Rakuto Kasei

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Rakuto Kasei Industrial Co., Ltd.

Type	Private
Founded	1952
Headquarters	Otsu City, Japan
Key people	Hiroshi Asada, President Osamu Tanida, Director Goro Kawabata, Director Hiroaki Yoshida, Auditor
Industry	Chemicals
Products	Industrial enzymes, animal feed additives, dishwashing detergent, fertilizer, and color deepening agents
Website	[1]

Rakuto Kasei is a multinational chemicals company, with their headquarters in Otsu City, Japan and offices in Yokneam, Israel. They produce chemical products, including animal feed additives, dishwashing detergent, fertilizer, and color deepening agents for blue jeans.

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Rakuto's Japanese operations are based in Otsu City, in the Konan region, south of Lake Biwa. The company employs approximately 50 people^[1], produces textiles, animal feeds, detergents, and performs biotechnology research^[2], for which they hold patents^[3] in the EU. Rakuto Kasei is a supporting member of the Japanese Society for Biotechnology^[4].

Rakuto Kasei (Israel) Ltd. was established in 1990 as a joint venture with the Japanese company. Their Israeli operation is run by it's president, Dr. Roni Bornstein, and involves industrial enzymes, nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, optical brighteners, whiteners, textile auxilliaries, wine technology, and food distribution. In 2006, the company entered into an investment partnership with Israeli manufacturing company Biodalia Technologies to market biopesticides and bioinsectisides to develop products for the food and beverage industry^[5].