The Matsushita Electrical Works at Osaka are producers of tar-acid resins and articles made therefrom. The output is used largely for radio and electrical equipment. The Nissholite Manufacturing Co., Ltd., with a factory at Yasui-cho, Uzumasa, Kyoto specializes in decorative laminated material sold under the trade name Nissholite. The Japan Nitrogenous Fertilizer Co. (Nippon Chisso Hirijo Kabushiki Kaisha) is an important maker of tar-acid resins, marketing them under the trade names Chissolite, Safeloid, and Minaloid. The Yokahama Resin Co., a relatively small company, produces tar-acid resins and markets them in the form of molding powders. The firms listed account for practically all of the Japanese production of synthetic resins and for about 50 percent of the molded articles made from them. The remaining 50 percent of the output of molded articles is made by a large number of small firms, the majority being household industries. It is reported that there are about 2,000 of these so-called plants already engaged in this relatively new industry. Production. The Japanese production of manufactures of tar-acid resin reported by the Department of Commerce and Industry is shown in table 30. These data include the output of plants employing more than five operators and apparently account for only half of the total. TABLE 30.—_Manufactures of tar-acid resins: Production in Japan, 1929-35_ ------------+-----------+---------------------------------------- | | Value | +-------------+---------------+---------- Year | Quantity | | | | | Of quantity | Additional[1] | Total | | reported | | ------------+-----------+-------------+---------------+---------- | _Pounds_ | | | 1929 | 28,681 | $46,594 | $125,404 | $171,998 1930 | 607,800 | 52,409 | 442,583 | 494,992 1931 | 744,119 | 99,907 | 268,594 | 368,501 1932 | 286,422 | 36,584 | 367,220 | 403,804 1933 | 229,854 | 26,747 | 516,903 | 543,650 1934 | 1,435,977 | 193,857 | 926,951 | 1,120,808 1935 | 3,176,441 | 477,526 | 923,546 | 1,401,072 ------------+-----------+-------------+---------------+---------- [1] Quantity not reported. Source: Factory statistics of Department of Commerce and Industry, Japan. Estimates from other sources of Japanese productions of tar-acid resins indicate an output of 2,600,000 pounds of resin and 3,600,000 pounds of molded resin articles in 1933, and of 4,900,000 pounds of resin and 7,500,000 pounds of resin articles in 1935.