In keeping with our corporate motto "Protecting and fostering life and nature through creative science", we are engaged in the invention, research and development of agricultural chemicals that make Japan's and the world wide food supply, safer, more abundant and more economical through better chemistry and higher yield potential. Our production facilities are intensely dedicated to creating a reliable, stable source for our proprietary compounds. In order to achieve our corporate goals, we established K-I Chemical Research Institute Co., Ltd. in cooperation with Ihara Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. in 1980. The objective of the Research Institute is to synthesize new compounds that are biologically active and to conduct synthesis studies. Under the umbrella of the K-I Chemical Research Institute, the following research institutes with advanced technologies and facilities have been seamlessly integrated.