History
*1918 Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited forms in Ohsaki, Tokyo, to produce electrical insulating materials in Japan. *1924 Introduces electrical insulating varnishes. *1941 Ibaraki Plant begins operation. *1945 Head Office in Osaki, Tokyo, destroyed by air raids. *1946 **Head Office is relocated to Ibaraki, Osaka ; **Begins production of Black Tape. *1949 **Opens Osaka and Tokyo Branch Offices ; **Begins production of anticorrosion tapes. *1951 Produces first plastic tapes in Japan. *1957 Begins production of electrical insulating casting and molding products. *1959 Suita Plant begins operation. *1961 **Opens first overseas office in New York ; **Begins production of fluoroplastic products (NITOFLON) ; **Begins production of surface protection vinyl sheets (SPV). *1962 **Lists common stocks on Second Sections of Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Stock Exchange ; **Toyohashi Plant begins operation ; *1964 Begins production of FRP electrical insulating products and double-coated adhesive tape. *1966 Begins production of semiconductor encapsulating materials. *1967 **Lists common stocks on First Sections of Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Stock Exchange ; **Kanto Plant begins operation. **Begins production of medical adhesive sheets. *1968 Forms Nitto Denko America, Inc.. *1969 **Kameyama Plant begins operation ; **Forms Nitto Denko Taiwan Nitto Denko as the first overseas manufacturing base. *1973 Begins production of flexible printed circuits. *1974 **Forms Nitto Belgium N.V. ; **Begins production of sealing materials (EPT Sealer). *1975 **Forms Nitoms, Inc.; **Begins production of polarizing films for liquid crystal displays. *1976 Begins production of high-polymer separation membranes (reverse-osmosis membranes, ultrafiltration membranes). *1977 Tohoku Plant begins operation. *1981 Begins production of tapes for athletes and rehabilitation, taping tapes (NITREAT). *1982 Kyushu Plant (now called Nitto Electronics Kyusyu) begins operation. *1983 Begins production of transdermal drug delivery patches. *1985 Begins production of reinforce and vibration damping materials (NITOHARD). *1986 Shiga Plant begins operation. *1987 Acquires Hydranautics in the U.S.A. *1988 Celebrates 70th anniversary and changes name to Nitto Denko Corporation. *1989 **Begins production of retardation films for liquid crystal displays(NRF); **Forms Nitto Denko Electronics (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.; **Develops plant tissue culture technology (Tissue-cultured Panax Ginseng). *1992 Begins production of protective films for painted surface of automobiles. *1994 Forms Nitto Denko (Shanghai Pu Dong New Area) Company, Limited *1995 Forms Nitto Denko (Shanghai Songjiang) Company, Limited *1996 **Onomichi plant begins operation ; Forms Nitto Medical Corporation ; **Begins production of printed wiring material for HDD (use for wireless suspension) ; **Forms Nitto Lifetec Corporation; **Receives Miles prize. *1997 **Forms Nitto Denko Material (Thailand) Company, Limited and P.T. Nitto Materials Indonesia; **Forms Nitto Shinko Corporation and Saitama Nitto Denko Corporation. *1998 Begins production of Polarization Conversion Films (NIPOCS) *1999 Forms Nitto Denko Packaging System Corporation, Nitto Denko Vietnam and Korea Nitto Optical Company, Limited. *2000 **Forms Mie Nitto Denko Corporation, Korea Nitto Denko., Limited; **Forms Regional holding company, Nitto America, Inc.; **Forms Nitto Denko Himawari Corporation, and Nitto Denko Technical Corporation. *2001 Forms Nitto Denko Tape Materials (Vietnam) Company, Limited, Nitto Denko Philippines Corporation and Nittos Denko (Suzhou) Company, Limited *2002 **Forms Nitto Electronics Kyushu Corporation, Aichi Nitto Denko Corporation; **Forms Regional holding company, Nitto Denko (China) Investment Company, Limited; **Acquires Acoustiseal in the US, and the company changed name to Permacel Automotive Inc.. *2003 **Forms Taiwan Nitto Optical Company, Limited. *2004 **Forms Kinovate Life Sciences, Inc. Nitto Denko Packing System is changed name to Nitto Denko CS System Corporation. **Forms Nitto Denko (Tianjin) Company, Limited and Nitto Fine Circuit Technology (Shenzhen) Company, Limited. *2005 **Forms Shanghai Nitto Optical Company, Limited; **An invention of the method of manufacturing wide-view-angle birefringent film for LCDs receives the Prime Minister Prize. *2006 Head Office is relocated to Osaka. *2007 Kyoshin Corporation and Nitto Denko Matex Corporation are consolidated into Nitto Denko Corporation. *2008 **High performance reverse osmosis (RO) membrane element for seawater desalination "SWC5" receives 2007 Nikkei Superior Products and Services Awards for Excellence ; **Forms Nitto Denko Asia Technical Center in Singapore. *2009 Forms Nitto Denko India Private, Limited in Manesar, India. *2011 Acquires Avecia Biotechnology Inc.. *2012 Forms Nitto Denko Europe Technical Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland (Closed 2017) *2014 Forms Nitto (Qingdao) Technology Research Institute, Co., Ltd. *2016 Acquires Irvine Pharmaceutical Services and Avrio Biopharmaceutical *From 2017, Nitto became the main sponsor of the year-end tennis eventProducts
*Neodymium magnets
In August 2015, Nitto Denko announced their development of a new method of sinteringSponsorships
On 25 May 2017, it was announced that Nitto Denko will be the main sponsor for theSee also
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