Year | History |
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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 |