Mining, Manufacture, Processing, and Sales of Calcium Carbonate and Natural Zeolite,Nitto Funka Kogyo K.K.,Nitto Funka Trading Co., Ltd.

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History

May 1942 Tojo Factory, Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, was established.
November 1953 Nitto Funka Kogyo K.K. was established. The business was taken over.
April 1954 Tokyo Branch was established.
August 1954 Ultrafine Powder NS was placed on market.
June 1959 Ogoe Factory was established in Ogoe-machi, Fukushima.
August 1965 Tokyo Warehouse was completed in Soka City, Saitama.
October 1967 Fukushima Factory was completed (Ogoe Factory was merged).
April 1968 Osaka Talc Industrial was merged and renamed Osaka Factory. Research Institute was established on the same premises.
June 1969 A new Research Institute building was completed. A former building was reconstructed.
April 1974 The land acquisition was made for Osaka Warehouse. An annex to the warehouse was constructed (the facility of Osaka Factory was transferred to Tojo Factory).
August 1974 Shimotaki Factory, Tojo Factory, was completed.
August 1974 Suzuka Factory was completed.
February 1975 Nagoya Office was established.
November 1975 Adachi Mine (in Fukushima Prefecture), a mine of long porcelain stone, was purchased. Materials for porcelain were put on market.
March 1976 Okayama Office was established.
April 1977 Tokyo Branch was promoted to Tokyo Office.
April 1977 A new company building and a new warehouse were constructed in Nishiyodogawa-ku and the headquarters and Osaka Branch were moved for streamlining.
April 1977 Osaka Research Institute was promoted to Central Research Institute.
May 1977 The stone-crushing site of Fukushima Factory was reconstructed and an annex was added to establish Takine Factory.
October 1978 The facility at the stone-crushing site of Suzuka Factory was modified to complete a 400m conveyor for the direct transfer to the factory.
March 1979 The sales division was separated to establish Nitto Funka Trading Co., Ltd.
April 1980 Taipei Branch, Nitto Funka Trading Co., Ltd., was established in Taipei City, the Republic of China.
April 1980 A calcium carbonate factory was completed in Dong Shan, Yi Jian, in cooperation with Taiwan Plastic Industry Co., Ltd.
January 1981 Nitto Singapore Pte Ltd., a joint venture company for sales, was established in Singapore.
May 1981 Osaka Branch was promoted to Osaka Office.
March 1982 The development of Izaka Zeolite Mine, Fukushima, was initiated.
January 1985 The development of Shiroishi Zeolite Mine, Miyagi, was initiated.
January 1985 Shiroishi Factory, Miyagi, started productive operation.
August 1987 Adachi New Factory, Fukushima, was completed.
January 1991 Izaka Factory, Fukushima, was completed.
September 2000 Teruya Fujii, founder and former president and representative director, died. Masanobu Fujii took over president and representative director.
July 2003 Fukushima Factory and Mine was certified with ISO9001:2000.
December 2004 Tojo Factory and Mine was certified with ISO9001:2000.
March 2006 A vertical mill (KVM-100F) crushing facility was completed at Fukushima Factory.
April 2006 A compost soil facility was completed at Tojo Factory.
May 2006 Suzuka Factory and Mine was certified with ISO9001:2000.
July 2006 Shiroishi Factory and Mine, Izaka Factory and Mine, and Adachi Factory were certified with ISO9001:2000.
June 2007 Onari Storage Yard, Kiyosen Mine, was completed.
August 2007 ISO9001:2000 certifications of Nitto Funka Trading Co., Ltd. and each factory were integrated (into a certification to Nitto Funka Trading Co., Ltd.).
October 2007 Kiyosen Mine was awarded for the mining safety by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
February 2008 Tojo Factory was awarded as an "Excellent Energy Controlling Factory" by the Director-General of the Chugoku Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry.
June 2008 A vertical mill (KVM-60F) crushing facility was completed at Fukushima Factory.
June 2009 A compost soil facility was completed at Fukushima Factory.
August 2009 A vertical mill (KVM-100F) facility was completed at Tojo Factory.
October 2010 Shonai-Shiroishi Mine was awarded for the mining safety by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
May 2011 The sales management system was renewed.
October 2011 Natsumori Mine was awarded for the mining safety by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
February 2012 A new loading silo facility was completed at Kiyotsune Mine.
July 2012 A zeolite drying facility was completed at Izaka Factory.
February 2013 The quality control system was renewed.
April 2013 A bagging facility for MAMACALSO, food additive, was renewed at Tojo Factory.
June 2013 An atomic absorption spectrophotometer was introduced at Tojo Facility.