Manufacturing and selling capacitors and electronics components
| 1931 Aug. | Toshio Satoh successfully manufactures electrolytic capacitors for the first time in Japan. Starts "SATOH DENKI KOGYOSHO" as a limited partnership, and begins production. |
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| 1947 Aug. | Company is reorganized; the name changes to "NIPPON CHEMICAL CAPACITOR INC." |
| 1952 Sep. | Osaka sales office opens. |
| 1958 Sep. | Completion of Ome new plant. |
| 1963 May. | Company adjusts Japanese spelling of its name. |
| 1966 Apr. | Miyagi plant (in city of Tajiri, Miyagi Prefecture) opens, for production of small electrolytic capacitors. |
| 1966 Jun. | Establish HITACHI ELECTROLYTIC FOIL LABORATORY INC. currently KDK CORP., in city of Takahagi, Ibaraki Prefecture). |
| 1969 Mar. | Iwate plant (in city of Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture) opens, for mass production of small electrolytic capacitors. |
| 1970 Jun. | UNITED CHEMI-CON, INC., a U.S.-based corporation for overseas sales, is established. |
| 1970 Sep. | Listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange, second section. |
| 1971 Jan. | Nagoya sales office opens. |
| 1972 Sep. | SAMYOUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. is established as a joint venture, in South Korea |
| 1975 Feb. | SINGAPORE CHEMI-CON (PTE.) LTD., a Singapore-based corporation, is established. |
| 1976 Jun. | FUKUSHIMA CHEMI-CON INC.(currently Fukushima plant) is established in the town of Yabuki, Fukushima Prefecture, to support increased production of large electrolytic capacitors. |
| 1977 Feb. | EUROPE CHEMI-CON (DEUTSCHLAND) GmbH, a European-based corporation for over seas sales, is established. |
| 1977 Sep. | Listed in first section of Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| 1977 Oct. | Saitama sales office opens. |
| 1979 Apr. | TAIWAN CHEMI-CON CORP., a Taiwan-based corporation, is established. |
| 1980 Sep. | Establishment of ASIA CHEMI-CON COMPANY LTD. (now HONG KONG CHEMI-CON LTD.) in Hong Kong. |
| 1981 Jul. | Company name is changed to NIPPON CHEMI-CON CORP. |
| 1982 Jul. | Utsunomiya sales office opens. |
| 1983 Oct. | Established CHEMI-CON PRECISION DEVICES CORP. (in city of Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture) to produce components for precision mechanisms. |
| 1984 Sep. | Ibaraki sales office opens. |
| 1986 Apr. | Establishment of IWATE ERECTRONICS CORP.(in city of kitakami,Iwate prefe cture)to produce hybrid IC(currently operating for design and production ofamorphous choke coil.) |
| 1988 Apr. | Kanagawa sales office opens. |
| 1989 Nov. | Nagano sales office opens. |
| 1990 Oct. | Sendai sales office opens. |
| 1990 Dec. | KDK CORP. Niigata Plant (now Nippon CHEMI-CON Niigata Plant in Kita-Kanbara, Niigata Prefecture) starts its production. |
| 1992 Feb. | Fukuoka sales office opens. |
| 1992 Jun. | Established UNITED CHEMI-CON MANUFACTURING, INC.(now UNITED CHEMI-CON INC.) in U.S. to serve as local production base for electrolytic capacitors. |
| 1993 Jan. | P.T. INDONESIA CHEMI-CON is established, for production of electrolytic capacitors. |
| 1995 Apr. | Purchase stake in MARCON ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. ( in city of Nagai, Yamagata Prefecture) to help expand Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitor Division and to support exploration of Tantalum Electrolytic Capacitors and other new technologies. |
| 1997 Apr. | Hokuriku sales office opens. |
| 1997 Apr. | Purchase the magnetic-materials group of MITSUI PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. (now MITSUI CHEMICALS,LTD.). |
| 1998 May. | Establishment of SHANGHAI CHEMI-CON TRADING CO.,LTD.as a China-based corporation. |
| 1999 Apr. | Establishment of sales division in KDK CORP. (Sinagawa-ku, Tokyo) for sales of electrolytic foils. |
| 1999 Oct. | Merger of the processing division of KDK CORP., established in 1966 as a dedicated foil processing company for electrolytic foils, to strengthen technical decelopment capabilities of Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors. |
| 2000 Apr. | Established CHEMI-CON LABORATORY in U.S. for basic laboratory. |
| 2000 Oct. | Established YAMAGATA ELECTRONICS CORP. (Higashi Okitama-gun, Yamagata) |
| 2001 Apr. | Increased the capital to NICHIJU MARCON CO., LTD. for the purpose of increasing the production of chemical foil, and changed the firm name to IWATE ELECTROLYTIC INDUSTRY CORP. |
| 2002 Jan. | HIDAKA ELECTRON CO., LTD(in Samani-gun, Hokkaido) starts electrolytic foil and chemical business through joint venture with Nippon Denko. |
| 2002 Aug. | Start production of aluminum electrolytic capacitor at CHEMI-CON (WUXI) CO., LTD., a China-based corporation. |
| 2003 Apr. | Establishment of CHEMI-CON ELECTRONICS (THAILAND) CO. LTD. as a Thailand-based corporation. |
| 2003 Apr. | Opening of SHANGHAI CHEMI-CON TRADING CO., LTD., Dailian Office as a business base in Dalian, China. |
| 2003 Nov. | Establishment of CHEMI-CON KOREA CORP.(Currently CHEMI-CON ELECTRONICS (KOREA) CO., LTD.) in South Korea. |
| 2004 Jul. | Relocates Nippon Chemi-Con head office from Ome, Tokyo to Shinagawa, Tokyo. |
| 2004 Sep. | Establishment of a merged company, CU Tech CORP. in South Korea. |
| 2005 Jul. | Keiji Sales Office opens. |
| 2008 Apr. | Establishment of CHEMI-CON TRADING(SHENZHEN)CO.,LTD. in China. |
| 2009 Jul. | Establishment of CHEMI-CON ENGINEERING CO.,LTD in Taiwan. |
A product from SATOH DENKI KOGYOSHO days (around 1943 to 1945)
A micro electrolytic capacitor installed in the first model of transistor radio (produced in 1955)
HITACHI ELECTROLYTIC FOIL LABORATORY soon after the construction (currently Takahagi Plant)
EUROPE CHEMI-CON（DEUTSCHLAND）GmbH（Germany）
TAIWAN CHEMI-CON CORP.(Taiwan)
P. T. INDONESIA CHEMI-CON (Indonesia)
Introduced conductive polymer aluminum solid electrolytic capacitors (1998)
CHEMI-CON (WUXI) CO., LTD. (China)
Nippon Chemi-Con Head Office (Shinagawa, Tokyo)
Started production of conductive polymer aluminum solid capacitors in TAIWAN CHEMI-CON CORP. (2007)
