last updated September 11, 2026
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Overview
JSR株式会社 operates a website presenting its businesses: electronic materials, display solutions, optical solutions, synthetic resins, and life sciences. Its history page records that Nippon Synthetic Rubber Co., Ltd. was established in 1957, and that the company changed its name to JSR Corporation in 1997. The company's business introduction lists lithography materials, process materials, deposition materials, advanced electronic materials, LCD materials, OLED materials, next-generation display materials, heat-resistant transparent resins, optical filters, synthetic resins, and drug discovery support services.
History
According to JSR's history page, Nippon Synthetic Rubber Co., Ltd. was established in 1957 under the Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing Industry Special Measures Act, with its head office in Azabu Iikura Katamachi, Minato-ku, Tokyo. In 1958 the head office was moved to Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo. In 1960 the Yokkaichi Plant began operation and production and sales of butadiene, SBR, and SB latex started; an Osaka branch was also opened. In 1961 production of synthetic rubber latex began. In 1963 Nippon Latex Processing Co., Ltd. (now JSR F-Tech Co., Ltd., a consolidated subsidiary) was established. In 1964 Nichigo Rubber Processing Co., Ltd. was established and production of synthetic resins began. In 1968 the Chiba Plant was completed and butadiene production began. In 1969 the law concerning temporary measures for Nippon Synthetic Rubber Co., Ltd. was abolished, and the company became a purely private company. In 1970 its shares were listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo and Osaka Stock Exchanges. In 1971 the Kashima Plant was completed and butadiene and SBR production began; the shares were moved to the First Section of the Tokyo and Osaka Stock Exchanges. In 1975 the head office was moved to Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo. In 1979 sales of photoresists began. In 1982 import and sales of optical fiber coating materials began. In 1988 sales of liquid crystal display materials began. In 1989 the Tsukuba Research Laboratory was completed. In 1993 the company acquired additional shares of UCB-JSR ELECTRONICS S.A. (now JSR Micro N.V., a consolidated subsidiary) and made it and UCB-JSR ELECTRONICS, INC. (now JSR Micro, INC., a consolidated subsidiary) into subsidiaries. In 1996 JSR Electronics Kyushu Co., Ltd. (now JSR Micro Kyushu Co., Ltd., a consolidated subsidiary) was established, and Techno Polymer Co., Ltd. (now Techno UMG Co., Ltd., a consolidated subsidiary) was established and the ABS resin business was transferred to it. In 1997 the photoresist plant of JSR Micro, Inc. was completed, and the company changed its name from Nippon Synthetic Rubber Co., Ltd. to JSR Corporation. In 1998 ABS resin manufacturing facilities were transferred to Techno Polymer Co., Ltd. In 2002 subsidiary names were changed: JSR Electronics Kyushu Co., Ltd. to JSR Micro Kyushu Co., Ltd., JSR Microelectronics, Inc. to JSR Micro, Inc., and JSR ELECTRONICS N.V. to JSR Micro N.V.
Products and positioning
Lithography materials
Process materials
Deposition materials
Advanced electronic materials
LCD materials
OLED materials
Next-generation display materials
Heat-resistant transparent resins
Optical filters
Synthetic resins
Drug discovery support services
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