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1918～1959
| 1918 | Nitto Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. forms in Ohsaki, Tokyo, to produce electrical insulating materials in Japan. |
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| 1924 | Introduces electrical insulating varnishes. |
| 1941 | Ibaraki Plant begins operation. |
| 1945 | Head Office in Ohsaki, Tokyo,destroyed by air raids. |
| 1946 | Head Office is relocated to Ibaraki, Osaka ; |
| Begins production of friction tapes. | |
| 1949 | Opens Osaka and Tokyo Branch Offices ; |
| Begins production of anticorrosion tapes. | |
| 1951 | Produces first plastic tapes in Japan. |
| 1957 | Begins production of electrical insulating casting and molding products. |
| 1959 | Suita Plant begins operation. |
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Ohsaki, TOKYO
Ibaraki Plant
Friction Tape1960～1969
| 1961 | Opens first overseas office in New York ; |
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| Begins production of fluoroplastic products (NITOFLON) ; | |
| Begins production of surface protection vinyl sheets (SPV). | |
| 1962 | Lists common stocks on Second Sections of Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Stock Exchange ; |
| Toyohashi Plant begins operation ; | |
| Begins production of paper adhesive tapes for packaging ; Develops tape applicator (NITOMATIC). | |
| 1964 | Begins production of FRP electrical insulating products, |
| and double-coated adhesive tape. | |
| 1966 | Begins production of semiconductor encapsulating materials. |
| 1967 | Lists common stocks on First Sections of Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Stock Exchange ; |
| Kanto Plant begins operation. | |
| 1968 | Begins production of medical adhesive sheets. |
| 1969 | Forms Nitto Denko America, Inc. ; |
| Kameyama Plant begins operation ; | |
| Constructs a plant in Taiwan as the first overseas manufacturing base. |
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Toyohashi Plant
Kanto Plant
Kameyama Plant1970～1979
| 1973 | Begins production of flexible printed circuits. |
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| 1974 | Forms Nitto Europe N.V. as the first manufacturing plant in Europe ; |
| Begins production of sealing materials (EPT Sealer). | |
| 1975 | Forms Nitoms , Inc.; |
| Begins production of polarizing films for liquid crystal displays. | |
| 1976 | Begins production of high-polymer separation membranes (reverse-osmosis membranes, ultrafiltration membranes). |
| 1977 | Tohoku Plant begins operation. |
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Flexible Printed Circuits
Polarizing Film
Reverse Osmosis Membrane
Tohoku Plant1980～1989
| 1981 | Begins production of athletic taping tapes (NITREAT). |
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| 1982 | Kyushu Nitto Denko begins operation. |
| 1983 | Begins production of transdermal drug delivery patches. |
| 1986 | Shiga Plant begins operation. |
| 1987 | Acquires Hydranautics in the U.S.A. |
| 1988 | Celebrates 70th anniversary and changes name to Nitto Denko Corporation ; |
| Acquires Permacel in the U.S.A. | |
| 1989 | Constructs a plant in Malaysia ; |
| Develops plant tissue culture technology (Tissue-cultured Panax Ginseng) ; | |
| Acquires Graphic Technology, Inc. in the U.S.A. |
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Drug Delivery Patch
Shiga Plant1990～1999
| 1990 | Forms Jinsec Corporation. |
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| 1992 | Forms Nitto U-tech Corporation. |
| 1993 | Begins production of protective films for painted surface of automobiles ; |
| Celebrates 75th anniversary. | |
| 1994 | Establishes a converting plant in Shenzhen, China ; |
| Forms a converting and sales base in Shanghai Pudong New Area, China. | |
| 1995 | Establishes a plant in Shanghai Songjiang, China. |
| Start of manufacture of wireless suspension for magnetro resistive. | |
| 1996 | Onomichi plant begins operation ; |
| Forms Nitto Medical Corporation, Nitto Lifetec Corporation ; | |
| Receives Miles prize. | |
| 1997 | All seven domestic plants obtain ISO 9000 Series certification ; |
| Forms Nitto Shinko Corporation ; | |
| Forms Nitto Denko Material (Thailand) Co., Ltd. and P.T.Nitto Materials Indonesia | |
| 1998 | Constructs Adhesive Tape Research & Technology Center at Toyohashi Plant. |
| 1999 | Forms Nitto Denko Packaging System Corp., Nitto Denko Vietnam Co., Ltd. |
| and Korea Nitto Optical Co., Ltd.. | |
| All seven domestic plants obtain ISO 14000 Series certification. |
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Onomichi Plant
Adhesive Tape2000～2008
| 2000 | Forms a reagional holding company, Nitto Americas, Inc. |
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| Forms Mie Nitto Denko Corp., Nitto Denko Himawari Corp., Korea Nitto Denko, Nitto Denko Matex Corp. and Nitto Denko Technical Corp.. | |
| 2001 | Forms Nitto Denko Tape Materials (Vietnam) Co., Ltd; |
| Forms Nitto Denko Philippines Corp.; | |
| Forms Nitto Denko (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. | |
| 2002 | Forms Nitto Electronics kyusyu Corp. and Aichi Nitto Denko Corp.; |
| Jinsec Corp. is merged into Nitto Medical Corp. | |
| 2003 | Acquires Elan Transdermal Technologies,Inc. in the U.S.A., |
| and the company changed name to Aveva Drug Delivery Systems, Inc. | |
| 2004 | Forms Kinovate Life Siences, Inc.. |
| Nitto Denko Packing System is changed name to Nitto Denko CS System Corp.. | |
| Forms Nitto Denko Fine Circuit Technology Co., Ltd. | |
| 2005 | Forms Optmate Corp., Nitto Denko (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Nitto Optical Co., Ltd.. |
| 2006 | Head Office is relocated to Osaka. |
| 2007 | Kathyd Technology, LLC established in the U.S.A.; |
| Kyoshin Corp. and Nitto Denko Matex Corp. are consolidated into Nitto Denko Corp.. | |
| 2008 | High performance reverse osmosis (RO) membrane element for seawater desalination"SWC5" receives 2007 Nikkei Superior Products and Services Awards for Excellence |
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