Company
Company History
| November 1876 |
Established Company
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|---|---|
| July 1914 |
Established Shigino Plant
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| January 1931 | Reorganized to a limited partnership company ARAKAWA SHOTEN |
| November 1936 | Established Imafuku Plant |
| November 1943 | Changed the name to ARAKAWA FOREST CHEMICAL COMPANY |
| June 1947 | Opened Tokyo Office |
| September 1956 | Reorganized to ARAKAWA FOREST CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. |
| January 1957 | Established R＆D Center |
| July 1959 | Opened Nagoya Office |
| December 1959 | Established Fuji Plant |
| August 1963 | Opened Fuji Office |
| January 1964 | Opened Sapporo Office |
| May 1967 | Established TIENLI CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. |
| June 1967 | Integrated Shigino Plant into Imafuku Plant and renamed it to Osaka Plant |
| August 1967 | Merged MORITA HIGH PRESSURE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. |
| May 1968 | Opened Taipei Office |
| August 1968 | Established Kushiro Plant |
| May 1969 | Established Tokushima Plant(Closed in April 2016) |
| November 1969 | Established KAKUTAMA REAL ESTATE CO., LTD. |
| May 1970 | Established Tsurusaki Plant |
| June 1970 | Established Mizushima Plant |
| August 1971 | Opened Chicago Office |
| May 1975 | Opened Fukuoka Office |
| June 1975 | Opened Hamburg Office |
| November 1976 | Centenary anniversary |
| April 1977 | Renamed to ARAKAWA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. |
| December 1978 | Renamed MORITA HIGH PRESSURE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. to KOATSU CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. |
| May 1982 | Established Arakawa Chemical (USA) Inc. |
| October 1983 | Merged TIENLI CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. and SHIN TIENLI CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. into TAIWAN ARAKAWA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. |
| August 1987 | Renamed KAKUTAMA REAL ESTATE CO., LTD. to KAKUTAMA SERVICE CO., LTD. |
| December 1987 | Newly constructed headquarters building |
| November 1989 | Established Onahama Plant |
| April 1993 | Established Tsukuba R&D Center |
| June 1995 | Established Wuzhou Arakawa Chemical Industries, Ltd. |
| July 1995 | Established ARAKAWA CHEMICAL (THAILAND) LTD. |
| October 1995 | Established Hong Kong Arakawa Chemical Ltd. (Completed liquidation in July 2019) |
| August 1996 | Established XIAMEN ARAKAWA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.(Completed liquidation in July 2017) |
| November 1998 | Established Arakawa Europe GmbH |
| November 1999 | Listed on Osaka Securities Exchange |
| October 2000 | Listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| October 2003 | Merged NIPPON PELNOX CORPORATION |
| November 2003 | Opened Shanghai Office(Closed in May 2012) |
| April 2004 | Established Nantong Arakawa Chemical Industries, Ltd. |
| June 2004 | Established Guangxi Arakawa Chemical Industries, Ltd. |
| April 2007 | Renamed NIPPON PELNOX CORPORATION to PELNOX, LTD. |
| July 2007 | Completion of new Head Office ,Plant and R&D Center of PELNOX. |
| December 2008 | Established Guangxi Wuzhou Arakawa Chemical Industries, Ltd. |
| Octobe 2010 | Arakawa Europe GmbH acquired ARKON® business from The Dow Chemical Company. |
| January 2011 | Guangxi Wuzhou Arakawa Chemical Industries, Ltd. merged Wuzhou Arakawa Chemical Industries, Ltd. and Guangxi Arakawa Chemical Industries, Ltd. |
| February 2011 | Established ARKAWA CHEMICAL（CHINA）, LTD. |
| February 2012 | Established POMIRAN TECHNOLOGY, LIMITED. |
| March 2013 | Opened ARAKAWA CHEMICAL(CHINA), LTD. Guangzhou Branch Office |
| January 2014 | Established ARAKAWA CHEMICAL(TAIPEI), LTD |
| April 2015 | Opened ARAKAWA CHEMICAL(THAILAND),LTD. Bangkok Office |
| June 2015 | Merged YAMAGUCHI SEIKEN KOGYO CO., LTD. |
| February 2018 | Established Chiba Arkon Production, Limited |
| June 2019 | Opened Arakawa Chemical(China),Ltd. Dongguan Branch Office |
| December 2019 | Established ARAKAWA CHEMICAL VIETNAM CO., LTD |
| April 2022 | Listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market |
