Group Information
History
History
- 1947
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- Oct.
- The Company was established in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, with a capital of 2 million yen, as a producer of carbon disulfide.

- 1957
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- Oct.
- No. 1 Tokushima Plant (now Tokushima Plant's Yoshinari location) was constructed and began operations in the production of sodium sulfate.

- 1961
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- May
- CMC production began at No. 1 Tokushima Plant.
We applied CMC to wall material later.

- 1962
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- Jun.
- No. 2 Tokushima Plant (now Tokushima Plant's Kitajima location) was constructed.

- Oct.
- The Company's shares were listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
- 1963
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- Oct.
- The Company's shares were listed on the Second Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange.
- 1964
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- May
- Japan's first operations to produce chlorinated isocyanurates were launched at No. 2 Tokushima Plant.

- 1968
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- Jul.
- The Company entered the fine chemicals business and began sales of imidazoles.
- 1969
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- Jun.
- SHIKOKU KOSAN CORPORATION was established as a subsidiary.
- Dec.
- The Company began production of OSP(Organic Solderability Preservative) for PWBs(Printed Wired Board) and other electronic components.
- 1970
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- Apr.
- NIPPON RYUTAN KOGYO CORPORATION (currently SHIKOKU RYUTAN CORPORATION ) was established as an affiliated company.
- Sep.
- The Company began production in the field of housing materials, launching production of interior finishes at No. 2 Tokushima Plant.

- 1972
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- Jun.
- The Company began production of accordion gates.

- Nov.
- SHIKOKU FINE CHEMICALS CO., LTD. (currently SHIKOKU KEIZAI KANTO CO., LTD.) was established as a subsidiary.
- 1975
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- Jan.
- NIHON KENSOU CO., LTD. (currently SHIKOKU KEIZAI CORPORATION) was established as a subsidiary.
- Mar.
- The Company moves its share listings from the Second to First Sections of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange.
- Jul.
- Tadotsu Plant was constructed.
- Nov.
- Full-scale production of imidazole began at No. 2 Tokushima Plant.
- 1979
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- Oct.
- The Company launched production of aluminum shutters.

- 1981
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- Jun.
- The Company opened a representative office in Los Angeles.
- 1984
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- Jul.
- Production of insoluble sulfurs “MUCRON” began at Marugame Plant.

- 1985
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- Dec.
- SHIKOKU INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION was established in the United States.
- 1989
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- Apr.
- The Company began test marketing of Bacteria enzymes “HIPOLKA”.

- 1990
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- Apr.
- The Company established its Tokyo Head Office (now Makuhari Branch Office).
- 1992
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- Sep.
- The Research Center (now R&D Center) was constructed.

- 1995
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- Oct.
- Ranzan Plant was constructed.
- 1997
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- Aug.
- The Company's head office was relocated and rebuilt in Doki-cho, Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture.

- 1999
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- Jun.
- The executive officer system was introduced.
- 2003
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- Apr.
- The Company ceased trading of its shares on the Osaka Securities Exchange.
- 2005
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- Aug.
- SHIKOKU ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL CENTER COMPANY (currently SHIKOKU ENVIRONMENTAL BUSINESS COMPANY) and
SHIKOKU ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENT CENTER COMPANY(currently SHIKOKU ANALYTICAL LABORATORIES) were acquired as subsidiaries.
- 2006
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- Jul.
- Shikoku OM (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd. [now Shikoku (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd.] was established.
- 2010
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- Sep.
- The newly quality control laboratory was constructed at Tokushima Plant's Kitajima location.
- 2012
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- Apr.
- Insoluble sulfur production facilities was enhanced.
- Nov.
- Shenzhen Representative Office was established.
- 2013
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- Aug.
- Tokushima Advanced Chemicals Plant-3 (TAP-3) facility was constructed.

- 2014
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- Sep.
- NIPPON RYUTAN KOGYO CORPORATION(currently SHIKOKU RYUTAN CORPORATION) was acquired as a subsidiary.
- 2015
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- Apr.
- Taiwan Representative Office was established.
- Apr.
- Singapore Branch was established.
- 2016
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- Oct.
- Physical Testing Laboratory was constructed at R&D Center.
- 2017
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- Mar.
- Insoluble sulfur production facilities was enhanced.
- Apr.
- NIPPON SHIKOKU KOHKI CORPORATION (currently SHIKOKU KOHKI CORPORATION) was acquired as a subsidiary.
- 2021
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- Apr.
- Tokushima Advanced Chemicals Plant-4 (TAP-4) facility was constructed.

- 2022
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- Apr.
- Chlorinated isocyanurates production facility, NEO2022 was constructed.
The Company transitioned from the First Section to the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange following the market restructuring.

- 2023
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- Jan.
- The Company converted to a holding company structure and changed its name to SHIKOKU KASEI HOLDINGS CORPORATION.
Chemicals and Housing Materials business, and shared service division spun off.
- Apr.
- MASUDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. was acquired as a subsidiary.

- 2024
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- Apr.
- SHIKOKU INDIA PVT. LTD. was established.
- May.
- The Makuhari Branch of SHIKOKU CHEMICALS CORPORATION was relocated to the Tokyo Branch (Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo).

- 2025
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- Jun.
- The Osaka Branch of SHIKOKU CHEMICALS CORPORATION (Suita City, Osaka Prefecture) was relocated to Kita-ku, Osaka City.
NIWAKYU CO., LTD. was acquired as a subsidiary.

- Nov.
- SHIKOKU KASEI (THAILAND) LTD. was established.

- Dec.
- CSP CO., LTD. and Re DESIGN HOME CO., LTD. were acquired as subsidiaries.
