{"id":85,"date":"2017-10-24T11:10:27","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T02:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/?page_id=85"},"modified":"2026-04-01T11:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:07:14","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/company\/information\/history","title":{"rendered":"Milestones &amp; Organization Chart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"history_top\">\n<h2 class=\"icon_og\">Milestones<\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>1953<\/th>\n<td>Foundation (capitalized at 5 million yen)<br \/>\nProduction of emulsifiers for agrochemicals and general surfactants started in Tamagawa Plant (in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture) (now closed).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>1954<\/th>\n<td>Becomes a 100% subsidiary of Sankyo Co., Ltd. (presently Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>1960<\/th>\n<td>Start of production of alkylmorpholine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>1963<\/th>\n<td>Opening of Kawasaki Plant (in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture)<br \/>\nStart of production of butyl glycol ether<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>1964<\/th>\n<td>Start of production of amino alcohol<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>1968<\/th>\n<td>Start of production of butyl glycol ether with a continuous system<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>1974<\/th>\n<td>Start of production of methyl glycol ether with a continuous system<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>1979<\/th>\n<td>Start of production of ester glycol ether<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>1997<\/th>\n<td>Opening of Kashima Plant (in Kamisu City, Ibaraki Prefecture)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>2008<\/th>\n<td>Becomes a 100% subsidiary of Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>2012<\/th>\n<td>Completion of R&amp;D Center and Production Management Center at Kawasaki Plant<br \/>\nLaunch of AMINOION\u00ae ionic liquid onto the market<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>2017<\/th>\n<td>Completion of General Management Building at Kashima Plant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"organization_chart\">\n<h2 class=\"icon_og\">Organization Chart\u3000<span class=\"small\">[ As of April 1, 2026 ]<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/9535e9fd004953baf5911016de2d4c05-724x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/9535e9fd004953baf5911016de2d4c05-724x1024.png 724w, https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/9535e9fd004953baf5911016de2d4c05-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/9535e9fd004953baf5911016de2d4c05-768x1087.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/9535e9fd004953baf5911016de2d4c05-1085x1536.png 1085w, https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/9535e9fd004953baf5911016de2d4c05-1447x2048.png 1447w, https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/9535e9fd004953baf5911016de2d4c05-scaled.png 1809w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Milestones 1953 Foundation (capitalized at 5 million yen) Production of emulsifiers for agrochemicals and general surfactants started in Tamagawa Plant (in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture) (now closed). 1954 Becomes a 100% subsidiary of Sankyo Co., Ltd. (presently Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.) 1960 Start of production of alkylmorpholine 1963 Opening of Kawasaki Plant (in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture) Start of production of butyl glycol ether 1964 Start of production of amino alcohol 1968 Start of production of butyl glycol ether with a continuous system 1974 Start of production of methyl glycol ether with a continuous system 1979 Start of production of ester glycol ether 1997 Opening of Kashima Plant &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/company\/information\/history\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Milestones &amp; Organization Chart<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":83,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-85","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":403,"href":"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions\/403"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nipponnyukazai.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}