Nicca Chemical Co.,Ltd. manufactures and sells surfactants and other related products for textile chemicals, metals, pulp and paper, paints, dyes, synthetic resins, and dry and professional cleaning agents in Japan and internationally. It offers textile chemicals, including oiling, scouring, chelating and dispersing, leveling, soaping, fixing, water absorbing quick dry, anti-static, fluorocarbon-based water and oil repellent, soil-release, napping, antimicrobial, antiviral, and anti-slip chemicals, as well as anti-odor agents, and penetrating agents for alkali reduction and mercerization; and bleaching stabilizer, in-bath quality improver, light fastness improver, machine cleaner, silicone-based water repellent, flame retardant, softener, stiffener, and sewing improver chemicals. The company also provides specialty chemicals comprising agents for pulp and paper, water-based industrial cleaners, recording papers, and surfactant products. In addition, it offers performance chemicals comprising abrasive resistance, shock absorption, high durability, softness, toughness, low dielectric, heat resistance, lubricity, slidability, water and oil repellent, anti-blocking, smoothness, defoaming, high refractive index, optical scattering, high hardness, high coating abrasive, hydrophilic/anti-fogging, and high solubility products, as well as antifouling and anti-fingerprint products. Further, the company offers laundry chemicals for the dry cleaning industry; and infection control chemicals for medical and welfare fields. Additionally, it provides functional photo-cross-linker, ultra dispersed diamonds, and femtoreactor products; and manufactures and sells cosmetics and pharmaceutical products, including hair and scalp care, styling, treatment, perm, hair color, skin care, and hair straightener products. The company was incorporated in 1941 and is headquartered in Fukui, Japan.