Sekisui Jushi Corporation

Founded for business commercialization. The founding period involved developing existing technologies plus alpha products, establishing Sekisui Jushi B.V., and setting up an R&D Plaza, with photos of the headquarters and factories at founding.

Sekisui Resin Co., Ltd. was founded by Sekisui Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. for the purpose of commercializing the adhesive business.

Photographs of the headquarters and factory at the time of establishment and records of the envelope manufacturing process are available.

Started manufacturing and sales of Adheya envelopes using special adhesives, with the company name changed to Adheya Paper Industry Co., Ltd., and establishing the head office at 1 Soze-cho, Kita-ku, Osaka City, and the Osaka factory at 1-116 Ikeda-cho, Asahi-ku, Osaka, with a capital of 4 million yen.

Changed company name to Adheya Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.

Start of private broadcasting, launch of Toyota Crown, abolition of forest railways and transition to truck transportation. Ensuring driving safety is necessary.

Established Adheya Sangyo Co., Ltd. (now Sekisui Resin Trading Co., Ltd.)

Hirakata Factory opened

Changed company name to Sekisui Adheya Industries Co., Ltd.

Tsuchiura Factory opened

Established Adheya Service Co., Ltd. (now Sekisui Resin Trading Co., Ltd.)

Changed company name to Sekisui Resin Co., Ltd.

Merged into Sekisui Resin Co., Ltd. located at 1-116 Ikeda-cho, Asahi-ku, Osaka City, due to share capital change; previously named Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.; established Tohoku Jisuron Co., Ltd. (now Tohoku Sekisui Resin Co., Ltd.)

Absorbed into Sekisui Resin Co., Ltd. (formerly Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.) located at 1-116 Ikeda-cho, Asahi-ku, Osaka City, for share capital change.

Established Tohoku Jisuron Co., Ltd. (now Tohoku Sekisui Resin Co., Ltd.).

Listed on the Second Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange

Shiga Factory opened

Ishikawa Factory opened

Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Establishment of Sekisui Jushi B.V. (now Sekisui Jushi Europe Holdings B.V.)

Relocation of Osaka Factory to Hirakata Factory and establishment of Development Headquarters at the same site

Adoption of Business Division System

Reclassification and listing on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange

Establishment of Ryuoh Factory

Acquisition of Kotobuki Sangyo Co., Ltd. (now Tokai Sekisui Resin Co., Ltd.)

Acquired shares of Kotobuki Sangyo Co., Ltd. (now Tokai Sekisui Resin Co., Ltd.).

Adoption of Sales Branch System and placement of sales offices under branch jurisdiction

Adoption of Headquarters Business Division System (Small Business Division System)

Establishment of Tsukuba Factory

Establishment of New Research Institute "R&D Plaza" and Hiroshima Tojo Factory

Establishment of Cap-Asia System Co., Ltd. (now Sekisui Resin Cap-Asia System Co., Ltd.)

Established new research institute "R&D Plaza" and Hiroshima Tojo Factory (now Tsukuba Tsukuba Factory Hiroshima Tojo Plant).

Opening of Design Plaza (Design Office)

Establishment of Miyazaki Sekisui Resin Co., Ltd.

Establishment of Tokyo Headquarters

Established Tokyo headquarters.

Acquisition of Polycolor Industries Co., Ltd. (now Sekisui Resin Plametall Co., Ltd.)

Acquired shares of Polycure Industrial Co., Ltd. (now Sekisui Jushi Plametall Co., Ltd.).

Set up of Snow Country Product Research Institute

Acquisition of Road Enterprise Co., Ltd.

Merged Shiga Factory and Ryuoh Factory into Shiga Ryuoh Factory, and merged Tsuchiura Factory and Tsukuba Factory into Tsuchiura Tsukuba Factory

Establishment of Sekisui Jushi Philippines Corp. (now Summit Strapping Corp.)

Establishment of Spacia Co., Ltd.

Founded Kanto Sekisui Resin Co., Ltd.

Adopted an in-house company system and introduced an executive officer system.

Introduced executive officer system.

Abolished the in-house company system and adopted a business division system.

Founded Wuxi Sekisui Resin Co., Ltd.

Renamed Shiga Ryuo Factory to Shiga Factory.

Abolished Hirakata Factory.

Acquired shares of Sun-Ei Polymer Co., Ltd.

Sekisui Resin Plametall Co., Ltd. established Kanto Factory.

Abolition of Snow Country Product Research Institute

Relocated the business division headquarters to Tokyo.

Acquired all shares of Sun-Ei Polymer Co., Ltd.

Made Sekisui Jushi B.V. a holding company in Europe, renamed it Sekisui Jushi Europe Holdings B.V., and established Sekisui Jushi Packaging B.V. and Gislon (Europe) B.V. under it.

Made Sekisui Jushi B.V. a holding company in Europe, renamed to Sekisui Jushi Europe Holdings B.V., and established Sekisui Jushi Packaging B.V. and Jisron (Europe) B.V. under its umbrella.

Acquired Dypra Stec (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (now Sekisui Jushi (Thailand) Co., Ltd.).

Acquired shares of Daipla Stec (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (now Sekisui Jushi (Thailand) Co., Ltd.).

Introduced a new executive officer system.

Sekisui Jushi Europe Holdings B.V. acquired Beemex B.V.

Sekisui Jushi Europe Holdings B.V. acquired shares of BEMEX B.V.

Gislon (Europe) B.V. merged with Beemex B.V.

Acquired all shares of Nippon Liner Co., Ltd.

Acquired all shares of Spacia Co., Ltd.

Acquired all shares of Sekisui Resin Cap Ice System Co., Ltd. (including indirect ownership).

Reorganized Hiroshima Tojo Factory into Tsukuba Tsukuba Factory Hiroshima Tojo Manufacturing Site.

Acquired all shares of Sekisui Resin Cap Ice System Co., Ltd. (including indirect ownership).

Formulated a new group management philosophy on the occasion of the 65th anniversary.

Moved to the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market.

Sold shares of Sekisui Enterprise Co., Ltd.

Acquired all shares of Exstyle Corporation.

Acquired all shares of WEMAS TopCo GmbH.

Established group slogan and statement on the occasion of the 70th anniversary.

Merged Shiga Sekisui Resin Co., Ltd., Hokuriku Sekisui Resin Co., Ltd., Tsuchiura Tsukuba Sekisui Resin Co., Ltd., and Hiroshima Sekisui Resin Co., Ltd.

Acquired all shares of Riken Kogyo Co., Ltd.