| Dec. |
1908 |
Sobo Marine Products K.K. was established by Showa Denko (SDK) founder, Nobuteru Mori, to manufacture and sell iodine in Chiba Prefecture. Sobo Marine Products subsequently developed into Nihon Iodine K.K. |
| Oct. |
1926 |
Nihon Iodine K.K. was establilshed. |
| Apr. |
1928 |
Showa Fertilizers K.K. was established. |
| Mar. |
1934 |
Nihon Iodine K.K. was renamed as Nihon Electrical Industries K.K. |
| Jun. | 1939 |
Nihon Electrical Industries and Showa Fertilizers merged to form Showa Denko K.K. |
| May. | 1949 |
SDK was listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| Sept. | 1951 |
SDK was awarded the first Deming Prize. |
| Apr. | 1969 |
Oita Petrochemical Complex started commercial operation. |
| Mar. | 1977 |
Second expansion project of ethylene production capacity was completed at SDK Oita Petrochemical Complex. |
| Feb. | 1986 |
SDK withdrew from its domestic aluminum smelting business. |
| Nov. | 1989 |
Hard Disk Plant No. 1 was completed at Chiba. |
| Jan. | 1995 |
Omachi Works obtained ISO 9001 certification. |
| May. | 1997 |
Production Technology Center obtained ISO 14001 certification. |
| Mar. | 2001 |
SDK merged with Showa Aluminum Corporation. |
| Sept. | 2003 |
Japan Polyolefins Co., Ltd. and Japan Polychem Corporation integrated the polyethylene businesses and established a new joint venture company. |
| Jul. | 2004 |
Trace Strage Technology Corp., become a consolidated subsidiary. |
| Nov. | 2004
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SDK announced to produce high-power blue LED chips. |
| Mar. |
2005 |
SDK sold shares in SDS Biotech K.K. via MBO scheme. |
| Jul. |
2005 |
SDK started production of world's first perpendicular magnetic recording technology HD media. |
| Sept. |
2006 |
SDK satarted up new aluminum cylinders plant in Oita. |
| Dec. |
2006 |
SDK opened its new hard disk media plant in Singapore. |
| Feb. |
2007 |
SDK develops new crystal growth technology for GaN-based blue/white LEDs. |
| Sept. |
2007 |
SDK opened its second neodymium-based alloys plant in China. |
| Jun. |
2008 |
Showa Tansan Co., Ltd. become a consolidated subsidiary. |
| Jul. |
2010 |
SDK merged with Showa Highpolymer Co.,Ltd. |
| Jan. |
2011 |
SDK satarted its new medium-term consolidated business plan "PEGASUS" for the 2011-2015 period. |
