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| 1951 |
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| Apr. |
Established in Kobe, Hyogo Pref. |
| Jul. |
Akashi plant started operation. |
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| 1953 |
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| Apr. |
Start of production and sale of sizing agents |
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| 1954 |
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| Feb. |
Head Office moved to Akashi plant. |
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| 1962 |
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| May |
Start of production and sales of resins for printing ink |
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| 1965 |
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| Apr. |
Start of production and sales of strength resins for papermaking |
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| 1968 |
| Jan. |
DIC-Hercules was formed as a joint venture between Dainippon Ink & Chemicals, Inc. ("DIC") and Hercules Inc. |
| Mar. |
Start of sales of wet strength agents |
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| 1969 |
| Sep. |
Chiba plant started operation. |
| Oct. |
Start of production of wet strength agents |
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| 1970 |
| Oct. |
Start of production and sales of neutral sizing agents |
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| 1972 |
| Mar. |
Start of sales of rosin emulsion sizes |
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| 1975 |
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| Jun. |
Start of production and sales of resins for recording materials |
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| 1978 |
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| Mar. |
Harima plant started operation. |
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| 1979 |
| May |
Start of production of rosin emulsion sizes |
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| 1985 |
| Mar. |
Laboratory (currently Ichihara lab) was constructed. |
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| 1988 |
| Nov. |
Mizushima plant started operation. |
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| Feb. |
Ryugasaki plant started operation. |
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| 1992 |
| Sep. |
DIC purchased Hercules'entire stake in DIC-Hercules. |
| Oct. |
DIC-Hercules was renamed JAPAN PMC CORPORATION. |
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| 1996 |
| Dec. |
Stocks listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
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| 1997 |
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| Feb. |
Stocks listed on the OTC market (currently JASDAQ) |
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| 1998 |
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| Dec. |
Iwai plant started operation. |
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| 1999 |
| Jun. |
New laboratory (currently Chiba lab) was constructed. |
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| 2001 |
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| Apr. |
Consolidated Chemical Product Div. of Misawa Chemical Co., Ltd.
acquiring Shizuoka plant as well as other plants. |
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| 2003 |
| Apr. |
Merger between two companies with JAPAN PMC CORPORATION as surviving company, having a paid-in capital of 2,000 million yen.
SEIKO POLYMER CORPORATION was formed as a wholly-owned subsidiary through a spin-off of the resin division of SEIKO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. |
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