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| April,1969 | Established to manufacture the acetic ester by the investment from Osaka Organic Chemical Industry Ltd., Marubeni Corporation, and Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. |
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| September,1969 | The company starts to produce Butyl Acetate and Isobutyl Acetate. |
| April,1970 | The company starts to produce Isopropyl Acetate. |
| August,1974 | Showa Denko Co., Ltd. put fund. The company's capital increases to 55 million yen. |
| November,1985 | Middle boiling point ester equipment is installed. |
| May,1989 | High boiling point ester equipment is installed. |
| July,1993 | The company starts to produce 1.2- butanediol. |
| December,1996 | The company installs equipment for charging powder raw materials. |
| February,1997 | The company starts to produce resin raw materials for semiconductor. |
| May,1998 | The company starts to produce electronic materials grade solvent. |
| March,1999 | Clean room is set up. |
| June,1999 | Equipment for clean filling is installed (for tank lorry). |
| September,2000 | Equipment for clean filling is installed(for drum). |
| March,2002 | The company installs continuous distillation facility (ES). |
| December,2003 | The company acquires ISO9001 certification. |
| June,2004 | Equipment for clean filling is installed (ISO tank container). |
| August,2005 | The company installs continuous distillation facility (FS). |
| April,2008 | Tokyo Office opened (in Osaka Organic Chemical Ind. Ltd.) |
| September,2011 | Introduced wall wetter equipment |
| October,2015 | ICP-MS8800 introduction |
| October,2016 | Completion of new power receiving building(Stilt type for earthquake resistance and tsunami resistance) |
| January,2017 | ISO9001: Updated to 2015 version(Head office factory、Osaka Sales Office) |
| May,2020 | ICP-MS8900 introduction |
| May,2024 | The company installs continuous distillation facility (GS). |