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1906 Meiji 39 |
Sogi Electric
The founder |
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1908 Meiji 41 |
Company name changed to NIPPON CHISSO HIRYO K.K. Start of production of calcium cyanamide using atmospheric nitrogen fixation process in Minamata Factory. |
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1914 Taisho 3 |
Shirakawa Power Plant (Kumamoto) completed. Construction of power plants in South Kyushu locations thereafter. |
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1923 Taisho 12 |
Start of world's first manufacture of ammonia using Casale ammonia synthesis process |
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1927 Showa 2 |
CHOSEN CHISSO HIRYO K.K. established. Hungnam Factory constructed as world's largest chemical industrial complex. |
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1941 Showa 16 |
Start of polyvinyl chloride production. |
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1944 Showa 19 |
Suiho dam, world's top-class dam, completed (700,000 kw). |
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1945 Showa 20 |
Resume ammonium fertilizer (ammonium sulfate) production earlier than any other domestic company after the war. |
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1950 Showa 25 |
New start as SHIN-NIPPON CHISSO HIRYO K.K. |
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1952〜 Showa 27 - |
Manufacturing facilities for octanol, DOP and acetate staple completed. |
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1955 Showa 30 |
Manufacturing facilities for advanced compound fertilizer completed. |
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1959 Showa 34 |
Manufacturing facilities for high-purity metallic silicon completed. |
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1960 Showa 35 |
KYUSHU CHEMICAL INDUSTRY Co., Ltd. established. |
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1962 Showa 37 |
CHISSO PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION established |
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1963 Showa 38 |
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1965 Showa 40 |
Company name changed to CHISSO CORPORATION. |
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1969 Showa 44 |
Manufacturing facilities for high density polyethylene completed. Manufacturing facilities for octanol (oxo process) and DOP completed. |
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1973 Showa 48 |
Manufacturing facilities for liquid crystals completed. |
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1974 Showa 49 |
Manufacturing facilities for thermo-bonding composite fibers (ES Fiber) completed. |
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1980 Showa 55 |
Manufacturing facilities for organic silicon compounds completed. |
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1981 Showa 56 |
Manufacturing facilities for controlled-release fertilizer (MEISTER) and spherical cellulose gel (Cellufine) completed. |
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1984 Showa 59 |
Manufacturing facilities for natural food preservative (polylysine) and bio-hyaluronic acid completed. |
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1986 Showa 61 |
CHISSO AMERICA Inc. established. |
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1987 Showa 62 |
Manufacturing facilities for polypropylene by the CHISSO Gas Phase process completed. |
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1994 Heisei 6 |
GUANGZHOU ES FIBER Co., Ltd. established. |
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1997 Heisei 9 |
Goi LIXON Center (liquid crystal blending plant) completed. |
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1999 Heisei 11 |
CHISSO TAIWAN CORPORATION established (currently JNC Taiwan Co., Ltd ). |
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2000 Heisei 12 |
ES FiberVisions, Inc. founded. |
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2003 Heisei 15 |
JAPAN POLYPROPYLENE CORPORATION (company for integrating polypropylene business) established. |
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2004 Heisei 16 |
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2005 Heisei 17 |
Manufacturing facilities for LCD alignment film and overcoat in Korea completed. |
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2006 Heisei 18 |
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2009 Heisei 21 |
JCAM AGRI. Co., Ltd. established. |
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2010 Heisei 22 |
CHISSO ES Asia (Changshu) Co., Ltd. established.(JNC ES Asia(Chanshu)Co.,Ltd.) |
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2011 Heisei 23 |
JNC CORPORATION established. |
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2012 Heisei 24 |
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2013 Heisei 25 |
ES FiberVisions (Thailand) Co., Ltd. established. |
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2014 Heisei 26 |
JNC LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIAL (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. established. |
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2015 Heisei 27 |
JCAM AGRI TAIWAN.CO.,LTD established. |
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2016 Heisei 28 |
Start operation of management company in China, JNC (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. |
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2017 Heisei 29 |
Display Technology Center in Taiwan completed. |
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2019 Reiwa 1 |
Completion of renovation of Takachiho hydraulic power station |
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2020 Reiwa 2 |
Completion of renovation of Shirakawa hydraulic power station |
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2021 Reiwa 3 |
10th anniversary of JNC CORPORATION |
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2024 Reiwa 6 |
Renovation constructions of 13 hydroelectric power stations in the Kyushu area completed. |