 1887 |
Founded as Tokyo Jinzo Hiryo, later changed to Dainippon Jinzo Hiryo |
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| 1937 |
Changed corporate name to Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. |
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| 1943 |
Acquired by Nippon Mining Co., Ltd as its chemical section |
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| 1945 |
Nippon Oil & Fats Co., Ltd. took over the chemical section of Nippon Mining Co., Ltd. ,
changed name to Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. |
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| 1949 |
Listed in Japanese stock exchange |
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| 1949 |
Spun off oil & fats business section (now, NOF Corporation) |
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| 1951 |
Launched "SNOWTEX®", a colloidal silica |
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| 1965 |
Entered petrochemical business
with the establishment of Nissan Petrochemicals
Ltd., |
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| 1965 |
Launched "HILITE®", a disinfectant |
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| 1969 |
Constructed Sodegaura Plant |
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| 1978 |
Launched "TEPIC®", a special epoxy compound |
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| 1984 |
Launched "TARGA", a grass killer for broadleaf crops |
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| 1984 |
Launched "SUNEVER", a polyimide resin for coating the liquid-crystal glass |
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| 1988 |
Assigned petrochemical business to Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd. (now, Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd.) |
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| 1989 |
Established Nissan Chemical America Corporation |
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| 1990 |
Launched "SIRIUS", a herbicide for rice and turf |
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| 1991 |
Launched "SANMITE", an insecticide and acaricide for fruits, vegetables, tea, and ornamentals |
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| 1994 |
Launched "LANDEL", an anti-hypertension agent |
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| 1994 |
Launched "PERMIT", a herbicide for corn crops |
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| 1996 |
Established Nissan Chemical Houston Corporation |
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| 1998 |
Launched "BARC", anti-reflective coating for semiconductors by license from Brewer Science, Inc. |
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| 2001 |
Established Nissan Chemical Korea Co. Ltd. (now, NCK Co. Ltd.) |
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| 2001 |
Reorganized R&D facilities: setting up Chemical Research Laboratories,
Electronic Materials Research Laboratories,
and Specialty Materials Research Laboratories |
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| 2001 |
Established Nissan-Agri Co., Ltd. (now, Sun Agro Co., Ltd.)
to integrate fertilizer businesses in group companies |
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| 2002 |
Acquired herbicide business in Japan from Monsanto Japan Limited |
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| 2002 |
Established Nissan Chemical Europe S.A.R.L. in France |
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| 2003 |
Launched "LIVALO", an anti-cholesterol agent |
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| 2005 |
Established Nissan Chemical Agro Korea Ltd. |
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| 2008 |
Launched "LEIMAY", a fungicide effective against fungal diseases in grapes,
potato, tomato, vegetables, and brassica |
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| 2009 |
Launched "STARMITE", an acaricide effective against spider mites on fruits, tea,
vegetables and ornamentals |
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| 2010 |
Acquired fungicide (thifluzamide) from Dow AgroSciences LLC |
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| 2010 |
Established Nissan Chemical Taiwan Co., Ltd. |
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Basic Chemicals
