1944 |
Nov. |
Daitoa Chemical Industry Co. Ltd. was founded. |
1945 |
Oct. |
Daitoa Chemical Industry Co. Ltd. was renamed KANTO CHEMICAL CO., INC. |
1950 |
Mar. |
"THE CHEMICAL TIMES" was issued. |
1956 |
Apr. |
Osaka Kanto Chemical CO., Ltd. Was founded. |
1960 |
Apr. |
Started the study of EL grade chemicals. |
May. |
Started the study and production of diagnostics. |
1964 |
May. |
KANTO launched EL grade chemicals as the first domestic product for electronics industry. |
1966 |
Apr. |
Adopted "EL" standardized label on EL grade chemicals. |
1973 |
Jul. |
The Isehara Factory (Isehara, Kanagawa) was constructed. |
Sep. |
The Osaka Branch Office was formed.
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1977 |
Jun. |
The Central Research Laboratory was (Soka, Saitama)constructed. |
1979 |
Nov. |
S-Wagon, automated Chemical supply system, was developed.
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1980 |
Feb. |
Concluded a collaborative contract with E. Merck (Germany). |
Jun. |
The Yanahara Factory (Current Okayama Factory, Misaki, Okayama) was constructed. |
1981 |
Sep. |
The Isehara Laboratory (Isehara, Kanagawa) was constructed. |
1982 |
Feb. |
The Omuta Factory (Omuta, Fukuoka) was constructed. |
1984 |
Sep. |
The Iwate Factory (Oshu, Iwate) was constructed. |
1987 |
Sep. |
The Soka Delivery Center (Soka, Saitama) was constructed. |
1990 |
Jun. |
KANTO CORPORATION was established in Portland Oregon USA. |
1991 |
Dec. |
The Fukuoka Branch Office was opened.(promoted to branch office from sales office).
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1992 |
Nov. |
Manufacturing company was formed in Taiwan to produce high-purity chemicals for semiconductor manufacturers.
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Dec. |
The Ono Delivery Center (Ono, Hyogo) was constructed. |
1993 |
Mar. |
New building for EL chemicals was constructed in the Omuta Factory.
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1994 |
Oct. |
Acquired ISO 9001 certification.
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1995 |
Dec. |
Portland Manufacturing Facility, PMF, a new factory of KANTO CORPORATION, was constructed in Portland Oregon USA.
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1998 |
Jan. |
New building for reagent production was constructed in the Iwate Factory. |
Feb. |
KANTO KAGAKU SINGAPORE PTE LTD. was established in Singapore.
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Jul. |
Acquired ISO 14001 certification.
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2000 |
Jun. |
Called of the collaboration contract with E. Merck (Germany). Kanto Taiwan Corporation was established in Taiwan. |
Oct. |
Acquired ISO/IEC 17025 certification.
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2002 |
Mar. |
New building for solvent was constructed in the Soka Factory.
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2003 |
Mar. |
New building for biological reagents was constructed in the Isehara Factory. |
2004 |
Sep. |
KANTO CHEMICAL HOLDINGS was established. |
2005 |
Jan. |
Acquired ISO 13485 certification. |
2006 |
Mar. |
KANTO ELECTRONIC CHEMICALS MALAYSIA SDN. BHD. was established in Malaysia. |
2008 |
Jul. |
Building No.1 was rebuilt in the Omuta Factory. |
Oct. |
New buildings for office, lab, and warehouse were constructed in KANTO KAGAKU SINGAPORE PTE LTD. |
2010 |
Sep. |
The Mie Factory (Tsu, Mie) was constructed. |
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Dec. |
Integrated HQ institution and moved to current office. |
2012 |
Jan. |
Obtained the ownership of ProsperChem Inc. in Taiwan and renamed KANTO-PPC Inc.
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May. |
New building for warehouse was constructed in the Omuta Factory.
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Dec. |
New building for administration was constructed in the Omuta Factory. |
2015 |
Apr. |
The Takasaki Office (Takasaki, Gunma) was opened. |
Nov. |
New building for pharmaceutical product was constructed in the Iwate Factory.
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Dec. |
Obtained the ownership of CHROMagar in France.
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2016 |
Jun. |
Manabu Nozawa became the President of Japan Reagent Association. |
2018 |
Sep. |
Established the Bangkok Office in Thailand. |
2019 |
May. |
Moved Osaka branch to Koraibashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka. |
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Jun. |
Construction completed for Kanto-PPC Inc.'s Yunlin Factory(No.2) in Taiwan. |
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Sep. |
Acquired ISO 45001 certification. |
2020 |
Mar. |
Isehara Research Laboratory was renamed to Life Science Laboratory. |
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Nov. |
New iLIS building for Life Science Laboratory was constructed in the Isehara Factory. |
2023 |
Jul. |
The Soka main office building (Soka, Saitama) was constructed. |