DIC Corporation is the company named in the brief. The supplied DIC pages describe the DIC Group’s business and product portfolio. DIC classifies its products in three business groups: Packaging & Graphic, Color & Display, and Functional Products [2]. Within Packaging & Graphic, the printing inks page lists packaging and graphic printing inks across gravure, flexo, metal decorative, security, jet, offset, and news inks, together with packaging adhesives [1].
These are supplier-published pages. They support what DIC states about its product families and business groups, but they do not establish legal registration, ownership, headquarters, manufacturing sites, production capacity, certifications, customers, export markets, pricing, minimum order quantities (MOQs), or lead times. Such details are marked not provided or not checked in this profile. The profile is therefore a source-limited research draft for buyer inquiry preparation, not a supplier audit or approval.
Company information
| Field | Available information | Evidence or check needed |
|---|---|---|
| Name | DIC Corporation, as supplied in the brief. The pages also use DIC and DIC Group [1][2]. | Legal entity name, registration number, and relationship between DIC Corporation and DIC Group are not provided; confirm in quotation documents. |
| Official product page | https://www.dic-global.com/en/products/ink.html [1] | Homepage, regional sites, and contact pages were not checked in the supplied material. |
| Business type | Supplier of printing inks, can coatings, and packaging adhesives, based on product pages [1][2]. Legal form and registration are not stated. | Confirm whether the buyer would contract with DIC Corporation or another group or affiliate entity. |
| Country / region | Headquarters country is not provided in the supplied excerpts. The sources refer to Japan in a metal decorative inks context and to affiliate adhesives operations in Japan, North & South America, Europe, and Asia [1]. | Do not treat these references as a headquarters or plant list. Confirm registered address and quoting office. |
| Region / city | Not provided. | Confirm registered address, sales office, and site serving the buyer. |
| Contact route | Not provided in the supplied excerpts. No email, telephone, street address, or form details were supplied. | Use the official website contact route after confirming it; request a named commercial contact and quote reference. |
| Identity / review status | Not checked. | No registration, ownership, site visit, or independent identity check is documented in the supplied material. |
The table separates company-level information from product-page evidence. The name DIC/Sun Chemical appears in the flexo ink description, and DICDRY appears as a representative packaging adhesive [1]. The supplied excerpts do not establish the legal or operational relationship between these names, DIC Corporation, DIC Group, and any affiliate [1][2].
Products, services, and capabilities
The sources list product families and broad applications, but they do not give detailed specifications, substrate compatibility, food-contact status, or order terms. The table records only what the pages state and what a buyer should confirm for an inquiry.
| Offering or process | What the source states | What to confirm for your order |
|---|---|---|
| Gravure inks | DIC states it provides a wide range of gravure printing inks for applications from food packages to industrial usage throughout the globe [1]. | Substrate and package format, food-contact or industrial use, color target, solvent or water basis, print conditions, volume, and supplying entity. |
| Flexo inks | The page states that DIC/Sun Chemical is a global leader in flexographic inks and solutions [1]. This is a self-described position, not an independent ranking in the supplied material. | Brand and legal entity, substrate, print station, ink chemistry, color target, food-contact needs, and sample protocol. |
| Metal decorative inks and can coatings | DIC describes itself as a leader in metal decorative inks and coatings in Japan, and in metal decorative inks outside Japan, through historical business developments [1]. | Whether the requirement is an ink, coating, or both; metal substrate; curing and adhesion requirements; regulatory declarations; and supplying site. |
| Security inks | DIC states it is active in the brand protection and securities printing market [1]. | Security feature, authentication method, printing process, substrate, confidentiality process, and evidence of product suitability. |
| Jet inks | DIC offers jet inks and cites accumulated formulation capabilities and application expertise in digital printing [1]. | Printer model and printhead compatibility, ink type, color and fastness needs, packaging, shelf life, and handling requirements. |
| Offset inks | DIC states it has delivered productive and color-attractive inks since its foundation in 1908 and lists offset inks among its printing inks [1]. | Sheetfed or web process, substrate, color standard, drying, finishing, and whether the quoted product is standard or customized. |
| News inks | DIC states it offers news inks that meet customer requirements around the globe [1]. | Press type, paper stock, color, consumption volume, delivery format, and regional supply route. |
| Packaging adhesives and seal coatings | DIC states it has research, development, and supply experience for adhesives and seal coatings, operating with an affiliate company in Japan, North & South America, Europe, and Asia. DICDRY is listed as a representative product [1]. | Adhesive type, substrates, application method, food-contact status, coat weight, cure conditions, and the manufacturing or supplying affiliate. |
The pages do not state whether every product is manufactured in-house, blended, licensed, or sourced through affiliates. A product catalog is not evidence of a particular factory, production line, or quality certificate. Buyers should ask for the manufacturing and supply chain path for the exact product family being quoted.
