| January,1927 |
Founded as NIPPON BRAKE LINING SEISAKUSHO for the manufacturing and sales of brake linings for automobiles and various high-speed machines. |
| April,1932 |
Changed company name to NIPPON VALQUA INDUSTRIES, LTD. and started manufacturing of gaskets for industrial use. |
| June,1941 |
Established at the Sagami Plant (formerly the Atsugi Plant) in Atsugi-cho, Aiko-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture. Started manufacturing of Synthetic Rubber Gaskets and compressed Sheets for application on aircraft. |
| October,1943 |
Merged with Nippon Kinzoku Eitai Kogyo Co., Ltd. and began producing metal gaskets for the fuel industry. |
| February,1952 |
Completed research work on the fabrication of fluorocarbon resin and was the first company to successfully commercialize the product inJapan. Began manufacturing and sales of such resin under the trade name “VALFLON”. |
| May,1961 |
IPO on the over-the-counter market at the Osaka Securities Exchange. |
| October,1961 |
Listed in the second section market at the Osaka Securities Exchange. |
| September,1962 |
Listed in the second section market at the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| May,1966 |
Founded VALQUA SEIKI,LTD.(now a consolidated subsidiary) in Shinshiro-shi, Aichi |
| October,1968 |
Established Shinshiro Works in Shinshiro,Aichi, and began manufacture of compressed sheets and urethane rubber. |
| July,1969 |
Founded the joint venture company TAIWAN VALQUA INDUSTRIES, LTD. (now a consolidated subsidiary) in Taiwan. |
| September,1975 |
Listed as a publicly quoted company in the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Stock Exchange. |
| August,1985 |
Founded KYUSHU VALQUA CO.,LTD. (now a consolidated subsidiary) in Kaho-gun, Fukuoka |
| September,1986 |
Closed the Sagami works (formerly the Atsugi works). Atsugi works established in Tanazawa, Atsugi (sold in March 2001). |
| July,1988 |
Founded the joint venture company VALQUA INDUSTRIES (THAILAND), LTD. in Thailand. |
| April,1989 |
Merged with Okafuku Shoji Co., Ltd. |
| November,1993 |
Established Nara Works in Gojo, Nara, and started manufacturing of highly-functional rubber products. |
| April,1995 |
Shinshiro works obtain ISO9002 certification. |
| August,1995 |
Founded SHANGHAI VALQUA FLUOROCARBON PRODUCTS CO., LTD.(now a consolidated subsidiary) in China. |
| March,1996 |
Nara works obtain ISO9002 certification. |
| April,1996 |
Seoul representative office established in Seoul, South Korea. |
| June,1988 |
Founded VALQUA AMERICA, INC.(now a consolidated subsidiary) in U.S.A.. |
| August,1999 |
Headquarters moved from Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo to Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo. |
| March,2000 |
Founded VALQUA SES CO.,LTD.(now a consolidated subsidiary) in Ichihara-shi, Chiba |
| March,2000 |
Equity participation in Taisei Equipment Co., Ltd. (now Valqua Techno, Ltd. [now a consolidated subsidiary]). |
| March,2000 |
Founded TAIWAN VALQUA ENGNEERING INTERNATIONAL,LTD.(now a consolidated subsidiary) in Taipei,Taiwan |
| November,2000 |
Founded VALQUA SEAL PRODUCTS (SHANGHAI) CO.,LTD.[now a consolidated subsidiary] in China. |
| March,2001 |
Established Atsugi Hu-Tech Co., Ltd. in Suita-shi, Osaka in collaboration with Yodogawa Kasei Co., Ltd. (now Yodogawa Hu-Tech Co., Ltd.). Atsugi works sold to the company. |
| July,2001 |
Nara works obtain ISO14001 certification. |
| October,2001 |
Shanghai representative office established with the goal of expanding sales in the China market. |
| September,2002 |
Founded VALQUA (SHANGHAI) TRADING CO., LTD.[now a consolidated subsidiary] in China. |
| October,2002 |
Nara works obtain ISO9001 certification. |
| October,2002 |
Established Valqua Seal Solutions Co., Ltd. (now a consolidated subsidiary) through a simple spin-off split of the production department (Shinshiro works and Nara works). |
| June,2003 |
Delisted in the first section market at the Osaka Securities Exchange. |
| March,2004 |
Founded VALQUA KOREA CO.,LTD.(now a consolidated subsidiary) in Korea. |
| January,2006 |
Opened M·R·T CENTER in Machida, Tokyo, as the center for our fluorocarbon resin business and human resources development. |
| September,2006 |
Founded GARLOCK VALQUA 」APAN, INC. as ajoint venture with Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC. in U.S.A. for the marketing of metal seals. |
| May, 2007 |
Opened CHINA HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT CENTER in Shanghai,China . |
| December, 2007 |
Headquarters moved from Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo to osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo. |
| April,2008 |
Founded VALQUA VIETNAM CO., LTD.(now a consolidated subsidiary) in Vietnam. |
| November,2008 |
Integrated two Institutes by products into VALQUA China Research Institute in Shanghai, China. |
| October,2009 |
Established an overseas sales base in Singapore. |
| March,2010 |
Founded J/V VALMEI Corporation(headquartered in Tokyo) to reinforce Expanded Fluoroplastics(sa-PTFE ™) business. |
| April,2010 |
Founded China Membrane Institute in VALQUA China Research Institute in Shanghai, China. |
| April,2010 |
Made IIDA PACKING INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.,(now VALQUA IIDA･TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD.) a consolidated subsidiary. |
| September,2010 |
Launched enhanced China operations through an operational and capital tie up with Daikin Industries, Ltd. |
| November, 2011 |
Established the China Machine Membrane Technology Center, technological base in Shanghai Valqua Fluorocarbon Products Co., Ltd |
| December, 2011 |
Made Fujimi Fine Technology, Inc.(now VALQUA FFT INC.) a consolidated subsidiary. |
| July,2012 |
Established VALQUA KOREA CO.,LTD.PYEONGTAEK in South Korea. |
| April,2013 |
Founded ADVANCE FLON TECHNOLOGIES (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.as a joint venture with Guarniflon S.p.A.,Italian company,in China |
| April,2015 |
Opened VALQUA VIETNAM CO.,LTD.HANOI BRANCH in Vietnam |
| April,2016 |
Opened APPLIED R&D INSTITUTE in South Korea. |
