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artience Co., Ltd. engages in the strategic planning and management of its group companies. Its operations are carried out through the following business segments: Colorants and Functional Materials, Polymers and Coatings, Packaging Materials, Printing and Information, and Others. The Colorants and Functional Materials segment offers organic pigments, processed pigments, plastic colorants, and materials for color filters. The Polymers and Coatings segment produces and markets can paints, resins, adhesives, coating materials, natural extracts, and medical products. The Packaging Materials segment deals with gravure inks, flexo inks, and gravure cylinder making systems. The Printing and Information segment manufactures and sells offset inks, metal decorative inks, printers, printing materials, and prepress. The Others segment includes provision of services and sale of raw materials. The company was founded by Kamataro Kobayashi in January 1896 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.