Nippon Sanso Holdings Corporation

Japanese Holding Company

Nippon Sanso Holdings Corporation

NSHD headquarters in Tokyo
Native name	日本酸素ホールディングス株式会社
Romanized name	Nippon Sanso Holdings Kabushiki-gaisha
Company type	Public KK
Traded as	TYO: 4091
Industry	Chemicals Health care Engineering
Founded	1918; 107 years ago (1918)
Headquarters	Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8558 , Japan
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Toshihiko Hamada (President and CEO)
Products	Industrial gases Semiconductor manufacturing materials Gas handling systems & equipment LP gases Vacuum bottles
Services	Plant engineering Cryogenic services
Revenue	JPY 850.2 billion (FY 2019) (US$ 7.8 billion) (FY 2019) [1]
Net income	JPY 53.3 billion (FY 2019) (US$ 489 million) (FY 2018)
Total assets	JPY 1.75 Trillion (FY 2019) (US$ 16 Billion) (FY 2019)
Number of employees	20,000 (consolidated, as of 31 March 2019) [2]
Parent	Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings (50.5%)[3]
Subsidiaries	Thermos Matheson Tri-Gas Leeden
Website	Official website
Footnotes / references [4][5]

Nippon Sanso Holdings Corporation (日本酸素ホールディングス株式会社, Nippon Sanso Holdings Kabushiki gaisha), commonly known as NSHD, is a holding company that oversees group companies including the major industrial gas manufacturer Taiyo Nippon Sanso and the stainless steel thermos manufacturer Thermos. It is a consolidated subsidiary of the Mitsubishi Chemical Group.

NSHD is one of the major global supplier of industrial gas, with operations in Japan, the United States, Europe, and the Asia-Oceania region.^[6][7] It operates in more than 30 countries through its own brand, subsidiaries, and affiliate companies.

History

Nippon Sanso was first established in 1910 as the Nippon Sanso joint-stock company and formally founded as the Nippon Sanso Corporation in 1918. In 1989 it acquired Thermos Japan^[8] and Matheson (compressed gas & equipment). On 13 May 2014, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings announced an agreement for Taiyo Nippon Sanso to become an affiliate of Mitsubishi Chemical, a core company within the Mitsubishi group.^[9] Mitsubishi Chemical subsequently increased its stake in Taiyo Nippon Sanso to 50.5%.^[6] In 2020 the company was renamed to Sanso Holdings Corporation as it transitioned to a holding company.^[10]

Products & Services

NSHD's primary products include:

• High purity gas, gas mixtures, purification devices, services, equipment such as small-scale nitrogen generators, MOCVD equipment, and exhaust gas abatement systems.^[11]

• Industrial gases such as oxygen, nitrogen, and argon for supply to a wide range of industries, including the steel, chemical, electronics, automobile, construction, shipbuilding and food industries.

• Air separation plants, space simulation chambers, and equipment related to liquid helium^[11]

• LP Gas for use in a wide variety of applications including taxis and other commercial vehicles, air conditioners, and aerosol propellants.^[11]

• Thermos-branded products, as well as stainless steel water bottles.^[11] In 1978, the company developed the world's first stainless steel vacuum-insulated bottle.^[12]