NICHIAS CORP.

Nichias Corporation manufactures and sells thermal insulation materials primarily in Japan. It operates in five segments: Energy and Industrial Plants, Industrial Products, Advanced Products, Autoparts, and Building Materials. The company offers gaskets and packings, including non-asbestos gaskets and packings, rubber type gaskets, other seal products, and peripheral function materials; and thermal insulation materials, such as fiber products, high performance thermal insulation materials, heat-insulation boards, and cryogenic insulation materials, as well as thermal insulation materials for molten aluminum. It also provides various fluoropolymer materials, processed products, and corrosion-resistant linings, as well as tubes, hoses, and bellows; filter products and environmental equipment; and auto parts, including sealing materials, retaining parts/materials, and sound-proofing parts/materials, as well as heat-protection products, control parts, and materials. In addition, the company offers building materials for buildings and housing; and undertakes hot and cold insulation, refractory, electric heater tracing, acoustic insulation, and aerogel heat-insulation works. Further, it provides furniture sliding, friction, and agricultural materials. The company serves electric power and gas, waste incineration plant, chemical, petroleum refinery, petrochemical, steel and non-ferrous metals, aluminum casting and processing, paper, building and housing construction, semiconductor and flat panel display, foods and pharmaceutical, medical and electric equipment, aerospace, automobile, ship building, ship maintenance and repair, industrial equipment, and other industries. Nichias Corporation was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.