Kansai Paint Myanmar Co.,Ltd.

Company founded in Kanzaki, Amagasaki with 500,000 yen in capital

JAPANITE introduced and registered as the Company's first patent (patent no. 39623, August 1921, for method of manufacturing varnish)

CELVA, the first lacquer produced in Japan, successfully introduced

SABINAITE, a specially formulated oil-based rust-prevention coating, introduced (patent no. 76819, May 1928)

Tokyo Office opened

New Tokyo Plant (now Tokyo Office) opened in Ota-ku, Tokyo

Shares listed on the Osaka, Tokyo, and Kobe stock exchanges

New head office building built in Higashi-ku (now Chuo-ku), Osaka

Multicolor ZOLACOAT coating introduced

Hiratsuka Plant (now Hiratsuka Office) opened in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture

Began production of CANCOAT can coating

Nagoya Plant (now Nagoya Office) opened in Nishikamo (now Miyoshi), Aichi Prefecture

Technical Research Center (now R&D Center) opened in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture

Invested in Kansai United Paints Pte. Ltd. (now Kansai Paint (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.) in Singapore

Corporate creed established to mark 50th anniversary of Company founding

Acquired shares in Sanpo Paint K.K. (now KAT Co., Ltd.)

Funds invested to establish Thai Kansai Paint Co., Ltd. (Thailand)

Kanpe Decorative Coatings (now Kanpe Hapio) established with the merger of the Osaka, Nagoya, and Tokyo Kanpe Decorative Coating businesses

Kanuma Plant (now Kanuma Office) opened in Kanuma, Tochigi Prefecture

RETAN PG80 automotive refinish coating introduced

Acquired shares in Kanpe Trading Co., Ltd.

Initial sales of FANTAC adhesive coating marking film

Funds invested to establish Taiwan Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.

Sonne EDUV electrodeposited photoresists for printed circuit boards introduced

Invested in Goodlass Nerolac Paints Pvt Ltd (India) (now Kansai Nerolac Paints Limited)

Kansai Paint (America), Inc. (USA) established

New corporate brand ALESCO introduced

ESCO penetrating epoxy anticorrosion coating introduced

Funds invested to establish Kanpe Kyohan Osaka K.K.

Joint venture KDK Automotive Coatings Co., Ltd. established in South Korea (now KNK Coatings Co., Ltd.)

Funds invested to establish Kanpe Kyohan Tokyo K.K.

Kansai Paint Europe Limited (with head office in London and branch in Hamburg) established

Joint venture Tianjin Kansai Paint Co., Ltd. established in Tianjin, China (now Cosco Kansai Paint & Chemicals (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.)

Ono Plant (now Ono Office) opened in Ono, Hyogo Prefecture

Kitakyushu Office opened in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture

Joint venture Kansai Paint (Shenyang) Co., Ltd. established in Shenyang, China

Kanpe Auto Refinishing Center (ARC) opened at Technical Research Center

Funds invested to establish Kansaipaint Resin (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

Joint venture Tianjin Beacon Kansai Paint & Chemicals Co., Ltd., established in Tianjin, China (now Tianjin Winfield Kansai Paint & Chemicals Co., Ltd.)

Centenary of Company founding

Demonstrated how plaster coating deactivates COVID-19 (SARS- CoV-2)

Shares transferred from the First Section to the Prime Market in reorganization of the Tokyo Stock Exchange market classifications

Powder coatings business reorganized; Kuboko Paint establishes new company KANSAI Powder Coatings Co., Ltd.

European subsidiary Kansai Helios Coatings GmbH acquires CWS Group in the powder coatings and synthetic resins business

Head Office relocated to Umeda and Shin-Osaka, Osaka-city.

European subsidiary Kansai Helios Coatings GmbH acquires WEILBURGER, an industrial coatings manufacturer.

Tokyo Office relocated to Yokohama : City : , Kanagawa Prefecture, and : renamed the Yokohama Minatomirai Office

Kansai Paint Sales Co., Ltd. and Kuboko Paint Co., Ltd. merged