Nitto Denko

History

• 1918 Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited 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 Osaki, 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.
• 1961
• *Opens first overseas office in New York ;
• *Begins production of fluoroplastic products ;
• *Begins production of surface protection vinyl sheets.
• 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.
• 1973 Begins production of flexible prihnmhmnted circuits.
• 1974
• *Forms Nitto Belgium N.V. ;
• *Begins production of sealing materials.
• 1975
• *Forms Nitoms, Inc.;
• *Begins production of polarizing films for liquid crystal displays.
• 1976 Begins production of high-polymer separation membranes.
• 1977 Tohoku Plant begins operation.
• 1981 Begins production of tapes for athletes and rehabilitation, taping tapes.
• 1982 Kyushu Plant begins operation.
• 1983 Begins production of transdermal drug delivery patches.
• 1985 Begins production of reinforce and vibration damping materials.
• 1986 Shiga Plant begins operation.
• 1987 Acquires Hydranautics in the U.S.A.
• 1988 Celebrates 70th anniversary and changes name to Nitto Denko Corporation.
• 1989
• *Begins production of retardation films for liquid crystal displays;
• *Forms Nitto Denko Electronics Sdn. Bhd.;
• *Develops plant tissue culture technology.
• 1992 Begins production of protective films for painted surface of automobiles.
• 1994 Forms Nitto Denko Company, Limited
• 1995 Forms Nitto Denko Company, Limited
• 1996
• *Onomichi plant begins operation ; Forms Nitto Medical Corporation ;
• *Begins production of printed wiring material for HDD ;
• *Forms Nitto Lifetec Corporation;
• *Receives Miles prize.
• 1997
• *Forms Nitto Denko Material Company, Limited and P.T. Nitto Materials Indonesia;
• *Forms Nitto Shinko Corporation and Saitama Nitto Denko Corporation.
• 1998 Begins production of Polarization Conversion Films
• 1999 Forms Nitto Denko Packaging System Corporation, Nitto Denko Vietnam and Korea Nitto Optical Company, Limited.
• 2000
• *Forms Mie Nitto Denko Corporation, Korea Nitto Denko., Limited;
• *Forms Regional holding company, Nitto America, Inc.;
• *Forms Nitto Denko Himawari Corporation, and Nitto Denko Technical Corporation.
• 2001 Forms Nitto Denko Tape Materials Company, Limited, Nitto Denko Philippines Corporation and Nittos Denko Company, Limited
• 2002
• *Forms Nitto Electronics Kyushu Corporation, Aichi Nitto Denko Corporation;
• *Forms Regional holding company, Nitto Denko Investment Company, Limited;
• *Acquires Acoustiseal in the US, and the company changed name to Permacel Automotive Inc..
• 2003
• *Forms Taiwan Nitto Optical Company, Limited.
• 2004
• *Forms Kinovate Life Sciences, Inc. Nitto Denko Packing System is changed name to Nitto Denko CS System Corporation.
• *Forms Nitto Denko Company, Limited and Nitto Fine Circuit Technology Company, Limited.
• 2005
• *Forms Shanghai Nitto Optical Company, Limited;
• *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 Corporation and Nitto Denko Matex Corporation are consolidated into Nitto Denko Corporation.
• 2008
• *High performance reverse osmosis membrane element for seawater desalination "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, Limited in Manesar, India.
• 2011 Acquires Avecia Biotechnology Inc..
• 2012 Forms Nitto Denko Europe Technical Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland
• 2014 Forms Nitto Technology Research Institute, Co., Ltd.
• 2016 Acquires Irvine Pharmaceutical Services and Avrio Biopharmaceutical
• From 2017, Nitto became the main sponsor of the year-end tennis event ATP Finals in London.

  Products

• Reverse osmosis membranes for desalination of water, a 4", 8" or 16" diameter elements
• Vertical filter film and horizontal filter film for liquid crystal display
• Products being utilized in various areas of the automotive industry and housing
• Transdermal Therapeutic patches
• Surgical tapes and dressings
• Transparent conductive film and high-clarity optical-use adhesive sheets for touch panel

  Neodymium magnets