History

Year History
1922 The Chemicals Department of Takeda Chobei Shoten (the present Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.) is spun off and established as an independent company, Takeda Pure Chemicals Ltd.
1940 Osaka Plant completed
1944 Tokyo Plant completed
1947 Company name changed to Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.
1950 Specialty chemicals business launched
1952 Head office moved to the current address
1960 Clinical diagnostic reagent business launched
1968 Harima Plant completed
1972 Head Office building completed
1974 Wako Chemicals GmbH
(the present FUJIFILM Wako Chemicals Europe GmbH) established
1981 Wako Chemicals USA Inc.
(the present FUJIFILM Wako Chemicals U.S.A.Corporation) established
1989 Tobu Distribution Center constructed
1991 Seibu Distribution Center constructed
2004 Aichi Plant completed
2012 Wako Chemicals (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
(the present FUJIFILM Wako Chemicals [Shanghai] Corporation) established
2015 Sibayagi Co., Ltd. (the present Gunma Office) acquired
2017 Company became a 100% owned subsidiary of FUJIFILM Corporation
2018 Company name changed to FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation
2019 IS Japan Co., Ltd. (the present Toda Office)acquired
2022 100th anniversary of founding