| 1953 |
Founded the company. Established the Shikoku Chemical Research Institute in Kita-ku, Osaka City, and began distillation and purification of paint solvent waste, as well as manufacturing and sales of architectural paint products. |
| 1955 |
Founded the Shikoku Chemical Research Institute in Kita-ku, Osaka City, and began distillation and purification of solvent waste for paints, as well as manufacturing and sales of architectural paint products. |
| 1955 |
Founded in 1955 (Showa 30). |
| 1955-04-17 |
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| 1958 |
Reorganized as a corporation, Shikoku Chemical Research Institute Co., Ltd. |
| 1958-04-17 |
SK Kaken Co., Ltd. is established. |
| 1963 |
Renamed the company to Shikoku Kaken Industrial Co., Ltd. |
| 1967 |
Construction and operation of the Tokyo Factory (now Kanagawa Factory) in Zama City, Kanagawa Prefecture. |
| 1972 |
Opened Tokyo sales office and Nagoya sales office. |
| 1973 |
Opened Hiroshima sales office and succeeded in developing new exterior spray tiles. |
| 1974 |
Opened sales offices in Fukuoka and Sendai. |
| 1975 |
Moved headquarters to 3-5-25 Nakahotsu, Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture. |
| 1976 |
Opened Sapporo branch office; successfully developed noncombustible ceramic paint and water-based enamel. Received a significant technology R&D subsidy from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. |
| 1977 |
The Osaka plant became the first in the industry to receive JIS factory designation for architectural exterior paint. Established liaison offices in the Philippines and Singapore. |
| 1978 |
Opened Takamatsu branch office. |
| 1979 |
Opened branch offices in Okinawa and Maebashi. |
| 1980 |
Opened Chiba branch office. |
| 1981 |
Fukuoka plant construction commenced operation. |
| 1982 |
Established subsidiary SKK(S) PTE. LTD. in Singapore. |
| 1982 |
Established subsidiary SKK(S)PTE., LTD. in Singapore. Opened branch offices in Saitama, Kagoshima, and Okayama. |
| 1983 |
Dairen plant construction commenced operation. Singapore plant construction commenced operation. Opened Niigata branch office. |
| 1984 |
Established SKK(HK) CO., LTD. in Hong Kong. |
| 1984 |
Established SKK(M) SDN., BHD. (now SK KAKEN(M) SDN., BHD.) in Malaysia. Established SKK(HK) CO., LTD. in Hong Kong. Opened Kobe branch office. |
| 1985 |
Opened branch offices in Shizuoka, Hokuriku, Morioka, Kumamoto, and Yamaguchi. |
| 1986 |
Opened branch offices in Joto, Yokohama, and Mito. |
| 1987 |
Nagoya plant construction commenced operation. Opened branch offices in Nagasaki and South Osaka. Second Singapore plant construction commenced operation. |
| 1988 |
Opened branch offices in Nagano and Kitakyushu. |
| 1989 |
Opened branch offices in Kyoto, Gifu, and Asahikawa. |
| 1990 |
Hyogo plant construction commenced operation. |
| 1991 |
Implemented CI. Renamed company to SK Kaken Co., Ltd. Opened branch offices in Himeji and Mie. |
| 1992 |
Completed the first research institute in Shimizu, Ibaraki City. SKK(S) PTE., LTD. in Singapore registered ISO 9002 certification. Opened Utsunomiya branch office. |
| 1993 |
New Kyushu plant construction commenced operation. SKK(S) PTE., LTD. in Singapore obtained SISIR certification. |
| 1994 |
Moved headquarters. Listed SK Kaken shares on the Osaka Stock Exchange JASDAQ market. Opened Mikawa branch office. |
| 1997 |
Opened Oita branch office. Malaysia plant construction commenced operation. |
| 1998 |
Daikinen Factory registered for ISO9002 certification. |
| 1999 |
Kyushu Factory registered for ISO9002 certification. China, Beijing office opened. Matsuyama sales office opened. |
| 2000 |
Nagoya Factory registered for ISO9002 certification. Osaka Factory distribution center operational. |
| 2001 |
ISO9001 expanded certification registration (Daikinen Factory, Kyushu Factory, Nagoya Factory, Headquarters, First Technical Research Institute). China, Shanghai office opened. |
| 2002 |
ISO9001 company-wide system established (Headquarters, First Technical Research Institute, factories, branches & sales offices). Established Shikoku Chemical Research (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China. Saitama Factory operational. Established SK KAKEN (THAILAND) CO., LTD in Bangkok, Thailand. |
| 2003 |
Established Shikoku Kaken (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China. |
| 2003 |
Second Technical Research Institute constructed. Shanghai factory in China built and operational. |
| 2004 |
Established SK KAKEN (THAILAND) CO., LTD. in Bangkok, Thailand. |
| 2004 |
Shanghai factory in China approved for ISO9001. Green Law obtained. Opened Gunma sales office, Atsugi sales office, Matsumoto sales office. |
| 2005 |
Company's 50th anniversary. New Malaysia factory constructed and operational. |
| 2006 |
Hamamatsu sales office opened. Sales offices opened in China: Dalian, Shenyang, Wuhan, Guangzhou. |
| 2007 |
India, Bangalore. Offices opened in Vietnam: Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City. |
| 2008 |
Sales offices opened in China: Chongqing, and Malaysia: Kuantan. |
| 2009 |
Sales offices opened in China: Nanjing, Kunming. |
| 2010 |
Established SKK CHEMICAL (THAILAND) CO., LTD in Thailand, Chonburi City. |
| 2011 |
Established SKK CHEMICAL (THAILAND) CO., LTD. in Chonburi, Thailand. |
| 2011 |
Established SKK VIETNAM CO., LTD in Vietnam. Listed on Osaka Stock Exchange JASDAQ (Standard) following merger with JASDAQ Securities Exchange. |
| 2012 |
Established SKK VIETNAM CO., LTD. in Vietnam. |
| 2012 |
Sales offices opened in China: Henan, Changchun, Shenyang. SKK Global Center completed in front of Osaka headquarters. |
| 2013 |
Sales offices opened in Indonesia: Jakarta, and China: Suzhou. |
| 2014 |
Sales office opened in China: Tianjin. |
| 2015 |
Sales offices opened in China: Hangzhou, Xi'an. |
| 2016 |
Established PT. SKK KAKEN DISTRIBUSI and PT. SKK KAKEN KONSTRUKSI in Indonesia. |
| 2016 |
Jakarta factory in Indonesia constructed and operational. Established PT. SKK KAKEN DISTRIBUSI and PT. SKK KAKEN KONSTRUKSI in Indonesia. Sales offices opened in China: Chengdu, Shenzhen. |
| 2017 |
Chairman Fujii Jitsu, President Fujii Jitsuhiro appointed. Mie sales office and Utsunomiya sales office relocated. |
| 2018 |
70th anniversary of company founding. |
| 2018 |
Kagoshima Branch Office Expansion |
| 2019 |
Relocation of Matsuyama and Atsugi Branch Offices |
| 2020 |
Opening of Akita Branch Office |
| 2021 |
New Distribution Center Opening at Oritsune Factory |
| 2022 |
Transition to the Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard Market |
| 2025 |
70th Anniversary of Company Founding |
