History
The "difficulties" and "technological innovations" we have overcome
From pharmaceutical chemicals to distillation purification technologies
Toyo Gosei Co., Ltd. was founded in 1954 with the manufacturing and refining of pharmaceutical chemical products. A few years later, a distillation column (a device that separates liquid chemicals by using the difference in boiling points) was designed based on a paper in a German chemical journal, and this device started the purification of imported synthetic fiber raw materials. We achieved great success with the latest technologies of distillation refining, but eventually major synthetic fibers and resins were manufactured by major domestic petrochemical manufacturers, and it was the time to innovate from refining imported products to the next technologies.
- September
1954 Nippon Acetylene Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. was established at 3-13 Edogawa, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo (capital: 1,000 thousand yen) for the purpose of manufacturing and refining chemical products for pharmaceuticals such as anesthetics (trichlorethylene, barium chlorate). Plant established at head office location
- 1956
- Head office relocated to Komatsugawa, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo
- May 1961
- Company name changed to Toyo Gosei Kogyo Co., Ltd.
Acquisition of chemical reaction technologies
We have been developing technologies to synthesize petrochemicals, agricultural raw materials, and synthetic resin additives by using petrochemicals, which have been manufactured in large quantities in place of imported products, as chemical raw materials.
We visited various universities and learned the chemical reaction technologies that is the backbone of today's fragrance materials business. It was developed by trial and error, from the laboratory flask stage to the manufacturing technologies of a mass-production Plant every day.
- January 1963
- Completion of new Plant in Ichikawa-city, Chiba, Plant relocation, acetate ester production started
- February 1971
- Opened Tokyo Sales Office in Chuo-ku, Tokyo
- August 1971
- Head office relocated to Ichikawa, Chiba
- October 1971
Construction of tank yard in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture (installation of six 400kL tanks and five 650kL tanks) Opened Takahama chemical tank terminal and started storage of liquid chemical tanks
- May 1972
- Obtained Takahama chemical tank terminal bonded warehouse approval from the Ministry of Finance
- October 1975
- Obtained approval of an industrial waste intermediate treatment company from Chiba Prefecture
- December 1978
- Obtained approval for warehousing
Research and development of photosensitive materials for the next next generation
In the 1970s, two oil shocks triggered major companies to enter the petrochemical derivatives field, and the time of innovation came again. The Japanese industry has begun to shift rapidly to the electronic device industry. The performance of electronic products is determined by semiconductors. The photoresist that is indispensable for semiconductor manufacturing is a solution in which a photosensitive resin is dissolved with a solvent. We worked on research and development of this photosensitive material. However, the density of semiconductors is quadrupled every three to four years (Moore's law).
Semiconductor manufacturers produce and sell semiconductor products while simultaneously developing next-generation semiconductor production technologies. Therefore, we have gained a reputation as a photosensitive material maker by conducting R & D aimed at demand for the next generation, seven to eight years ahead.
- July 1981
- Completed a photosensitive material manufacturing facility in the headquarters Plant and started manufacturing photosensitive materials
- September 1982
- Opened Photosensitive Materials Research center in Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture
- March 1983
- Takahama chemical tank terminal's 6th tank yard construction completed (total liquid chemical storage capacity 47,500kL)
- October 1985
Completed three LPG tanks at Takahama chemical tank terminal (1,800kLx3 tanks) and started commissioned storage of LPG
- September 1988
Established Chiba Toyo Gosei Co., Ltd. in Katori-gun, Chiba, Japan, for the purpose of manufacturing photosensitive materials.
(Capital 200,000 thousand yen)
- November 1989
- Chiba Toyo Gosei Co., Ltd. photosensitive material manufacturing plant (now Chiba Plant) completed
- May 1993
- Material manufacturing division of Ichikawa Plant acquired ISO9002
- May 1994
- Ichikawa Plant acquired ISO9001
- October 1995
- Ichikawa Plant's chemical product manufacturing department obtained ISO9002
- April 1996
Takahama chemical tank terminal acquired ISO9001 acquisition
Merged Chiba Toyo Gosei Co., Ltd. and Tosho Sangyo Co., Ltd. and the Chiba Plant and Takahama Oil Reservoir acquired ISO9002.
- November 1996
- New R&D facility completed in Inba-gun, Chiba, Photosensitive Materials Research Center relocated
- September 1998
Established a wholly owned subsidiary, TG Finetech Inc., in Ohio, USA (capital US $ 400,000)
- March 2000
- Registered at the Japan Securities Dealers Association (currently JASDAQ)
- January 2001
- Third photosensitive material Plant completed in Chiba Plant
- July 2002
- Ichikawa Plant acquired ISO14001
Endless innovation
Our research and development never ends. In the face of various difficulties, R & D focused on creative perspectives has overcome them. That is our lifeline. By adding a creative perspective to the accumulation of more than half a century of technologies and experience, we are constantly innovating toward future technologies such as life sciences, nanotechnologies, and energy. That positive attitude will continue without change.
- November 2002
- Establish new food additive manufacturing facility
- April 2003
- Introduction of business division system
- June 2004
- Creation and publication of environmental reports
- September 2004
- 50th Anniversary
- December 2004
- Ionic liquid production facility completed
- April 2005
- Logistics base established in Rotterdam, Netherlands
Chiba Plant acquired ISO14001
- May 2006
- Chiba second workshop completed
- December 2008
Underwritten a third-party allotment (12,500 shares) of Transparent Co., Ltd., resulting in a 98.02% stake in the Company
- February 2010
- Acquisition of specific bond approver (AEO)
- March 2011
- Acquired Plant construction site in Awaji-shi, Hyogo (Tsuna Ikuho district)
- April 2011
- Head office and sales office moved to Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
- May 2012
- Completion of Aroma Chemical Plant in Tosho-cho, Katori-gun, Chiba
- April 2013
- Awaji Plant completed in Ikuho Niijima, Awaji City, Hyogo Prefecture
- June 2013
- Head office and sales office moved to Asakusabashi, Taito-ku, Tokyo
- September 2013
- Inherit all of Transparent's business
- October 2013
- Headquarters and Chiba Plant acquired business continuity management standard ISO22301 certification.
- January 2014
- Awaji Plant acquired ISO9001
- April 2014
- Awaji Plant acquired ISO14001
- October 2015
- Representative office opened in Shanghai, China