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| September 1919 |
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Dainippon Celluloid Company Limited,
with plants in Sakai, Kanzaki, Aboshi, and Tokyo, created through
the merger of eight celluloid producers. |
| July 1927 |
Mikuni Celluloid Co.,Ltd.(Mikuni Plastics Co.,Ltd.)
established and begins celluloid processing operations. |
| January 1934 |
Photographic film operations are spun off to form
Fuji Photo Film Co.,Ltd. |
| Septembar 1935 |
Arai Plant established in Niigata Prefecture and
begins acetylene-type organic chemical operations. |
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| January 1954 |
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The Kawachi Plant (presently the Harima Plant)
established and begins the manufacture of smokeless gunpowder. |
| September 1956 |
Dainippon Plastics Co.,Ltd. established
and begins plastics processing operations. |
| March 1959 |
Nagoya Office (presently Nagoya
Sales Office) established. |
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| January 1961 |
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Dainippon Kasei Co.,Ltd. established
and begins petrochemical operations. |
| May 1964 |
Polyplastics
Co.,Ltd. established and begins producing polyacetal
resin. |
| February 1966 |
Corporate name changed to Daicel Co.,Ltd. |
| June 1968 |
Dainippon Kasei Co.,Ltd. is acquired
and Daicel begins operating that company's Ohtake Plant. |
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| July 1970 |
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Daicel-Huls Ltd. (presently Daicel-Evonik
Ltd.) established and begins marketing nylon-12
resin. |
| July 1977 |
Kyodo Sakusan Co.,Ltd. established. |
| September 1979 |
Begins production of acetic acid using
the methanol carbonylation process. |
| October 1979 |
Corporate name changed to Daicel Chemical
Industries,Ltd. |
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| November 1980 |
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Research Center constructed in
Aboshi (Japan). |
| December 1982 |
Kyodo Polymer Co.,Ltd. established. |
| April 1984 |
Daicel
(U.S.A.),Inc. established in Los Angeles. |
| November 1984 |
Daicel (Europa) GmbH established
in Dusseldorf. |
| September 1986 |
Daicel Finance Ltd. established. |
| May 1988 |
Daicel-UCB Company,Ltd. (presently
Daicel-Cytec Company,Ltd.) established. |
| October 1988 |
Daicel Safety Systems Inc. established. |
| May 1989 |
Daicel Chemical (Asia) Pte.Ltd.
established in Singapore. |
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| November 1990 |
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Chiral
Technologies, Inc. established in U.S.A.. |
| October 1991 |
Dainichi Chemical Corp. established. |
| July 1992 |
Xi'an Huida Chemical Industries Co.,Ltd.
established in China. |
| November 1992 |
Daicel (Hong Kong) Ltd. established
in Hong Kong. |
| June 1993 |
Himeji Works Hirohata Plant established
in Himeji (Japan). |
| May 1994 |
Daicen
Membrane-Systems Ltd. established. |
| November 1994 |
Shanghai Daicel Polymers,Ltd.
established in Shanghai. |
| October 1995 |
Chiral Technologies-Europe SARL
(presently Chiral
Technologies Europe S.A.S.) established in France. |
| April 1998 |
H.R. Training Center established
in Hyogo (Japan). |
| April 1999 |
Toyo Styrene Co.,Ltd. established. |
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| December 2000 |
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Daicel Safety Systems America,LLC
established in Kentncky. |
| January 2001 |
Daicel
Polymer Ltd. established. |
| January 2001 |
Daicel Packsystems Ltd. established. |
| October 2001 |
Daicel
FineChem Ltd. established. |
| October 2001 |
Daicel Novafoam Ltd. established. |
| September 2002 |
Daicel Nanning Food Ingredients Co., Ltd.
established in China. |
| September 2002 |
Daicel Safety Systems (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
established in Thailand. |
| March 2004 |
Daicel Safety Systems Europe Sp. z o. o.
established in Poland. |
| April 2004 |
Daicel Value Coating Ltd. established. |
| July 2004 |
Daicel Chemical (China) Investment Co.,
Ltd. established in China. |
| December 2004 |
Daicel Safety Systems (Jiangsu) Co.,Ltd.
established in China. |
| March 2005 |
Ningbo Da-An Chemical Industries Co.,Ltd.
established in China. |
| January 2006 |
Acquisition of Ticona's cyclic olefin copolymer
business and start of operations of Topas
Advanced Polymers |
| August 2007 |
Daicel Chiral Technologies (China) Co.,Ltd. established in China. |
| March 2008 |
Consolidated subsidiaries Dainippon Plastics Co.,Ltd. majority share transferred to Takiron Co.,Ltd |
| April 2008 |
Daicel Chiral Technologies (India) Pvt.Ltd. established in India. |
| October 2008 |
The business of Mikuni Plastics Co.,Ltd. transferred to Aronkasei Co.,Ltd. |
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