General Trading Business Unit
Lifestyle Business Unit
Pharmaceutical Business Unit
Hospitality Business UnitChemical Material
We handle import / export and domestically sells pharmaceutical ingredients / intermediates, all classes of chemicals (incl. poisons and deleterious substances), monomers and ingredients for cosmetics and toiletries. Our overseas network in this field is extensive, particularly for importing from China, India and Southeast Asia, and our activities span from investigating items to outsourcing contracts.
Main Products and Services
Pharmaceutical ingredients / intermediates
These materials are imported mainly from China.
Cosmetics ingredients / Food additives
We handle special chemicals such as ester oil, fine particulate titanium oxide for sunscreen and general food additives such as emulsifier and stabilizer.
Monomers and special chemicals
Raw materials for resins, solvents, pigments, additives and various other chemicals are exported to diverse industries including automobiles, construction materials, and electronic parts. The Company has several storage warehouses in Europe and the United States to meet customers’ requirements for timely delivery.
CLOSE UPPhosphoric Acid Business – Supply Stabilization through Partnerships with Multiple Suppliers
Kowa has been handling phosphoric acid from China, one of the world’s leading producers, for over 30 years. Recently, in consideration of BCP (Business Continuity Planning) and stable procurement, we have started handling phosphoric acid from Vietnam and have been increasing the volume.
In May 2026, we signed an exclusive distributionship agreement for Japan with Duc Giang Chemicals Group. Vietnam is a rare producer of phosphorus in Asia outside of China, and its production volume has been growing.
To realize quick delivery, we have strengthened our logistics system by constructing a new storage tank in Funabashi in addition to the existing tank in Aichi Prefecture, owning our own tank trucks for transportation, and increasing stock points outside of tanks near users in Osaka, Fukuoka, and Hokkaido.
Phosphate:
We also handle Belgian phosphate and in order to secure stable supply of the product, we have
already been in an agency agreement for Japan with Prayon since 2017.
Prayon is the company which own capital of phosphate mining in Morocco, so as to be able to
provide a stable supply of the material.
Furthermore, they achieved to ensure the stable supply of the product by establishing
production bases in Belgium, France and America and producing the same product in the same
product line at different manufacturing factories.
Japanese standard of food additive and Quasi-drug Ingredients and high quality of phosphate
are guaranteed.