Business Overview
Chemicals
Warehousing and distribution
Packaging
Electronic equipment
Revenue¥113.7 billion*
Business profit¥7.0 billion
*Revenue includes intersegment revenue and transfers
Otsuka’s diversified operations include a chemical business that supplies various materials in the fields of automobiles, electrical and electronic equipment, and construction; a transportation and warehousing business that aims for environmentally friendly logistics, mainly for Otsuka group pharmaceuticals, foods, and beverages; and an electronic equipment business that supports the development of leading-edge technologies.
R&D
Other businesses in the Otsuka group that revolve around Otsuka Chemical Co., Ltd. and Otsuka Electronics Co., Ltd. span a range of R&D activities in areas such as chemical products and electronic equipment.
Otsuka Chemical
Otsuka Chemical has the vision of ‘delivering value to customers through innovative technology.’ With its globally competitive technologies, the company is engaged in the research and development of products for the international market. In recent times, Otsuka Chemical has been intensifying its focus on research and development aimed at achieving sustainability goals, such as attaining carbon neutrality.
The Otsuka Chemical Group conducts research and development of various advanced materials, including inorganic and organic chemicals, resin composite materials, functional polymers, and bulk pharmaceuticals and intermediates. Furthermore, we continue to take on the challenge of creating new core technologies to promote 'KATACHI Business.'
Otsuka Electronics
Otsuka Electronics conducts business in three categories based on technology that uses light as a medium.
These three categories are medical testing devices, analytical devices and spectrometers. In the medical testing field, our medical testing devices include POConePlus, a clinical test devices that test for Helicobacter pylori. In the analytical field, our analytical devices include Zeta-Potential and NanoParticle Size measurement instruments. And in the spectrometry field, our spectrometers include inspection instruments, such as contact-free thickness meters, for the semiconductor, functional materials and film materials industries.
We always aim to create state-of-the-art technology and to fulfill customer needs in each business field, enabling the development of products that support daily life based on our business-to-business strategy.
Otsuka Electronics continuously develops high-added-value products to solve problems, working together with customers.
Major R&D Sites

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Materials Development Laboratory, Otsuka Chemical
Organic Materials and Polymers Laboratory, Otsuka Chemical
Technology Development Laboratory, Otsuka Chemical