Hagihara Industries began developing polypropylene fibers for cement reinforcement. In December of the same year, sales of cement reinforcement fibers began under the BarChip trademark.
Development of fibers for concrete reinforcement began. Spray tests were conducted at the Takatori Mountain Tunnel (Hyogo Prefecture).
Development of 'BarChip M' (embossed type) began.
Actual spray installation in the Takatori Mountain Tunnel (Hyogo Prefecture) was carried out.
Concrete placement was performed at Hagihara Industries' Gaho plant (Okayama Prefecture). *First use of Toma concrete.
Adopted on the ballast track at JR East's Akabane Station (Tokyo).
BarChip M (now BarChip MK) adopted in the Toma concrete at Universal Studios Japan.
Completion of 'PolyWave'.
Fire resistance testing of non-steel fiber-reinforced overlay concrete was conducted in Kitakyushu City (Fukuoka Prefecture). *Development of 'BarChip JK' began.
At NEXCO (former Japan Highway Public Corporation), orientation and mechanical tests of fibers intended for application to non-steel fiber-reinforced overlay concrete were conducted. *BarChip JK.
Development of 'BarChip PW Jr' began.
Official adoption in NEXCO's overlay concrete. *BarChip JK.
JR East adopted the BarChip PW Jr.
BarChip JK was fully adopted in the secondary cover concrete of the Second Eastern Nagoya Expressway.
Research on the high-ductility fiber-reinforced mortar 'BarLink' has begun.
BarChip PW Jr. registered with NETIS.
In the E-Defense bridge seismic experiment at the Disaster Prevention Science and Technology Institute, the high-ductility fiber-reinforced mortar method using BarLink was adopted.
BarChip JK and BarChip PW Jr. were adopted in the shield segments of the Tokyo Outer Ring Expressway.
Hagiwara Industries acquired BarChip distributors in nine overseas countries. Subsequently, it reorganized as a global company and established BarChip Inc.
設立 : 2018年7月2日
BarChip MK obtained the construction material technical performance certification from the Japan Building Materials Testing Institute.
Selected as one of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's 'Global Niche Top 100 Companies'.
Paraguay plant in South America begins operation.
At Architectural Institute of Japan 2026, a paper titled 'Comparison of Crack-Reduction Effects in Full-Scale Slabs-on-Grade' was presented. Using full-scale concrete slabs, the study compared and evaluated different crack-control measures. The team will continue improving its techniques while tracking changes at project sites over time.