Company History
January,1927 | Founded as NIPPON BRAKE LINING SEISAKUSHO for the manufacturing and sales of brake linings for automobiles and various high-speed machines in Ryuge-cho, Nakakawachi-gun(now Yao-city), Osaka prefecture. |
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April,1932 | Changed company name to NIPPON VALQUA INDUSTRIES. and started manufacturing of gaskets for industrial use. |
June,1941 | 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 in Japan. Began manufacturing and sales of such resin under the trade name “VALFLON”. |
September,1962 | Listed in the Second Section market at the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
September,1975 | Listed in the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
August,1985 | Founded KYUSHU VALQUA CO., LTD. (now a consolidated subsidiary) in Kaho-gun(now Iizuka-city), Fukuoka. |
July,1988 | Founded the joint venture company VALQUA INDUSTRIES (THAILAND), LTD.(now a consolidated subsidiary) 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. |
August,1995 | Founded SHANGHAI VALQUA FLUOROCARBON PRODUCTS CO., LTD.(now a consolidated subsidiary) in China. |
March,1996 | Nara works obtain ISO9002 certification. |
June,1998 | Founded VALQUA AMERICA, INC.(now a consolidated subsidiary) in U.S.A.. |
March,2000 | Founded VALQUA SES CO., LTD.(now a consolidated subsidiary) in Ichihara-shi(now shinagawa-ku, Tokyo), 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. |
December,2000 | Founded VALQUA SEAL PRODUCTS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.(now a consolidated subsidiary) in China. |
July,2001 | Nara works obtain ISO14001 certification. |
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 (Nara works). |
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. |
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. |
April,2010 | Acquired additional shares of IIDA PACKING INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.,(now VALQUA METAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.(now a consolidated subsidiary)) . |
December,2011 | Acquired additional shares of Fujimi Fine Technology, Inc.(now VALQUA FFT INC.(now a consolidated subsidiary)). |
March,2013 | KYUSHU VALQUA CO., LTD started selling electricity using a photovoltaic system. |
February,2017 | Acquired shares of US-based NISSHIN GULF COAST, INC. (now VALQUA NGC, Inc. (now a consolidated subsidiary)) |
November,2017 | Founded VALQUA INDUSTRIES SHINGAPORE PTE. LTD.(now a consolidated subsidiary)in Singapore. |
October,2018 | Changed company name to VALQUA, LTD. |
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