| 1926 |
Established a production
technology for the industrialization of acetic
acid with acetylene, through the joint research
of four wood-vinegar-manufacturing companies. |
| 1927 |
Established Nippon Gohsei
Kagaku Kenkyujo through the tie-up of the
four manufacturing companies. Started construction
on the Ogaki Plant (currently Ogaki Site)
in Ogaki city, Gifu Prefecture. |
| 1928 |
Changed the company's
name to the Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry
Co., Ltd., succeeded in the industrialization
of the first organic composition acetic acid
in Japan, and in the following year, started
construction on a hydrate tower to largely
reinforce the capabilities of the company. |
| 1936 |
Succeeded in the first
production of vinyl acetate monomer (VAM)
and vinyl acetate resin in Japan by use of
acetylene method. |
| 1939 |
Decided on a production
base of acetone butanol (by consistency from
carbide) in Uto city, Kumamoto Prefecture,
and started the construction of the Kumamoto
Plant (currently the Kumamoto Site). |
| 1947 |
Resumed the research of
producing VAM and the production of ethyl
acetate in Ogaki. |
| 1949 |
Started the construction
of a facility for VAM production at the Kumamoto
Plant. Completed the construction of GOHSENOL
(polyvinyl alcoholPVOH) production plant at
the Ogaki Plant. |
| 1951 |
Reinforced the GOHSENOL
production equipment at both the Ogaki and
Kumamoto Plants. |
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| 1958 |
Invested in Taisei Kayaku
Co., Ltd. |
| 1960 |
Started the production
of glyoxal and ketene derivatives at the Ogaki
Plant.
Established the Ogaki Kasei Kogyo Co., Ltd.
under joint nmanagement mainly for the manufacturing
of downstream products. |
| 1963 |
Cooperated with Mitsubishi
Kasei Kogyo Co., Ltd. (currently Mitsubishi
Chemical Corporation) for material conversion
of petrochemicals and decided on proceeding
to the Mizushima Industrial Complex in Okayama
Prefecture, established Mizushima Gohsei Kagaku
Kogyo Co., Ltd. (currently Mizushima Site)
under joint management, and in the following
year, started the production of acetic acid
and ethyl acetate with acetaldehyde. Consigned
the production of Hi-Selon (water-soluble
PVOH film) to Kansai Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd. |
| 1965 |
Decided on financial participation
in Kansai Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd. |
| 1967 |
Started the production
of GOHSENOL at Mizushima Gohsei Kagaku Kogyo
Co., Ltd. |
| 1969 |
Developed the paint material
resin GOHSELAC (unsaturated polyester) and
started the production of the product at the
Ogaki Plant. Started the production of VAM
at Mizushima Gohsei Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd. |
| 1971 |
Merged with Mizushima
Gohsei Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd.
Relocated the Central Research Laboratory
to Ibaraki city.Osaka. |
| 1972 |
Established Tokai Resin
Co., Ltd. (currently Ogaki Site Kamiya), and
in the following year, started the production
of Hi-Selon. |
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| 1975 |
Started the production
of fine chemical products (pharmaceutical
intermediates) at the Kumamoto Plant. |
| 1980 |
Started the production
of BOVLON (bi-axial oriented PVOH film) at
the Kumamoto Plant. |
| 1984 |
Started the production
of SOARNOL (ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer
resin) at the Mizushima Plant. |
| 1985 |
Progressed to the optics
and electronics material fields.
Developed Dry Film Photoresist (DFR) and started
the production of DFR in Ogaki. |
| 1986 |
Started the development
and production of imidazol. |
| 1987 |
Established the U.S. sales
office NIPPON GOHSEI (U.S.A.) Co., Ltd. |
| 1989 |
Started the production
of ultraviolet optics (ultraviolet ray and
electronic line hardening type resin). |
| 1994 |
Planned the U.S. business
development for SOARNOL and
purchased a plant in Houston, Texas from E.I.
Du Pont Nemours & Company. Established
NOLTEX L.L.C. under joint management. |
| 1996 |
Established the North
American sales company, SOARUS L.L.C. for
SOARNOL under joint management.
Established NIPPON GOHSEI Europe GmbH, as
a European sales office. Established the manufacturing
company, POVAL ASIA Pte Ltd. for GOHSENOL
in Singapore under joint management with Kuraray
Corporation. Established NIPPON GOHSEI Singapore
Pte Ltd. as a sales office in South East Asia. |
| 1997 |
Transferred the DFR business
to Nichigo-Morton Co. Ltd., under joint management
with Morton International Company (currently
Rohm and Haas Company) in the U.S. |
| 1999 |
Transferred the polarizing
plate business for LCDs to a new joint
management company "Guandong Fortune
NSCI Polarizing Device Co., Ltd.", transferred
the equipment of Ogaki to Dongguan, Guangdong
in China. Invested in British Traders and
Shippers Ltd., and strengthened our sales
activities in the U.K. |
| 2000 |
Established the NIPPON
Supplement Co., Ltd. and transferred the management
of the functional food business. Started the
construction of a plant to further strengthen
the highly efficient PVOH in Kumamoto.
Started the construction of a PVOH film production
facility for polarizing films in Ogaki. |
| 2001 |
Established the NIPPON
GOHSEI (UK) Limited. for manufactaring EVOH.
Established Nichigo Business Center Co., Ltd.
by combining the administratible fields of
Ogaki Site and subsidiaries in Ogaki area. |
| 2004 |
Nippon Gohsei (UK) Limited
commissions and operates the largest single-line
EVOH plant in the world. |
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