| 1941 |
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Establishment of Osame Gosei Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd. |
| 1949 |
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Renamed Nippon Shokubai Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd. |
| 1950 |
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Opening of Tokyo Branch Office |
| 1956 |
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Opening of Amagasaki Factory |
| 1959 |
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Opening of Kawasaki Factory |
| 1960 |
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Opening of Himeji Factory |
| 1961 |
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Head Office moved to Koraibashi, Higashi-ku, Osaka |
| 1967 |
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Opening of Kawasaki Second Factory |
| 1968 |
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Establishment of Nisshoku Aro Chemicals Co., Ltd.,
a joint venture with Ashland Oil Inc., USA |
| 1969 |
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Establishment of Nisshoku Schenectady Kagaku Inc.,
a joint venture with Schenectady Chemicals, USA |
| 1970 |
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Closing of Amagasaki Factory |
| 1971 |
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Establishment of Nippon Polymer Industrial Co., Ltd.,
a joint venture with Toyo Ink Manufacturing Co., Ltd. |
| 1981 |
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Renaming of Research Laboratory to Central Laboratory |
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Founding of Resin Research Laboratory,
Kawasaki Laboratory, and Himeji Laboratory |
| 1982 |
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Establishment of Nippon Methacryl Monomer Co., Ltd.,
a joint venture with Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. |
| 1983 |
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Founding of Catalyst Research Laboratory |
| 1988 |
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Establishment of NA Industries, Inc. in Tennessee, USA |
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Opening of Sanda Factory |
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Founding of Tsukuba Research Laboratory |
| 1990 |
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Establishment of NIPPON SHOKUBAI GmbH in Germany |
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Establishment of ULTRASORB Chemikalien GmbH,
a joint venture with BASF Corporation in Germany |
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Acquisition of new plant land in Oita Prefecture |
| 1991 |
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Establishment of Lucky MMA Corp., a joint venture with Lucky Corp.
in Korea and Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. |
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Company is renamed to NIPPON SHOKUBAI Co., Ltd. |
| 1992 |
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Establishment of ICT Inc., a joint venture with
Degusa Corporation, USA, and of ICT Co., Ltd.,
a joint venture with Degusa Japan Co., Ltd. |
| 1994 |
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Elimination of Central Laboratory, Himeji Laboratory, and Kawasaki Laboratory
Founding of Performance Development Research Laboratory, Polymers Research Laboratory, and Process Development
Research Laboratory |
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Establishment of N.S. Green Co., Ltd. |
| 1996 |
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Establishment of PT. Nisshoku Tripolyta Acrylindo in Indonesia,
a joint venture with Toriporita Corporation and Tomen Corpoartion |
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Closing of Sanda Factory |
| 1997 |
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Establishment of American Acryl NA, LLC and
American Acryl L.P. in USA, a joint venture with
Elf Atokem North America |
| 1998 |
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Establishment of NIPPON SHOKUBAI ASIA PTE LTD in Singapore |
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Merger with Nisshoku Aro Chemicals Co., Ltd. |
| 1999 |
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Establishment of NIPPON SHOKUBAI EUROPE N.V. in Belgium. |
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Establishment of ULTRASORB Chemikalien GmbH |
| 2000 |
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Merger of ULTRASORB Chemikalien GmbH with
Nippon Shokubai GmbH |
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Founding of Strategic Technology Research Center and Performance
Chemicals & Materials Research Center by reorganizing Performance
Development Research Laboratory,
Tsukuba Research Laboratory and Performance Materials
Research Laboratory. Renaming of Process Development
Research Laboratory to Process Technology Center. |
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Establishment of PT. Nisshoku Tripolyta Acrylindo in Indonesia
(currently PT. NIPPON SHOKUBAI INDONESIA) |
| 2002 |
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Taking over AA business from Sumitomo (opening of Ehime plant)
Transfer of MMA business to Sumitomo |
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Founding of Environmental Engineering and Research Center, Superabsorbents Research Center |
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Transfer of business of ULTRASORB Chemikalien GmbH to
NIPPON SHOKUBAI EUROPE N.V. |
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Establishment of Solion Corporation, a joint venture with DAI-ICHI KOGYO SEIYAKU CO., LTD |
| 2003 |
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Establishment of Japan Composite Co., Ltd., a joint venture with
Mitsui Takeda Chemicals, Inc. |
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Establishment of NISSHOKU CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. in China |
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Renamed Daiko Kaiun Co., Ltd. to Nisshoku Butsuryu Co., Ltd. |
| 2004 |
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Founding of Advanced Technology Research
Center (Advanced Materials Research Laboratory, E&I
Materials Research Laboratory and Strategic Technology
Research Laboratory) and Fine & Specialty Chemicals
Research Center by reorganizing Strategic Technology
Research Center, Performance Chemicals & Materials
Research Center and Polymers Research Center |
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Incorporate Environmental Engineering and Research Center
to Catalyst Research Center |
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Taking over AA business in Singapore from Sumitomo
(acquiring Singapore Acrylic Pte., Ltd.
and Singapore Glacial Acrylic Pte., Ltd.) |
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Opening of Shanghai Office. |
| 2006 |
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The Advanced Technology Research Center is abolished. |
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The Advanced Materials Research Center, Key Technology Research Center, and E&I Materials Research Center are established. |
| 2007 |
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Opening of Korea Office. |
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Establishment of NISSHOKU TRADING(Shanghai) CO., LTD. in China |
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Closing of Ehime Plant |
| 2008 |
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Acquisition of the major shares of NIPPON NYUKAZAI CO., LTD. and SINO-JAPAN CHEMICAL CO., Ltd. |
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Opening of Taipei Office. |
| 2009 |
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Closing of Shanghai Office |
