ADEKA COPORATION with its beginnings in 1917 as ASAHI DENKA in Japan, has grown to be a global leader in Specialty Raw Chemical Trade and Manufacturing. With 7 plants and 3 R&D facilities in Japan ADEKA has become a power house on the front line of new technologies and has global annual sales of $2.2 billion dollars (as of March 2011). Adding a new Brazil sales office in May of 2013, ADEKA has stretched its reach to 11 locations in North America, South America, EU, Asia, China, and the South Pacific. The US sales office in Hackensack NJ, starting in 2004 and changing its name to ADEKA USA CORPORATION in 2006. ADEKA USA with one factory and two strategically placed storage facilities, is the leader of North American operations. Revised by Matthew Smith Sep, 20th 2013