History

Start luminizing business and sales of self-luminous paint for watch & clock dials.

Incorporated as Nemoto Photo-Chemical Co., Ltd .

Takaido Factory completed.

Reorganized as Nemoto & Co., Ltd.

Ibaraki Factory completed.

Sagami Factory completed.

Okaya Factory completed. Expand business in Watch & Clock industry.

Nemoto Chemie Co., Ltd founded.

Open representative Office in Zurich, Switzerland.

Takaido R&D Center completed in Tokyo.

Establish Joint venture factory Wong’s Nemoto Industries Ltd in Hong Kong for luminizing business.

Open new factory building at Nemoto Chemie Co., Ltd.

Open automated plant at Tsukuba for intensive production of watch & clock dials.

Separate Watch/Clock dial business and establish N. P. Tsukuba Co., Ltd. for specialized production.

Life Science laboratories opened at Tsukuba facility.

Joint-venture Stone-Nemoto Co., Ltd. founded at Seoul, Korea.

2nd and 3rd research buildings of Life Science Dept. completed in Tsukuba facility.

Nemoto Portugal Quimica Fina Lda. founded at Pombal, Portugal

Open self-luminous painting factory in Shenzhen, China, cooperated with Shanghai Clock and Watch Fittings Ltd.

Establish a Joint-venture T. N. Technos Co., Ltd. with Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd for pharmacological studies.

Establish Shanghai Nemoto Chemical & Light Industry Co., Ltd. to start sensor production.

New factory building completed at Ibaraki Factory.

New facilities for luminous painting completed at Shenzhen, China.

New production site Dalian Nemoto Chemicals Co., Ltd completed.

Nemoto (HK) Ltd. established for marketing in the Southeast Asia.

Establish Nemoto (Europe) B.V. in Amsterdam for marketing in Europe.

Establish a Joint-venture LumiNova AG Switzerland with RC-Tritec AG, to supply LumiNova into Swiss watch industry.

NPQ 2nd factory completed for LumiNova production

Life Science Division separated and Nemoto Science Co., Ltd. established.

Dalian F.T.Z. Nemoto Chemicals Co., Ltd. established. Start production of phosphor for displays.

Start selling industrial sensors to European market.

Awarded Excellent Patent Utilization Strategy Prize by Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry.

Transfer Chemical plating facility at Nemoto Chemie to N.P. Tsukuba.

Nemoto & Co.,Ltd merge Nemoto Chemie Co.,Ltd.

Tokyo Chamber of Commerce Chairman Prize awarded for good-standing firm.

N.P. Tsukuba changed its company name to Nemoto Precisions Co., Ltd.

Second R&D Center buildings at Hiratsuka Office completed.

New factory buildings for LumiNova production completed at LumiNova AG Switzerland.

Nemoto Lumi-Materials Co., Ltd. and
Nemoto Sensor Engineering Co., Ltd. newly established.

Cancel JV with Wong’s Nemoto Industries Ltd. and changed its company name to Nemoto Precision Hong Kong as a wholly-owned company.

Move Head Office from Ogikubo to Takaido.

Dalian F.T.Z. Nemoto Chemicals Co., Ltd. changed its company name to Dalian Nemoto New Materials Co., Ltd.

New production site completed in Dalian Nemoto New Materials Co., Ltd.

Carry out complete company split-up and Nemoto & CO., Ltd. became a holding company.

Establish Nemoto Lumi Products (Shenzhen) Ltd. as wholly-owned company of Nemoto.

Nemoto Sensor-Engineering Co.,Ltd. Ushiku factory completed.

Nemoto Precision merge Ohashi Precision.

Shanghai Nemoto Electronic Technology Co., Ltd became 100% owned company of Nemoto.

Nemoto & Co., Ltd. merge Nemoto Lumi-Materials., Ltd.

Open sales office in Bao'an center district.

Start sales of gas sensors at Bao'an.

Nemoto & Co., Ltd. merge Nemoto Precision Co., Ltd., and transferred plating business to Precision Tsukuba Co., Ltd.

Transfer Nemoto Precision (HK) Ltd. Start selling phosphors.

Nemoto & Co., Ltd. merge Nemoto Sensor Engineering Co.,Ltd.