Dear valued customers:

We have a pleasure to announce to you, that the new company, KYOWA HAKKO BIO CO., LTD., Tokyo, Japan (KHB) is established effective as of October 1st, 2008. As a strategic spinning off from Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd., with the view of further strengthening and expansion the Bio-Chemical operations and with utilizing its state-of-art bio-technology, it commits to propose the highest quality products and services to the customers worldwide.
Also KHB will succeed to the whole operations of DAIICHI FINE CHEMICAL Co., LTD (DFK) as a consolidated subsidiary. DFK has a distinguished synthesis technology as well as a wide variety of products such as Vitamins, including “D-Calcium Pantothenate” and “Dexpanthenol”. KHB values very much DFK’s marketing activities in the cosmetics-, food-, pharma- and feed industries.,
We, KHB, highly respect DFK’s corporate value and potentialities in the markets and aim to maximize their activities to create a high value-added business operation more than ever. By the strategic collaboration with KHB, DFK will expand its domestic and international business.
As a result of this stronger cooperation between KHB and DFK, we are sure to be able to offer our customers better services and great benefits.

Thank you for your kind attention and we look forward to serving you in the future.

Very truly yours,

Dr. Shuichi Ishino
Director of the Board
Executive Vice President
International Sales & Marketing

Business Contacts in EU:
Kyowa Hakko Europe GmbH
Tel:      +49(0)211-175 45 0
Daiichi Fine Chemical Europe GmbH
Tel:      +49(0)211-175 45 322