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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 Black Tape. | |
| 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 ; | |
| 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. | |
| Begins production of medical adhesive sheets. | |
| 1968 | Forms Nitto Denko America, Inc.. |
| 1969 | Kameyama Plant begins operation ; |
| Forms Nitto Denko Taiwan Nitto Denko 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 Belgium N.V. (now called Nitto Europe N.V.) ; |
| 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 tapes for athletes and rehabilitaion, taping tapes (NITREAT). |
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| 1982 | Kyushu Plant (now called Nitto Electronics Kyusyu) begins operation. |
| 1983 | Begins production of transdermal drug delivery patches. |
| 1985 | Begins production of reinforce and vibration damping materials (NITOHARD). |
| 1986 | Shiga Plant begins operation. |
| 1987 | Acquires Hydranautics in the U.S.A. |
| 1988 | Celebrates 70th anniversary and changes name to Nitto Denko Corp.. |
| 1989 | Begins production of retardation films for liquid crystal displays(NRF); |
| Forms Nitto Denko Electronics (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.; | |
| Develops plant tissue culture technology (Tissue-cultured Panax Ginseng). |
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Drug
Delivery Patch
Shiga
Plant1990～1999
| 1992 | Begins production of protective films for painted surface of automobiles. |
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| 1994 | Forms Nitto Denko (Shanghai Pu Dong New Area) Co., Ltd. |
| 1995 | Forms Nitto Denko(Shanghai Songjiang) Co.,Ltd. |
| 1996 | Onomichi plant begins operation ; |
| Forms Nitto Medical Corp. ; | |
| Begins production of printed wiring material for HDD (use for wireless suspension) ; | |
| Forms Nitto Lifetec Corp.; | |
| Receives Miles prize. | |
| 1997 | |
| Forms Nitto Denko Material (Thailand) Co., Ltd, and P.T. Nitto Materials Indonesia; | |
| Forms Nitto Shinko Corp. and Saitama Nitto Denko Corp. | |
| 1998 | Begins production of Polarization Conversion Films(NIPOCS) |
| 1999 | Forms Nitto Denko Packaging System Corp., Nitto Denko Vietnam |
| and Korea Nitto Optical Co., Ltd.. |
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Onomichi
Plant
Adhesive
Tape2000～2009
| 2000 | Forms Mie Nitto Denko Corp., Korea Nitto Denko., Ltd.; |
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| Forms Regional holding company, Nitto America, Inc.; | |
| Forms Nitto Denko Himawari Corp., and Nitto Denko Technical Corp.. | |
| 2001 | Forms Nitto Denko Tape Materials (Vietnam) Co., Ltd, Nitto Denko Philippines Corp. and Nittos Denko (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. |
| 2002 | Forms Nitto Electronics Kyushu Corp., Aichi Nitto Denko Corp.; |
| Forms Regional holding company, Nitto Denko (China) Investment Co., Ltd.; | |
| Acquires Acoustiseal in the U.S.A., and the company changed name to Permacel Automotive Inc.. | |
| 2003 | Acquires Elan Transdermal Technologies,Inc. in the U.S.A., |
| and the company changed name to Aveva Drug Delivery Systems, Inc. | |
| Forms Taiwan Nitto Optical Co., Ltd.. | |
| 2004 | Forms Kinovate Life Siences, Inc.. |
| Nitto Denko Packing System is changed name to Nitto Denko CS System Corp.. | |
| Forms Nitto Denko(Tianjin)Co., Ltd. and Nitto Fine Circuit Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. | |
| 2005 | Forms Optimate Corp., and Shanghai Nitto Optical Co., Ltd.; |
| An invention of the method of manufacturing wide-view-angle birefringent film for LCDs receives the Prime Minister Prize. | |
| 2006 | Head Office is relocated to Osaka. |
| 2007 | |
| Kyoshin Corp. and Nitto Denko Matex Corp. are consolidated into Nitto Denko Corp.. | |
| 2008 | High performance reverse osmosis (RO) membrane element for seawater desalinaion"SWC5"receives 2007 Nikkei Superior Products and Services Awards for Excellence ; |
| Forms Nitto Denko Asia Technical Center in Singapore. | |
| 2009 | Forms Nitto Denko India Private Ltd.in Manesar, India. |
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Nitto
Denko (Suzhou)
Aveva
Drug2010～2019
| 2011 | Acquires Avecia Biotechnology Inc. in the U.S.A. |
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