| Oct. 1962 |
Established Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd. |
| Apr. 1963 |
Took over sales assets of Hitachi Ltd.’s Chemical Products Division and merged with Hitachi Kakou. Commenced business operations. |
| Apr. 1965 |
Spun off Kanagawa Works (Condenser Division) and re-established Hitachi Condenser Co., Ltd. (currently Hitachi AIC Inc.) in its place. |
| Dec. 1965 |
Set up Sakuragawa Works. |
| Jan. 1968 |
Merged with Hitachi Chemical Co. located in Chuo Ward, Tokyo in order to change face value of shares. |
| Oct. 1968 |
Spun off Matsudo Works (Powdered Metals Division) and reestablished in its place Hitachi Powdered Metals Co. Ltd. |
| Oct. 1969 |
Set up Yuki Works. |
| Oct. 1970 |
Listed on the Second Sections of Tokyo and Osaka Stock Exchanges. |
| Aug. 1971 |
Listed on the First Sections of Tokyo and Osaka Stock Exchanges. |
| Jun. 1972 |
Obtained majority of shares of Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co. Ltd. |
| Aug. 1972 |
Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co. Ltd. listed on the First Sections of Tokyo and Osaka Stock Exchanges. |
| Mar. 1973 |
Set up Ibaraki and Shimodate Research Laboratories. |
| Aug. 1973 |
Set up Goi Works. |
| Nov. 1974 |
Moved Headquarters from Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward to Shinjuku Ward. |
| Jan. 1980 |
Set up Shimodate Works II |
| Jan. 1985 |
Shimodate Works II was renamed Goshomiya Works. |
| Dec. 1986 |
Set up Minami Yuki Works and Tsukuba Development Research Laboratory. |
| Jan. 1987 |
Hitachi Powdered Metals Co. Ltd listed on the Second Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| Apr. 1990 |
Set up Kashima Factory. |
| Jan. 1994 |
Integrated Sakuragawa Works into Yamazaki Works, Minamiyuki Works into Shimodate Works and Goshomiya Works into Yuki Works. |
| Aug. 1995 |
Spun off Goshomiya Works from Yuki Works. |
| Sep. 1995 |
Hitachi Powdered Metals Co. Ltd. listed on the First Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| Jun. 1999 |
Integrated Tsukuba, Ibaraki and Shimodate Research Laboratories into one centralized R&D Center. |
| The Company’s plants renamed as business units. |
| Jun. 2000 |
Integrated Kashima Operation Office into Yamazaki Operation Office. |
| Oct. 2001 |
Spun off Housing Equipment and Environmental Facilities Division and reestablished Hitachi Housetech Co. Ltd. in its place. |
| Apr. 2005 |
Research Center reorganized into the three laboratories: the Functional Material Research Laboratory, the Electronic Material Research Laboratory, and the Advanced Material Research Laboratory. |
| Jan. 2008 |
Sold the shares it owned in Hitachi Housetec Co., Ltd., spinning off the housing equipment and environmental facilities businesses. |
| May 2008 |
Hitachi Powdered Metals Co., Ltd. was delisted from the stock market. |
| Apr. 2008 |
Hitachi Powdered Metals Co., Ltd. became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. |
| Apr. 2008 |
Integrated its R&D functions in the areas of functional materials and electronic materials into the Advanced Materials R&D Center and New Applied Materials R&D Center. |
| Sep. 2009 |
Established the Tsukuba Research Laboratory by integrating the Advanced Materials R&D Center and the New Applied Materials R&D Center. |
| Apr. 2010 |
Integrated the Goshomiya Works into the Shimodate Works.
Absorbed the sales, business planning, and R&D divisions of Hitachi Powdered Metals Co., Ltd. |
| Mar. 2012 |
Acquired all voting rights in Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co., Ltd., which became a wholly owned subsidiary. |
| Jun. 2012 |
Added batteries, capacitors, and products in which these items are applied, to its business line up, manufacturing and selling them. |
| Oct. 2012 |
Integration of R&D division relating to battery of Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co., Ltd. |
| Jan. 2013 |
The trade name has been changed from Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. to Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd. Headquarters moved from Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward to Chiyoda Ward. |
| Apr. 2013 |
Integration of sales, business planning and R&D (except for relating to batteries) divisions of Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co., Ltd. |
| Apr. 2014 |
Absorbed Hitachi Powdered Metals Co., Ltd. Set up Matsudo Works. |
| Jan. 2015 |
Absorbed Hitachi Powdered Metals Co., Ltd. Established Matsudo Works. |
| Apr. 2015 |
CSB Battery Co., Ltd. became a consolidated subsidiary of Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. |
| Jan. 2016 |
Absorbed Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co., Ltd. Established Saitama Works, Nabari Works and Hikone Works. |
| Apr. 2016 |
Absorbed Hitachi Kasei Polymer Co., Ltd. and. Hitachi Chemical Filtec Inc. |
| Nov. 2016 |
Changed the name of CSB Battery Co., Ltd. to Hitachi Chemical Energy Technology Co., Ltd.. |
| Feb. 2017 |
Turned FIAMM Energy Technology S.p.A. into a consolidated subsidiary. |
| Mar. 2017 |
Turned PCT, LLC, a Caladrius Company (currently Hitachi Chemical Advanced Therapeutics Solutions, LLC) into a wholly owned subsidiary. |
| Jul. 2017 |
Turned ISOLITE GmbH into a wholly owned subsidiary. |
| Sep. 2017 |
Turned Thai Storage Battery Public Limited into a consolidated subsidiary. |
| Jan. 2018 |
Turned Kyowa Medex Co., Ltd. into a wholly owned subsidiary. |
| Apr. 2019 |
Turned Apceth Biopharma GmbH into a wholly owned subsidiary |
| Oct. 2019 |
Transferred all stock shares held in Hitachi Kasei Shoji Co., Ltd. to Shinko Denki Co., Ltd. |
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Apr. 2020
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Turned into a consolidated subsidiary by Showa Denko Co., Ltd. |
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Oct. 2020
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Changed name from Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. to Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd. |
