| Fuji Silysia Chemical, Ltd. Company Milestones | |
|---|---|
| 1931 | Started the manufacture and sale of sodium silicate under the company name of Takahashi Water Glass Manufacturer in Osaka. |
| 1951 | Established Fuji Sodium Silicate Co., Ltd., started manufacturing silica gel for the first time, and started its sale on a national basis and continued the manufacture and sale of sodium silicate. |
| 1957 | Established Kozoji Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd., at the site of the present head office (Kasugai Plant) and started the manufacture of silica gel as our main product. |
| 1961 | Fuji Sodium Silicate Co., Ltd., Meika Industrial Co., Ltd., and Takahashi Water Glass Mfg. Co., Ltd., merged into a new company, Fuji Chemical Co., Ltd. Fuji Chemical Co., Ltd. acquired Keiso Chemical Laboratory (Head Office in Nagoya). |
| 1962 | Established a plant for the manufacture of Silica Gel at Honai-cho, Nishiuwagun, Ehimeken (Present Ehime Plant). |
| 1964 | Established a joint venture with W.R. Grace & Company, a U.S. corporation, and signed for technological assistance, also established Yugen Kaisha Fuji as an investment company. |
| 1965 | Separated the sodium silicate department from the silica gel department at Fuji Chemical Co., Ltd. and transferred the business rights for the silicate gel department to Yugen Kaisha Fuji. Each invested 50 percent of the capital to establish Fuji Davison Chemical Ltd. |
| 1966 | Started the manufacture of proprietary silica gel in Japan. |
| 1973 | Completed the construction of the head office building at Kozoji-cho, Kasugaishi, and Aichi-ken, also opened a sales office in Tokyo. |
| 1978 | Opened sales offices in Hiroshima and Fukuoka. |
| 1979 | Opened sales offices in Nagoya. |
| 1984 | Micronized Silica plant completed in Hyuga, Japan. |
| 1986 | Completed the construction of the Technical Center also opened a sales office in Osaka and a branch in Korea. |
| 1989 | Expansion of Hyuga plant. |
| 1993 | Dissolved joint venture with W.R. Grace & Co. and re-established as Fuji Silysia Chemical Ltd., a wholly owned Japanese company. |
| 1993 | U.S. branch established in Portland, Oregon. |
| 1994 | Technical Service established in Nakatsugawa. |
| 1998 | Registration of ISO9002 for Micronized Silica Products. |
| 1999 | U.S. branch moved to Research Triangle Park in North Carolina. |
| 1999 | Establishment of Fuji Silysia Chemical USA Ltd. manufacturing site in Greenville, North Carolina. |
| 1999 | Established Fuji Silysia Chemical S.A. in Switzerland. |
| 2000 | Completion of manufacturing facility for micronized silica in Greenville, North Carolina. |
| 2000 | Fuji Silysia Chemical Ltd. and Solvay, S.A. each invested 50% of the capital and established SILYSIAMONT S.p.A. |
| 2001 | Registration of ISO9001 for Micro Spherical Silica Gel Products and re-entry ISO9001 for Micronized Silica Products. |
| 2002 | Hyuga plant obtains ISO 14001 registration. |
| 2002 | Completed SILYSIAMONT for micronized silica. |
| 2005 | ISO 14001 registration for H.Q. and Kasugai Plant. |
| 2008 | Started the manufacture of Chromatography Silica Gel in USA Plant. |
| 2012 | Proudly added a branch office in São Paulo, Brazil. |
| 2012 | Relocation of sales office in Nagoya. |
| 2012 | One of the largest Coating/INK/Adhesive show in the world, CHINA COAT 2012, is held in Guangzhou, China. Fuji Silysia Chemical Ltd. has attended the exhibition for years. |
| 2012 | Relocation of sales office in Tokyo. |
| 2013 | Relocation of sales office in Osaka. |