| 1918年01月 |
Founded as Utahashi Pharmaceutical Office at Minami-Shinagawa, Tokyo and started to manufacture adhesive plasters, ointments and other plasters. |
| 1934年12月 |
Founded Utahashi Pharmaceutical Office Co., Ltd., started to manufacture analgesic patch. |
| 1944年09月 |
25 plaster manufacturers nationwide were integrated through corporate development, and the trade name was changed to Nichiban Industry Co., Ltd., and both Tokyo and Osaka factories were established. |
| 1947年09月 |
Started production of cellophane adhesive tape (registered trademark 'CELLOTAPE'), paper adhesive tape, and other industrial adhesive tapes by expanding the research department and production facilities. |
| 1948年06月 |
The trade name was changed to Nichiban Medical Industry Co., Ltd. Launched 'Self adhesive cellulose tape' commercially. |
| 1948年11月 |
Started to sell OQ adhesive plasters. |
| 1961年01月 |
The company name has been changed to the current Nichiban Co., Ltd. The state-of-the-art production facilities at both the Tokyo and Osaka factories have been developed and expanded. |
| 1961年10月 |
Shares listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Second Section. |
| 1966年11月 |
Double-sided tape 'NICETACK' released. |
| 1967年01月 |
Installed Anjo Factory. |
| 1968年04月 |
Listed shares on the first section of both Tokyo and Osaka stock exchange markets. |
| 1972年06月 |
Established Saitama Factory and relocated Tokyo Factory to Saitama Factory. |
| 1975年05月 |
Launched OQBAN, an emergency adhesive plaster with pad. |
| 1976年05月 |
TAIHO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. invested. |
| 1978年06月 |
Launched vegetable binding machine 'Tabanera' and vegetable binding tape 'Tabanera Tape'. |
| 1979年06月 |
Nichiban Labeler 'Sho-Han' and 'Sho-Han' labels released. |
| 1981年09月 |
Launched taping tape 'Nichiban Sports Tape'. |
| 1983年06月 |
Adhesive memo 'Point memo' released. |
| 1983年12月 |
Opened Central Research Laboratory. |
| 1984年09月 |
Renewed sports-related products such as taping tapes under the 'battlewin' brand. |
| 1987年03月 |
Opened Training Center Kobayashi Memorial Hall. |
| 1988年 |
Established in 1988 |
| 1988年09月 |
70th anniversary ceremony held. 21C vision, medium-term plan, corporate philosophy, corporate mark color, and new company song announced. |
| 1989年07月 |
Subsidiary, Nichiban Medico Co., Ltd. founded. |
| 1989年09月 |
Launched analgesic anti-inflammatory patch, 'ROIHI-TSUBOKO'. |
| 1993年03月 |
Changed financial year end from November to March. |
| 1993年10月 |
Nichiban Plast Co., Ltd. and Nichiban Medico Co., Ltd. merged to form Nichiban Medical Co., Ltd. Nichiban Print Co., Ltd. and Nichiban Create Co., Ltd. merged to form Nichiban Print Co., Ltd. |
| 1994年10月 |
Headquarters moved to Sekiguchi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo. |
| 1995年11月 |
Released SB-100 'Cell Bind', a back-stitched binding machine. |
| 1996年12月 |
Saitama Factory ISO9001 registered. |
| 1997年05月 |
Launched emergency adhesive plaster, 'CARELEAVES'. |
| 1997年12月 |
Osaka Factory ISO9001 registered. |
| 1998年02月 |
Released label printing software 'Label Mate'. |
| 1998年03月 |
Anjo Factory ISO9001 registered. |
| 1999年09月 |
Published 'Nichiban 80 Year History' as a commemorative project for the 80th anniversary of the foundation. |
| 2000年02月 |
Anjo Factory ISO14001 registered. |
| 2000年11月 |
Osaka Factory ISO14001 registered. |
| 2001年01月 |
Company-wide (excluding branches and offices) ISO9001 registered. |
| 2001年02月 |
Saitama Office ISO14001 registered. |
| 2002年02月 |
Launched 'NICETACK Tesa® Power Strip'. |
| 2002年09月 |
Headquarters ISO14001 registered. |
| 2004年08月 |
ISO14001 company-wide integration (excluding sales branches). |
| 2005年04月 |
Medical Product Development Center opened. |
| 2005年06月 |
Completed ISO9001 Nichiban Group registration. |
| 2006年11月 |
'Self adhesive cellulose tape' obtained biomass mark certification. |
| 2007年09月 |
Completed ISO14001 Nichiban Group registration. |
| 2009年09月 |
Launched 'ROIHI-FELBION'. |
| 2010年01月 |
Tape cutter 'Linear Beauty' released. |
| 2010年03月 |
Launched 'CARELEAVES POWER & FIT'. |
| 2010年10月 |
Environmental Contribution Activities '1st Tape Core Eco Campaign' carried out. |
| 2011年02月 |
Launched 'CATHEREEPLUS'. |
| 2011年06月 |
Tape glue 'tenori' released. |
| 2012年03月 |
Launched 'CARELEAVES HC'. |
| 2013年10月 |
Launched 'CATHEREEPLUS I.V. SLIT'. |
| 2013年11月 |
'Self adhesive cellulose tape 3in. Boxed' won 'Good Design Long Life Design Award'. |
| 2014年04月 |
Launched 'ROIHI-TSUBOKO COOL'. |
| 2014年07月 |
Representative Office opened in Bangkok, Thailand. |
| 2015年01月 |
Launched 'Kitchen Sundry Brand Dear Kitchen'. 'Dear Kitchen Waza-ari Tape' launched. |
| 2015年02月 |
Stationary Brand 'Petit joie' released. 'Petit joie Mending tape' and 'Petit joie Masking tape' launched. |
| 2015年08月 |
'Cloth adhesive tape compal' launched. |
| 2016年03月 |
Attraction binding machine 'Tometatsu' and scar care tape 'Atofine' launched. 'CARELEAVES HC Waterproof type' launched. |
| 2016年11月 |
Daito Chemical Co., Ltd. established. |
| 2017年07月 |
Established NICHIBAN (THAILAND) CO., LTD. in Bangkok, Thailand. |
| 2017年08月 |
Partially completed the Advanced Technology Building, relocated the Central Research Laboratory, and changed its name to Advanced Application Research Laboratory. |
| 2018年01月 |
Completed Advanced Technology Building, relocated Osaka Factory, and changed name to Medical Anjo Factory. |
| 2018年09月 |
Launched 'ROIHI Cream Felbi'. |
| 2018年09月 |
Self adhesive cellulose tape Tape dispenser with 1in. <Type to cut straight> launched. |
| 2018年10月 |
Self adhesive cellulose tape Tape dispenser with 1in. <Type to cut straight> wins 'Good Design Long Life Design Award'. |
| 2018年10月 |
100th anniversary ceremony held. New corporate philosophy, corporate message, medium-term management plan, and next-generation vision announced. |
| 2019年01月 |
Representative Office opened in Dusseldorf, Germany. |
| 2020年10月 |
Established NICHIBAN EUROPE GmbH in Dusseldorf, Germany. |
| 2024年07月 |
Representative Office opened in Shanghai, China. |
