Shoko Co. Ltd. signed an agreement to acquire visible led chip and infrared led chip production facilities from Panasonic Industrial Devices Optical Semiconductor Co., Ltd.

SHOKO CO., LTD. is engaged in the sale of chemicals, synthetic resins and metals. The Company operates in five business segments. The Chemicals segment provides organic and inorganic industrial chemicals, agrichemicals and fertilizers, analytical instruments, heavy nitrogen compounds, thinners. The Synthetic Resin segment provides synthetic resins and products and barrier packaging materials, desiccants. The Metal segment provides aluminum metals and mineral resources, and electrodes, grinding and refractory materials. The Living Environment and Agri segment provides organic and inorganic compound fertilizers, liquid fertilizers, culture soil, and materials for civil engineering and construction, pipework equipment, ground improvement business, real estate-related business, fertilizers, agricultural chemicals, agricultural materials, agricultural product distribution. The Overseas and Other segment is engaged in general import and export transactions and insurance agency business.