Air Water Co., Ltd.

Founded Hokai Oxygen Co., Ltd. (Sapporo): Saving lives and contributing to Hokkaido's development.

Established: September 24, 1929

Founded Daido Oxygen Co., Ltd. (Osaka): Established with a spirit of unity and cooperation.

Mooran Oxygen Plant completed.

Liquid oxygen unit No.1 started operation at Sakai plant.

Built Sapporo Propane Plant: Commenced full-scale sales of Hokusan Propane.

Constructed the Sapporo propane plant.

Liquid oxygen unit No.3 started operation at Nagoya plant.

Founded Kyoudou Oxygen Co., Ltd. (Wakayama): Supporting Japan's high-growth with oxygen.

Started production and sales of household bathroom unit 'Busool'.

Renamed to Hokusan Co., Ltd.

Liquid oxygen unit No.4 started operation at Hyogo plant.

Provided onsite gas supply at Kashima Steelworks.

Iseki North Oxygen Co., Ltd. started operation.

Lit the Olympic flame at the Sapporo Winter Olympics.

Commenced sales of argon.

Commenced sales of welding argon 'Ernax'.

Started selling frozen foods using liquid nitrogen.

Developed high-purity nitrogen gas generator 'V1'.

Entered a capital partnership with Tateho Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.

Hokusan and Daito Oxygen merged to form Daito Hokusan Co., Ltd.

Established the frozen food business company 'Sabul' Co., Ltd.

Utsunomiya plant completed.

Started NV metal surface treatment service business.

Air Water Co., Ltd. was established.

Air Water was born.

Daito Hokusan Co., Ltd. and Kyodo Oxygen Co., Ltd. merged to form Air Water Co., Ltd. Daito Hokusan, which had a long business relationship with the former Sumitomo Metal Industries, realized the merger with Kyodo Oxygen and gave birth to Air Water. While basing its business on large on-site furnaces for blast furnaces, it established a comprehensive gas manufacturer business model that handles everything from regional cylinder supply in detail, and will further expand its business scope into new fields.

Established AWIZOL Co., Ltd. (now Air Water ZOL Co., Ltd.) and strengthened the aerosol business.

Established Air Water Plant Engineering Co., Ltd. and strengthened the engineering division.

Acquired all shares of Mitsui Chemicals Plax Air Co., Ltd., strengthening the carbon dioxide business (Air Water Carbon Co., Ltd. since 2005).

Acquired shares of Sumitomo Fine Gas, strengthening the hydrogen gas business (Air Water Hydro Co., Ltd. since 2007).

Acquired the Snow Brand Foods Hokkaido plant that manufactures ham and sausages, and established Haruyuki Sabul Co., Ltd.

Established Sumitomo Metal Air Water Chemical Co., Ltd., starting the coal chemical business (Air Water Co., Ltd. absorbed it in 2006, and transferred the coal chemical business in 2019).

Entered a comprehensive business alliance with Kawashige Disaster Prevention Industry Co., Ltd., which performs medical equipment construction, etc. (grouped in 2005, Air Water Disaster Prevention Co., Ltd. since 2006).

Established the joint venture company Kobe Steel Air Water Cryo Plant Co., Ltd. (Air Water Cryo Plant Co., Ltd. since 2019).

The first unit of the high-efficiency small liquid oxygen and nitrogen production device 'VSU' started operation in Niigata, launching a new industrial gas supply model and strengthening and expanding the regional supply network.

Launch of sales for 40-foot LNG tank containers.

Acquired the functional micro-particle phenolic resin "Bell Pearl" business and established Air Water Bell Pearl Co., Ltd.

Made Tateho Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. a wholly-owned subsidiary through a share exchange.

Grouped Japan Seawater Co., Ltd., the domestic top salt producer, and established a seawater business together with Tateho Chemical Industry.

Grouped Saito Medical Industry Co., Ltd. and entered the syringe business (since 2018, Misawa Medical Industry Co., Ltd.).

Grouped Inoue Kiyoshi Co., Ltd., an electronic materials trading company (since 2015, Air Water Material Co., Ltd.).

Established Air Water Farm Co., Ltd., a qualified farmland ownership corporation, and opened a 7-hectare solar-powered glasshouse factory in Chitose City.

Grouped Sagami Ham Co., Ltd. and strengthened the ham and sausage division.

Announced the medium-term management plan "NEXT-2020 Ver.1" and formulated the 2020 trillion-yen corporate vision.

Grouped Miwa Medical Electric Co., Ltd. and fully entered the operating room and ICU equipment construction business.

Entered a capital and business alliance with Kanto Natural Gas Development Co., Ltd. (since 2014, K&O Energy Group).

Grouped Hokkaido Car Body Co., Ltd. and entered the vehicle body assembly business.

Grouped Denken Co., Ltd. and entered the dental medical field (since 2014, Denken High Dental Co., Ltd.).

Grouped Tomiichi Co., Ltd., which processes and distributes agricultural products, and Gold Pack Co., Ltd., which manufactures fruit and vegetable beverages, and established an agriculture and food-related business.

Established Air Water Medical Co., Ltd., which handles home medical care.

Opened a low-temperature logistics center in Sapporo and intensified the cold logistics business.

The first overseas high-efficiency small air separation unit "VSUA" began operation in Vietnam.

Biomass power generation began operation at Japan Seawater Akahō Factory (Ltd.).

Grouped Kawasaki Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. and strengthened the fine chemical business.

Grouped Kyushuya Co., Ltd., the largest domestic fresh fruit and vegetable retail specialist.

Grouped Taylor Warton Malaysia and began equipment manufacturing operations in Malaysia.

Grouped Presia Co., Ltd. and strengthened the food business.

Grouped Kawamoto Industries Co., Ltd., which handles sanitary materials, and took a capital stake in Chikai Medical Co., Ltd.

Grouped Globalwide Co. (Singapore), a hospital interior and equipment installation company.

Grouped Power Partners Co. (Singapore) and started a high-output UPS business.

Grouped Taylor Warton America (USA) and entered the transportation low-temperature equipment business in the United States.

Grouped Tomco Inc. (USA) and started a carbon dioxide-related equipment business in the United States.

Opened the International Living Medical Center Kobe, a research and development hub that creates healthy 'living' for people.

Acquired an onsite supply business for Indian blast furnaces and intensified the expansion of the industrial gas business in India.

The Bofu Biomass & Coal Co-Burn Power Plant began operation.

New regional business companies Air Water Hokkaido Co., Ltd., Air Water East Japan Co., Ltd., and Air Water West Japan Co., Ltd. were established.

The Komiyama Biomass Power Plant began operation.

The core company Air Water Performance Chemical Co., Ltd. in the chemical-related business was established.

The core company Air Water Agri & Foods Co., Ltd. in the agriculture and food-related business (agricultural products and processed goods) was established.

Announced the long-term vision 'terrAWell30' for FY2030 and the medium-term management plan 'terrAWell30 1st stage'.

Air Water Agri & Foods Co., Ltd. fully entered the household frozen food market.

Signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement with Hokkaido.