Business restructuring and testing new waters
1982
Established an overseas office in New York (later to become a local subsidiary).
Established the Kashima Factory.
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.
1985
Closure of the Kokura dye plant.
Commenced polarizers business.
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.
1991
Established Polatechno Co., Ltd., a jointventure company of functional films.
1992
Completed the training center "Hishou."
Established Kayaku Sartomer Co., Ltd.
1993
Established Taiwan Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd.
Opening of Shanghai foreign office.
1994
Nikka Jitsugyo Co., Ltd. merged with Naigai Kogyo Co., Ltd. to form Naigai Nikka Co., Ltd.
Supply of airbag inflators was started.
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.
1996
Established a joint venture, Wuxi Advanced Chemical Co., Ltd. (currently Wuxi Advanced Kayaku Chemicals Co., Ltd.) in China.
Commemorated 80th anniversary.