History
- 1951
- Began refining vinyl chloride at the Niihama Plant as the Ichimiya Construction Vinyl Plant.
- 1956
- Commenced development of products using vinyl chloride as the main raw material, and began commercial production of the first vinyl flooring material.
- 1957
- The Ichimiya Construction Vinyl Plant was established as a separate company, newly established as Nissen Chemical Industry Co.
Capital 12.5 million Yen.
Osaka Sales Office opened
- 1958
- Entered the high-pressure polyethylene refining and processing field and established a new polyethylene plant (main plant) in Niihama City.
- 1961
- Opened sales offices in Tokyo and Nagoya.
Capital increased to 25 million Yen.
- 1962
- Nissen-tile Hi-Color, a vinyl asbestos flooring material, goes on sale.
- 1963
- Entered the polypropylene refining and processing field
Polypropylene refining and processing department established in the head office plant
- 1964
- Taiyo Kasei Kogyo Co., Ltd. established in Nagahama-machi (now Ozu City), Ehime Prefecture (now Nissen Polytec Corporation)
- 1966
- Entered the field of ABS resin refining and processing, and established an ABS plant in the main plant.
Capital increased to 50 million Yen.
Ōe Plant established on the premises of Ōe Works of Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
- 1967
- Chiba Plant established in Kisarazu-shi, Chiba
- 1968
- Entered the MMA resin field and established a new methacrylic plant in Niihama City.
- 1969
- Increased capital to 75 million Yen
- 1970
- Changed the name of the main plant to Niihama Plant
New injection molding machine installed at Niihama Plant
Extrusion molding machine was newly installed at Chiba Plant
- 1971
- Completion of new head office Sobiraki Building
Shin-Kansai Seisakusho Co., Ltd. established and full-scale production into injection molding
- 1972
- Tortoise Engineering, Inc. established as a mold and die division
- 1973
- Established special demand polypropylene processing at the Chiba Plant
- 1974
- Company name and main office location changed from Shin-Kansai Seisakusho Co. to Shiga Plant in Kosei-Machi (now Konan City), Shiga Prefecture
- 1976
- Entered the chemical fertilizer manufacturing business and opened the Ozu Plant.
Capital increased to 100 million Yen.
- 1977
- Entered the electronic industrial chemicals business and established the Electronic Chemicals Division
- 1978
- Okaron (Co) (currently merged into Nissen Polytec Corporation) established
- 1981
- Entered the automotive parts business
Expanded overseas operations and opened a representative office in Singapore.
- 1982
- Established Nissen Chemical Singapore PTE. LTD.
Constructed the Mizusawa Sales Office as a base for the Tohoku region in the electronics chemicals business.
- 1983
- Increased capital to 180 million Yen.
- 1984
- New annex to the main office building is completed
Tortoise Engineering, Inc (Osaka) is established for a full-scale entry into the die and mold business
- 1985
- Mizusawa Plant is newly established in Mizusawa City, Iwate Prefecture to enter the special processing of electronics
- 1986
- Technical partnership tie-up with Buckeye Custom Products Inc (Ohio, U.S.A.)
- 1987
- Established Mie Plant in Komono-cho, Mie Prefecture for the exclusively for automobile parts
- 1988
- A joint venture (LONDON INDUSTRIES, INC.) is established as a dedicated plant for automotive parts in North America
IJP USA, INC is established as a marketing base in North America
- 1989
- CAD/CAM system installed at the Automotive Tochigi Center
- 1991
- Sheet film process established in Chiba Plant as a production base for functional films. Nippon Chemitec Corporation is established as an R&D base. Changed company name to Nissen Chemitec Corporation and increased capital to 360 million Yen. Established the Tochigi Techno Center for planning, development, and overseas support operations for automotive parts.
- 1992
- Established Techno Center Niihama as the research and development base for the Nissen Chemitec Group.
Changed the company name of Taiyo Kasei Kogyo Co., Ltd. to Nissen Polytec Corporation and built a new plant in Nagahama-cho, Ehime Prefecture (currently Ozu City).
- 1994
- Established Nissen Chemitec (Thailand) Limited in Thailand
- 1995
- Expanded the backlight factory in the Niihama Plant
- 1996
- Niihama Plant became ISO9002 certified
- 1998
- Acquired business rights of London Industries, Inc.
- 1999
- Technical partnership with LINPAC (now Eco Mold) in the U.K.
- 2001
- Mie Plant becomes ISO 14001 certified
Capital increased to 450 million Yen
- 2002
- Technical partnership with Zhuhai Mingxiang Automobile Industry Co.
- 2003
- Opened a Kanto office in Chiba Plant
Technical partnership with
Guangzhou Zhongxin Plastics Co. in China
- 2004
- Obtained ISO14001 certification for the Electronics Division.
Technical partnership with Wuhan Zhongxin Plastics Co.
- 2005
- Kanto office acquired ISO9001.
Technical partnership with Simoldes of France
- 2006
- Oita Sales Office opened
- 2007
- Head office of Nissen Polytec Corporation acquired ISO9001:2000 certification.
Established the first overseas design and development design center in Nissen Chemitec (Thailand) Limited.
Technical partnership with Precision Pipes & Profiles of India.
Received the "Monozukuri Nippon Grand Award" from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
Technical partnership with Taiwan Chen-Shing Industrial Co.
Electronics Division acquired ISO9001-2008 certification
- 2008
- Changed the company name to Nissen Chemitec America, Inc. on the 20th anniversary of London Industries, Inc.
- 2009
- Electronics Division integrated ISO9001 and ISO14001
- 2010
- Technical partnership with Plastic Tec, Mexico.
Nissen Chemitec Group Integrated Management System begins operation (Nissen Chemitec Corpoaration, Nissen Polytec Corporation, Kinsen Chemical Industry Co., and Tortoise Engineering, Inc.).
- 2011
- Technical partnership with Faurecia Automotive Holdings of France
- 2012
- Established PT. Nissen Chemitec Indonesia in Indonesia
- 2014
- Established Nissen Chemitec Mexico, S.A. DE C.V. in Mexico
- 2015
- Technical partnership with Guangdong Toa Electric Appliance Co.
- 2018
- Technical partnership with Grupo Antolin, Brazil
- 2020
- Established the Saitama Plant in Honjo, Saitama
- 2024
- Started material recycling operations on the Chiba Plant premises.
