Dec.
|
1941 |
Founded for the production and sales of self-luminous paints
for watches, clocks,instrument dials, etc. |
| Nov. |
1948 |
Incorporated as Nemoto Photo-Chemical Co., Ltd . |
| July |
1960 |
Takaido Factory completed. |
| Jun. |
1962 |
Incorporated as Nemoto & Co., Ltd. Capital;5,000,000(yen). |
| Aug. |
1963 |
Ibaraki Factory completed. |
| Dec. |
1967 |
Capital increased to 10,000,000(yen). |
| Nov. |
1969 |
Okaya Factory completed to expand business in Watch/Clock industry. |
| Apr. |
1970 |
Nemoto Chemie Co., Ltd founded. |
| July |
1970 |
Capital increased to 18,000,000(yen). |
| Aug. |
1971 |
Capital increased to 36,000,000(yen). |
| Jan.
| 1975 |
Capital increased to 49,500,000(yen).
|
| Jun. |
1977 |
Representative Office opened in Zurich, Switzerland. |
| May |
1978 |
R & D Center completed at Takaido, Tokyo for intensified R
& D capabilities. |
| July |
|
Joint venture factory Wong's Nemoto Industries Ltd, established
in Hong Kong.
RI (Radioisotope) license obtained and luminous painting business started. |
| Feb. |
1982 |
New factory building opened at Nemoto Chemie Co., Ltd. |
| May |
|
Automated plant opened at Tsukuba for intensive production of
watch/clock dials. |
| Apr. |
1986 |
Watch/Clock dial business separated and N. P. Tsukuba Co., Ltd.
founded for specialized production. |
| Oct. |
|
Life Science laboratories opened at Tsukuba facility. |
| Mar. |
1987 |
Joint-venture company Stone-Nemoto Co., Ltd. founded at Seoul, Korea. |
| Jun. |
1989 |
Second and third research buildings completed at Life Science
Dept. in Tsukuba facility. |
| Dec. |
|
Nemoto Portugal Quimica Fina Lda. founded at Pombal, Portugal
|
| Oct. |
1990 |
Capital increased to 99,000,000(yen). |
| Feb. |
1991 |
Portugal plant completed. |
| Oct. |
|
Cooperated with Shanghai Clock and Watch Fittings Ltd. to
establish a self-luminous painting factory in Shenzhen, China. |
| Apr. |
1992 |
Joint-ventured with Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd to establish
T. N. Technos Co., Ltd. for pharmacological studies. |
| Feb. |
1993 |
Tsukuba research labs of T. N. Technos completed at Tsukuba facility. |
| Dec. |
|
Shanghai Nemoto Chemical & Light Industry Co., Ltd. established
to start production of sensor products. |
| Mar. |
1995 |
New office building completed at Ibaraki Factory.
New facilities for luminous painting completed at Shenzhen, China. |
| May |
|
Dalian Nemoto Chemicals Co., Ltd. established at Dalian, China. |
| Sep. |
|
Nemoto (HK) Limited established for marketing in the Southeast
Asian region.
New production facilities completed at Dalian Nemoto Chemicals Co., Ltd. |
| Mar. |
1996 |
Nemoto (Europe) B.V. established in Amsterdam for marketing in
the European countries.. |
| May |
1998 |
Joint-ventured with RC-Tritec AG to establish LumiNova AG Switzerland for supplying
LumiNova to Swiss watch industry. |
| May |
1999 |
Okaya factory closed. |
| Jun. |
2000 |
Life Science Division separated and Nemoto Science Co., Ltd. established.
Dalian F.T.Z. Nemoto Chemicals Co., Ltd. established. |
| Jun. |
2001 |
Factory buildings completed at Dalian F.T.Z. Nemoto Chemicals
Co., Ltd. and started production of display phosphors. |
| May |
2002 |
NET（Nemoto Environmental Technology）established in Italy for supplying industrial sensors to the
European market. |
| Apr. |
2005 |
Obtained Excellent Patent Utilization Strategy Prize from Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry. |
| Oct. |
|
Chemical plating facility at Nemoto Chemie transferred to N.P. Tsukuba. |
| Jan. |
2006 |
Nemoto Chemie merged with Nemoto Head Quarter. |
| Jan. |
|
Nemoto & Co.,Ltd absorbed Nemoto Chemie Co.,Ltd. |
| Mar. |
|
Tokyo Chamber of Commerce Chairman Prize awarded for good-standing firm. |
| Apr. |
|
N.P. Tsukuba changed its company name to Nemoto Precisions Co., Ltd. |
| Oct. |
|
Second R&D Center buildings at Hiratsuka Office completed. |
| May |
2007 |
Factory buildings completed at LumiNova AG Switzerland. |
| Jun. |
2008 |
Nemoto Lumi-Materials Co., Ltd. and Nemoto Sensor Engineering Co., Ltd. newly established. |
| Apr. |
2009 |
Purchased own stocks of Wong's Nemoto Industries Ltd. and changed its company name to Nemoto Precision Hong Kong as a individual ownership. |
| |
|
BaoAn Nemoto Precision Factory buildings completed. |
| Mar. |
2010 |
Head Office has moved to Takaido. |