Locations and production scope
No full street address, headquarters city, or plant list is supplied. The adhesives description refers to an affiliate company operating in Japan, North & South America, Europe, and Asia [1]. That is a broad operating reference, not a facility inventory. The printing inks page also uses phrases such as throughout the globe and around the globe [1], but these do not identify which site would make or ship a given order.
Production scope is not provided. The sources do not establish in-house manufacturing, toll manufacturing, outsourced converting, warehouse locations, country of origin, or regional fulfillment for any specific ink or adhesive. For buyer qualification, request the quoting legal entity, manufacturing site, country of origin, and delivery point for each product in the inquiry. If an affiliate or distributor is involved, ask which party is responsible for technical support, samples, and after-sales claims.
Order information and quotation preparation
The supplied pages do not provide prices, currency, MOQs, lead times, sample fees, tooling or setup charges, Incoterms, payment terms, stock availability, or delivery conditions. They describe broad product families and applications, so none of those broad statements should be read as a commercial commitment for a specific order.
A useful inquiry should give the supplier enough technical and commercial context to quote the same scope as other suppliers. Ask explicitly whether each item is available and whether any requested option is outside the supplier’s stated range.
- Product and process: ink or adhesive family, intended printing or application process, substrate, package format, end use, and any food-contact or industrial exposure.
- Technical specification: color reference, ink film or coat weight, viscosity, solids, drying or curing, adhesion, resistance requirements, and required test methods.
- Compliance documentation: technical data sheet (TDS), safety data sheet (SDS), food-contact declaration if relevant, regulatory statements, and batch certificate of analysis (COA).
- Quantity and packaging: trial quantity, production order quantity, pack size, shelf-life requirements, and repeat-order forecast.
- Samples: sample size, color and substrate samples, test protocol, whether samples are charged, and expected dispatch date.
- Commercial terms: price basis, MOQ, setup or tooling charge, lead time, Incoterms, delivery destination, payment terms, and quotation validity.
- Entity and site: legal entity quoting, manufacturing site, country of origin, affiliate role, and technical contact.
- Dates: required sample date, required delivery date, and any approval steps before production.
These questions are a research checklist. The supplied sources do not confirm that DIC offers every option listed above, and the buyer should not treat an unanswered question as a confirmed capability.
Quality, samples, and certificate information
No quality management system, certificate, sample policy, approval status, or compliance claim is provided in the supplied excerpts. Quality and certificate status is therefore not provided and not checked. The statement that gravure inks are used for food packages [1] does not by itself establish food-contact compliance for a particular ink, substrate, or print condition; product-specific declarations are needed.
Before ordering, request the documents that apply to the exact product and use: TDS and SDS, food-contact or indirect-additive statement where relevant, regulatory declarations for the destination market, batch COA, color-control method, shelf life and storage conditions, and the supplier’s sample and approval procedure. For any certificate, ask for the issuing body, scope, certificate number, and expiry date, and check whether it covers the quoting site and product family. The supplied material provides none of these details, so no certificate or quality badge should be inferred.
Evidence and information gaps
The available evidence consists of two DIC-published pages retrieved on 28 October 2026: the printing inks product page and the business and products page [1][2]. The first supports the product list and broad application statements; the second supports the three business groups and the product classification context. Neither page is a legal registry record, plant audit, certificate database, price list, or order confirmation.
Unresolved points include the registered legal entity and address, headquarters, ownership structure, manufacturing and warehouse locations, production capacity, in-house versus affiliate production, quality certifications, food-contact compliance by product, MOQs, lead times, and contact details. The relationship between DIC Corporation, DIC Group, DIC/Sun Chemical, and DICDRY is not established in the supplied excerpts. No material conflict appears between the two supplied pages, but the absence of detail is a significant information gap. This is a source-limited research profile; it does not show that the company lacks a capability, certificate, or site, only that the supplied sources do not establish it.
Next steps for a buyer
- Confirm identity first: use the official website contact route, verify the legal entity that will quote, and request the registered address and site of manufacture or supply.
- Match the product to the application: specify gravure, flexo, offset, jet, news, security, metal decorative, or adhesive use, with substrate, end use, and required performance.
- Request technical documentation: ask for the TDS, SDS, compliance declarations, and any certificate that applies to the exact product and destination market.
- Test a relevant sample: agree the substrate, color target, test method, and acceptance criteria before relying on a general product-family description.
- Request a like-for-like quote: include quantity, packaging, delivery destination, required date, Incoterms, MOQ, setup charges, and quotation validity.
- Record the supply path: confirm whether DIC Corporation, an affiliate, or another entity manufactures, supplies, and supports the product after sale.
These steps support procurement research and comparison. They are not a recommendation to transact with the company, and no supplier approval or verification is implied.