History

History

 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.