The Research and Development Division is Nippon Gohsei's nucleus, and is supported by the collaboration of five departments.

On the one hand, the Central Research Laboratory, the Processing-Technique Development Center and the Functional Film Center are the practical, solution-theme R&D departments, the activities of which are coordinated by the Corporate Development Department.

On the other hand, the Intellectual Property Department, which manages and controls intellectual property such as patents or trademarks, functions independently from the otherdepartments under the direct control of President.

The Centeral Research Laboratory moved to Ibaraki,Osaka prefecture, in March 1971 as a nucleus of product developments for the Nippon Gohsei Group, and currently works on quality design of PVOH or EVOH resins, pressure sensitive adhesives, etc.;technical support services for customers; development of new products;basic research for strategic new products, etc.

The Processing-Technique Development Center was founded in December 1997 as a source of the Nippon Gohsei Group's resin processing technology, and now makes efforts for development of prpcessing technology and quality design of resin products from a customer's perspective.

The Functional Film Development Center was set up in December 2005 for the purpose of promoting development of PVOH films, and presently deals with both technology development and quality improvement of PVOH films.