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. Began manufacturing silica gel and sold it on a nation-wide basis. １９５７ Established Kozoji Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd. at the site of the present head office (Kasugai Plant). Began manufacturing silica gel as its main product. １９６１ Fuji Sodium Silicate Co., Ltd. Meika Industrial Ltd. and Takahashi Water Grass Mgf. 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 silica gel manufacturing plant at Honai-cho, Nishiuwa-gun, Ehime-ken (Present Ehime plant). １９６５ Separated the sodium silicate department from the silica gel department at Fuji Chemical Co., Ltd. and transferred the business rights for the silica gel department to Yugen Kaisha Fuji. W. R. Grace & Co. Davison Chemical Divison and Yugen Kaisha Fuji each invested 50 percent of the capital and established Fuji Davison Chemical Ltd. １９８４ Completed Hyuga plant for micronized silica. １９８６ Completed the construction of the Technical Center/ Affiliated Companies building. Opened a sales office in Osaka and a branch office in Korea. １９９３ Dissolved joint venture with W. R. Grace & Co. and re-established as Fuji Silysia Chemical Ltd., a wholly owned Japanese company. Established a branch in U.S.A. １９９８ Registration of ISO9002 １９９９ Expansion of Hyuga plant. Established Fuji Silysia Chemical S.A. in Switzerland. Established Fuji Silysia Chemical USA Ltd. ２０００ Fuji Silysia Chemical Ltd. and Solvay.S.A. each invested 50 percent of the capital and established “SILYSIAMONT S.p.A.” Completed North Carolina plant for micronized silica. ２００２ Hyuga plant abtains ISO 14001registration. Completed SILYSIAMONT plant for micronized silica.
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