| 1982 |
- Established an overseas office in New York (later to become a local subsidiary).
- Established the Kashima Factory.
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| 1983 |
- Consolidated into two main divisions: pharmaceuticals group and fine chemical group.
- Obtained permission for production of Randa injections.
- Moved the company head office to 11-2, Fujimi, 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
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| 1985 |
- Closure of the Kokura dye plant.
- Commenced polarizers business.
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| 1986 |
Commemorated 70th anniversary and constituted a new corporate symbol. |
| 1988 |
Opening of Dusseldorf office (later relocated to Frankfurt and became a German corporation). |
| 1990 |
- Completed migration of agrochemical manufacturing division of the Tokyo plant to the Kashima plant.
- Began shipping airbag samples from the Himeji plant.
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| 1991 |
Established Polatechno Co., Ltd., a jointventure company of functional films. |
| 1992 |
- Completed the training center "Hishou."
- Established Kayaku Sartomer Co., Ltd.
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| 1993 |
- Established Taiwan Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd.
- Opening of Shanghai foreign office.
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| 1994 |
- Nikka Jitsugyo Co., Ltd. merged with Naigai Kogyo Co., Ltd. to form Naigai Nikka Co., Ltd.
- Supply of airbag inflators was started.
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| 1995 |
- Established a subsidiary company in food business, Nippon Kayaku Food Techno Co., Ltd.
- Established a joint venture, Zhaoyuan Advanced Chemical Co., Ltd. in China.
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| 1996 |
- Established a joint venture, Wuxi Advanced Chemical Co., Ltd. (currently Wuxi Advanced Kayaku Chemicals Co., Ltd.) in China.
- Commemorated 80th anniversary.
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