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1918	Nitto Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. forms in Ohsaki, Tokyo, to produce electrical insulating materials in Japan.
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.

Ohsaki, TOKYO

Ibaraki Plant

Friction Tape

1961	Opens first overseas office in New York ;
	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,
1964	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 ;
1967	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.

Toyohashi Plant

Kanto Plant

Kameyama Plant

1973	Begins production of flexible printed circuits.
1974	Forms Nitto Europe N.V. as the first manufacturing plant in Europe ;
1974	Begins production of sealing materials (EPT Sealer).
1975	Forms Nitoms , Inc.;
1975	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.

Flexible Printed Circuits

Polarizing Film

Reverse Osmosis Membrane

Tohoku Plant

1981	Begins production of athletic taping tapes (NITREAT).
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 ;
1988	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.

Drug Delivery Patch

Shiga Plant

1990	Forms Jinsec Corporation.
1992	Forms Nitto U-tech Corporation.
1993	Begins production of protective films for painted surface of automobiles ;
1993	Celebrates 75th anniversary.
1994	Establishes a converting plant in Shenzhen, China ;
1994	Forms a converting and sales base in Shanghai Pudong New Area, China.
1995	Establishes a plant in Shanghai Songjiang, China.
1995	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.

Onomichi Plant

Adhesive Tape Research & Technology Center Adhesive Tape
Research & Technology
Center

2000	Forms a reagional holding company, Nitto Americas, Inc.
2000	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.;
2002	Jinsec Corp. is merged into Nitto Medical Corp.
2003	Acquires Elan Transdermal Technologies,Inc. in the U.S.A.,
2003	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.;
2007	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

Nitto Denko (Suzhou)

Aveva Drug Delivery Systems Aveva Drug
Delivery Systems

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