Nikko Kasei Co., Ltd. /HISTORY

History

From its start as Akira Co., Ltd. on December 8th, 1947 until 1955, the company was engaged in the sale of chemical materials and mechanical parts as a trading company. Later, planning to manufacture thermosetting resin products and electrical insulating rigid cement boards, we set up the Dainin Plant (now the Osaka Higashi Plant) and the Urae Plant (now the Osaka Nishi Plant) and started production activities.
In April 1956 the company name was changed to Nikko Kasei Co., Ltd. and new sections for thermoplastic resin injection molded products and incombustible construction materials were added. In April 1966 the Shiga Plant was completed, making a flesh start as a production base for incombustible construction materials, followed by the completion inside the Shiga Plant of the thermosetting laminated resin sheet shop in 1970. In the same year we also created the new division of Movable Partition and stimulated space creation of the office and processing shop for construction materials in 1973.
At the Osaka Plant, expansion and renovation took place in 1975, 1978, 1981, 1982 and 1983 to improve the thermosetting resin injection molder line, fully implementing its production facilities. Our efforts to increase production capacity and streamline the organization have been supported by the introduction of robots and the latest coating lines, aiming to further promote automation, save labor and rationalize as part of our capital investment plan. In 1989 the Shiga Plant expanded with a laboratory, improving our efforts of study and development of new technical material.
Our new head office in Osaka was built in 1992, then in 1997, as a part of the 50th anniversary project, the complex building for factory and welfare facilities was constructed for the further expansion of our business.

Chronological Table

1947-2000

1947		First president Komajiro Tokura established Akira Co., Ltd. in Osaka.
1955		Moved head office to new location in Osaka.
1956		Renamed the company Nikko Kasei Co., Ltd.
		Kazuharu Tokura took office as president.
1957		Registered NIKOLYTE® as the general trademark of thermosetting resin laminated sheets.
1958		Built thermoplastic resin molding plant.
1959		Opened an office in Tokyo (now Tokyo Branch).
1961		Built new head office building (now the head office annex).
1962		Opened an office in Nagoya.
1964		Increased capital to 50 million.
1966		Completed the Shiga Plant, making a fresh start as a production base for incombustible construction materials.
1968		Introduced computers at the head office.
1970		Increased capital to 100 million.
		Being Awarded The Kansai ZD Excellent Company Prize by the Japan Management Association.
1971		Licensed to make medical tools.
1972		Opened an office in Hiroshima.
1973		Established Green Science Co., Ltd. as a tree-planting and panel-assembling wing.
		Opened a DUNKIN' DONUTS shop in Ikeda.
1974		Opened an office in Fukuoka.
1976		Installed a deodorizing system for exhaust gas in the laminated resin sheet shop at the Shiga Plant.
1978		Opened an office in Hitachi (now Kita-Kanto Office).
1979		Opened an office in Shiga (now Keiji Office).
1980		Introduced computers at branch offices and started up all-office on-line system.
1984		Started production and sales of LOSSNA-BOARD heat insulator.
1989		Expanded the Shiga Plant with a laboratory, so as to improve research and development of new materials.
		Started production and sales of T-MOLD super heat- resistant resin molding.
1992		Built new head office building.
1994		Started production and sales of BESTHERMO-U heat insulator.
1997		Opened an office in Sendai.
		Installed a deodorizing system in the incombustible construction materials shop at the Shiga Plant.
1998		Completely renovated the Osaka Plant.
		Expanded the head office with a welfare facility.
1999		Being awarded "Ranju-Hosho (Blue Ribbon Medal) " to the president kazuharu Tokura.
		Obtained ISO9002 for the Shiga Chemical Synthesis Plant.
		Participated in International Plastic Fair.
2000		Obtained ISO9002 for the Osaka Plant and the Shiga Construction Materials Plant.

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<Former head office building >
(now the head office annex)

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