Historical Overview

Sogi Electric
Company founded.

The founder
Shitagau Noguchi Sogi 2nd
Hydraulic Power Station

Company name changed to NIPPON CHISSO HIRYO K.K. Start of production of calcium cyanamide using atmospheric nitrogen fixation process in Minamata Factory.

Shirakawa Power Plant (Kumamoto) completed. Construction of power plants in South Kyushu locations thereafter.

Start of world's first manufacture of ammonia using Casale ammonia synthesis process

CHOSEN CHISSO HIRYO K.K. established. Hungnam Factory constructed as world's largest chemical industrial complex.

Start of polyvinyl chloride production.

Suiho dam, world's top-class dam, completed (700,000 kw).

Resume ammonium fertilizer (ammonium sulfate) production earlier than any other domestic company after the war.

New start as SHIN-NIPPON CHISSO HIRYO K.K.

Manufacturing facilities for octanol, DOP and acetate staple completed.

Manufacturing facilities for advanced compound fertilizer completed.

Manufacturing facilities for high-purity metallic silicon completed.

KYUSHU CHEMICAL INDUSTRY Co., Ltd. established.

CHISSO PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION established
(currently JNC PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION).

• CHISSO POLYPRO FIBER Co., Ltd. established (currently JNC FIBERS CORPORATION).

• Manufacturing facilities for polypropylene and polypropylene fibers completed.

  

Company name changed to CHISSO CORPORATION.

Manufacturing facilities for high density polyethylene completed. Manufacturing facilities for octanol (oxo process) and DOP completed.

Manufacturing facilities for liquid crystals completed.

Manufacturing facilities for thermo-bonding composite fibers (ES Fiber) completed.

Manufacturing facilities for organic silicon compounds completed.

Manufacturing facilities for controlled-release fertilizer (MEISTER) and spherical cellulose gel (Cellufine) completed.

Manufacturing facilities for natural food preservative (polylysine) and bio-hyaluronic acid completed.

CHISSO AMERICA Inc. established.

Manufacturing facilities for polypropylene by the CHISSO Gas Phase process completed.

GUANGZHOU ES FIBER Co., Ltd. established.

Goi LIXON Center (liquid crystal blending plant) completed.

CHISSO TAIWAN CORPORATION established (currently JNC Taiwan Co., Ltd ).

ES FiberVisions, Inc. founded.

JAPAN POLYPROPYLENE CORPORATION (company for integrating polypropylene business) established.

• CHISSO CHINA Co., Ltd. established (currently JNC (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.).

• CHISSO KOREA Co., Ltd. established (currently JNC KOREA CO., LTD.).

  

• CHISSO FINE TECHNO Co., Ltd. established (currently JNC MATERIAL Co., Ltd.) established.

Manufacturing facilities for LCD alignment film and overcoat in Korea completed.

• 100th Anniversary

• ES FIBERVISIONS Co.,Ltd. established.

• CHISSO TAIWAN Co., Ltd Tainan Factory completed.

• COMUSA COVINGTON factory completed.

JCAM AGRI. Co., Ltd. established.

CHISSO ES Asia (Changshu) Co., Ltd. established.（JNC ES Asia(Chanshu)Co.,Ltd.）

JNC CORPORATION established.

• ES FiberVisions Suzhou Co., Ltd. established.

• JNC Nonwovens（Thailand）Co., Ltd. established.

ES FiberVisions (Thailand) Co., Ltd. established.

JNC LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIAL (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. established.

JCAM AGRI TAIWAN.CO.,LTD established.

Start operation of management company in China, JNC (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.

Display Technology Center in Taiwan completed.

Introduction of New Brand of Paint Protection Film "JN-SHIELDTM"

Completion of renovation of Takachiho hydraulic power station
Success in Developing Narrowband deep-blue organic light emitting diode

Completion of renovation of Shirakawa hydraulic power station
Start of production of nonwoven fabric for masks & production of masks

10th anniversary of JNC CORPORATION