Private company

Dexerials

Logo: dexerials.jp3

Japanese company

Sony Chemicals Corporation (ソニーケミカル株式会社, Sonī Kemikaru Kabushiki-gaisha) was a Japanese company established 1962, and was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation. In 2008, Sony Chemical & Information Device transferred its thermal transfer ink ribbon business to Dai Nippon Printing. In 2012, Sony Chemicals Corporation was separated from Sony Group and renamed Dexerials Corporation.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1962Founded1
Plextor PX-716A - disc drive motor with Sony Chemicals flexible flat cable-6417
Photo: Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Sony Chemicals Corporation (ソニーケミカル株式会社, Sonī Kemikaru Kabushiki-gaisha) was a Japanese company established 1962, and was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation. In 2008, Sony Chemical & Information Device transferred its thermal transfer ink ribbon business to Dai Nippon Printing. In 2012, Sony Chemicals Corporation was separated from Sony Group and renamed Dexerials Corporation. As of 2024, The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. is the largest shareholder of the corporation.2

Products and brands

Electronic materials and parts

Joining materials

Others

From Wikipedia’s article on Dexerials, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 2012Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1962Founded Founded1

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