| 1918-05 |
Company founded in Kanzaki, Amagasaki with 500,000 yen in capital |
| 1920-08 |
JAPANITE introduced and registered as the Company's first patent (patent no. 39623, August 1921, for method of manufacturing varnish) |
| 1926-08 |
CELVA, the first lacquer produced in Japan, successfully introduced |
| 1927-11 |
SABINAITE, a specially formulated oil-based rust-prevention coating, introduced (patent no. 76819, May 1928) |
| 1933-05 |
Tokyo Office opened |
| 1933-06 |
New Tokyo Plant (now Tokyo Office) opened in Ota-ku, Tokyo |
| 1949-05 |
Shares listed on the Osaka, Tokyo, and Kobe stock exchanges |
| 1950-04 |
New head office building built in Higashi-ku (now Chuo-ku), Osaka |
| 1955-09 |
Multicolor ZOLACOAT coating introduced |
| 1960-11 |
Hiratsuka Plant (now Hiratsuka Office) opened in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture |
| 1960-11 |
Began production of CANCOAT can coating |
| 1961-11 |
Nagoya Plant (now Nagoya Office) opened in Nishikamo (now Miyoshi), Aichi Prefecture |
| 1965-04 |
Technical Research Center (now R&D Center) opened in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture |
| 1965-07 |
Invested in Kansai United Paints Pte. Ltd. (now Kansai Paint (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.) in Singapore |
| 1967-01 |
Corporate creed established to mark 50th anniversary of Company founding |
| 1968-10 |
Acquired shares in Sanpo Paint K.K. (now KAT Co., Ltd.) |
| 1968-11 |
Funds invested to establish Thai Kansai Paint Co., Ltd. (Thailand) |
| 1971-04 |
Kanpe Decorative Coatings (now Kanpe Hapio) established with the merger of the Osaka, Nagoya, and Tokyo Kanpe Decorative Coating businesses |
| 1971-06 |
Kanuma Plant (now Kanuma Office) opened in Kanuma, Tochigi Prefecture |
| 1983-02 |
RETAN PG80 automotive refinish coating introduced |
| 1985-04 |
Acquired shares in Kanpe Trading Co., Ltd. |
| 1985-10 |
Initial sales of FANTAC adhesive coating marking film |
| 1985-11 |
Funds invested to establish Taiwan Kansai Paint Co., Ltd. |
| 1986-09 |
Sonne EDUV electrodeposited photoresists for printed circuit boards introduced |
| 1986-09 |
Invested in Goodlass Nerolac Paints Pvt Ltd (India) (now Kansai Nerolac Paints Limited) |
| 1987-02 |
Kansai Paint (America), Inc. (USA) established |
| 1987-09 |
New corporate brand ALESCO introduced |
| 1988-01 |
ESCO penetrating epoxy anticorrosion coating introduced |
| 1988-09 |
Funds invested to establish Kanpe Kyohan Osaka K.K. |
| 1988-09 |
Joint venture KDK Automotive Coatings Co., Ltd. established in South Korea (now KNK Coatings Co., Ltd.) |
| 1989-04 |
Funds invested to establish Kanpe Kyohan Tokyo K.K. |
| 1990-04 |
Kansai Paint Europe Limited (with head office in London and branch in Hamburg) established |
| 1992-01 |
Joint venture Tianjin Kansai Paint Co., Ltd. established in Tianjin, China (now Cosco Kansai Paint & Chemicals (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.) |
| 1992-11 |
Ono Plant (now Ono Office) opened in Ono, Hyogo Prefecture |
| 1992-12 |
Kitakyushu Office opened in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture |
| 1994-04 |
Joint venture Kansai Paint (Shenyang) Co., Ltd. established in Shenyang, China |
| 1994-09 |
Kanpe Auto Refinishing Center (ARC) opened at Technical Research Center |
| 1995-01 |
Funds invested to establish Kansaipaint Resin (Thailand) Co., Ltd. |
| 1995-02 |
Joint venture Tianjin Beacon Kansai Paint & Chemicals Co., Ltd., established in Tianjin, China (now Tianjin Winfield Kansai Paint & Chemicals Co., Ltd.) |
| 2018-05 |
Centenary of Company founding |
| 2020-10 |
Demonstrated how plaster coating deactivates COVID-19 (SARS- CoV-2) |
| 2022-04 |
Shares transferred from the First Section to the Prime Market in reorganization of the Tokyo Stock Exchange market classifications |
| 2022-12 |
Powder coatings business reorganized; Kuboko Paint establishes new company KANSAI Powder Coatings Co., Ltd. |
| 2023-02 |
European subsidiary Kansai Helios Coatings GmbH acquires CWS Group in the powder coatings and synthetic resins business |
| 2023-12 |
Head Office relocated to Umeda and Shin-Osaka, Osaka-city. |
| 2024-05 |
European subsidiary Kansai Helios Coatings GmbH acquires WEILBURGER, an industrial coatings manufacturer. |
