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History of Nissan Chemical
Nissan Chemical was founded in 1887 as Tokyo Jinzo Hiryo, Japan's first chemical fertilizer manufacturer, by Meiji Period visionaries Jokichi Takamine, Eiichi Shibusawa and Takashi Masuda.
Subsequently merging with Kanto Sanso, Nippon Kagaku Hiryo, etc., the company eventually changed its name to Dainippon Jinzo Hiryo. In 1937, the company made a comprehensive transfer of its assets, etc., to Nippon Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd., which was affiliated with Nippon Sangyo Corporation, then changed the name of the company to Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. In 2018, the Company has already been transcending the framework of industry in the development of its business and will accelerate this effort toward the future. In order to clarify this stance, we changed our name to Nissan Chemical Corporation.
The company's first factory was built at what is now 1 Ojima, Koto-ku, Tokyo. There is still a memorial monument to commemorate the times in the park that was built at the site.
History
| 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. |
| 1943 | Acquired by Nippon Mining Co., Ltd as its chemical section |
| 1945 | Nippon Oil & Fats Co., Ltd. took over the chemical section of Nippon Mining Co., Ltd. , changed name to Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. |
| 1949 | Listed in Japanese stock exchange |
| 1949 | Spun off oil & fats business section (now, NOF Corporation) |
| 1951 | Launched "SNOWTEX®", a colloidal silica |
| 1965 | Entered petrochemical business with the establishment of Nissan Petrochemicals Ltd., |
| 1965 | Launched "HILITE®", a disinfectant |
| 1969 | Constructed Sodegaura Plant |
| 1978 | Launched "TEPIC®", a special epoxy compound |
| 1984 | Launched "TARGA", a grass killer for broadleaf crops |
| 1984 | Launched "SUNEVER", a polyimide resin for coating the liquid-crystal glass |
| 1988 | Assigned petrochemical business to Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd. (now, KH Neochem Co., Ltd.) |
| 1989 | Established Nissan Chemical America Corporation (NCA) |
| 1990 | Launched "SIRIUS", a herbicide for rice and turf |
| 1991 | Launched "SANMITE", an insecticide and acaricide for fruits, vegetables, tea, and ornamentals |
| 1994 | Launched "LANDEL", an anti-hypertension agent |
| 1994 | Launched "PERMIT", a herbicide for corn crops |
| 1996 | Established Nissan Chemical Houston Corporation (NCH) |
| 1998 | Launched "ARC®", anti-reflective coating for semiconductors by license from Brewer Science, Inc. |
| 2001 | Established Nissan Chemical Korea Co. Ltd. (now, NCK Co. Ltd.) |
| 2001 | Reorganized R&D facilities: setting up Chemical Research Laboratories, Electronic Materials Research Laboratories, and Specialty Materials Research Laboratories |
| 2001 | Established Nissan-Agri Co., Ltd. (now, Sun Agro Co., Ltd.) to integrate fertilizer businesses in group companies |
| 2002 | Acquired herbicide business in Japan from Monsanto Japan Limited |
| 2002 | Established Nissan Chemical Europe S.A.S. in France |
| 2003 | Launched "LIVALO", an anti-cholesterol agent |
| 2005 | Established Nissan Chemical Agro Korea Ltd. |
| 2008 | Launched "LEIMAY", a fungicide effective against fungal diseases in grapes, potato, tomato, vegetables, and brassica |
| 2009 | Launched "STARMITE", an acaricide effective against spider mites on fruits, tea, vegetables and ornamentals |
| 2010 | Acquired fungicide (thifluzamide) from Dow AgroSciences LLC |
| 2010 | Established Nissan Chemical Taiwan Co., Ltd. |
| 2013 | Acquired Thin Materials GmbH |
| 2013 | Merged NCH into NCA |
| 2014 | Established Nissan Chemical Product (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. |
| 2014 | Reorganized Electronic Materials Research Laboratories and Inorganic Materials Research Laboratories into the Materials Research Laboratories. |
| 2016 | Established Nissan Chemical Do Brasil. |
| 2017 | Established Nissan Agro Tech India PVT.LTD. |
| 2017 | Established Nissan Chemical Materials Research(Suzhou)Co , Ltd. |
| 2018 | Changed corporate name to Nissan Chemical Corporation |
| 2020 | Established Nissan Bharat Rasayan Private Limited |
| 2023 | Established Nissan Chemical Agro Singapore Private Limited |
