Corporate Overview
| Business Name | Asahi Organic Chemicals Industry Co., Ltd. |
|---|---|
| Nobeoka Head Office | 2-5955 Nakanose-cho, Nobeoka-shi, Miyazaki, Japan 882-8688 Tel:+81-982-35-0880, Fax:+81-982-35-9350 |
| Tokyo Head Office | 20th Floor, World Trade Center Bldg 4-1 Hamamatsu-Cho 2-Chome, Minato-Ku, TOKYO, JAPAN 105-6120 Tel:+81-3-3578-6001, Fax:+81-3-3578-6006 |
| Established | March 12, 1945 |
| Capital | 5,000,100,000 yen |
| Employees | 1,043 (as of year ended March 2011) |
| Net Sales | 32,667 Million yen(fiscal year ended March 2011) |
| Offices | Head Offices: Miyazaki , Tokyo Factories: Miyazaki , Aichi , Hiroshima , Tochigi, Business Offices: 15 nationwide |
| Directors |
Yoichi Saji （Chairman & Representative Director） Keiji Kamei （President & Representative Director） Yasushi Kishimoto （Director） Masahiro Kinoshita （Director） Kyoji Tominaga （Director） Masayuki Kuwata （Director） |
| Corporate Auditors |
Yasuyuki Ito （Outside Corporate Auditor） Shozo Horino （Outside Corporate Auditor） Shigetoshi Awano （Corporate Auditor） Kazuyoshi Yonebayashi （Outside Corporate Auditor） |
History
| 1945 | March | Nicchitsu Kozai Kogyo Co., Ltd. was established with 2 million yen in capital as a subsidiary of Nicchitsu Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (now the Asahi Kasei Corporation) to manufacture reinforced synthetic plywood for aircraft applications |
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| November | Corporate name was changed to Asahi Veneer Industry Co., Ltd., business shifted to the manufacture and sale of phenol resin molding materials, synthetic resin molding products, and plywood | |
| 1949 | September | Synthetic resins became the core business |
| 1950 | November | Corporate name changed to Asahi Organic Chemicals Industries Co., Ltd. |
| 1951 | September | Constructed Nobeoka Factory at current site |
| 1952 | April | Sales of Asahi AV Valves began |
| 1954 | June | Sales of shell mold resin began |
| 1955 | January | Registered as a construction company (pipe laying and construction) |
| 1960 | August | Company shares went public at the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| 1961 | October | Shares listed in the 2nd section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| 1963 | July | Constructed Shimonoseki factory and began manufacturing resin-coated sand |
| 1964 | May | Constructed Tone factory and began manufacturing synthetic resin molding products and resin-coated sand |
| October | Constructed Joban factory and began manufacturing resin-coated sand | |
| 1968 | April | Constructed Aichi factory and began manufacturing shell mold resin and resin-coated sand |
| 1974 | February | Shares listed in the 1st section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| March | Constructed polyvinyl chloride pipe factory | |
| 1983 | May | Capital increased to 5.0001 billion yen (its current level) |
| 1991 | October | Constructed Nobeoka General Research Laboratory |
| November | Constructed Hiroshima factory and began manufacturing resin-coated sand | |
| 1992 | March | Closed the Shimonoseki factory |
| 1996 | October | Constructed Tochigi factory and began manufacturing resin-coated sand |
| November | Closed Tone and Joban factories | |
| 1998 | November | Started manufacturing polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe in Tochigi factory |
| 1999 | November | Acquired all shares of Asahi/America, Inc. (currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
| 2000 | February | Constructed Amori factory and transferred the Engineering unit from Nobeoka factory |
| 2001 | February | Established Asahi Yuki Hanbai Nishi-Nihon K.K. Co., Ltd. (currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
| June | Adopted a dual head office system (Nobeoka Head Office and Tokyo Head Office) and a dual business division system (Valve & Piping Systems Administration and Resin Administration) | |
| 2002 | July | Established AOC Techno K.K. (currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
| October | Established AOC Assemble K.K. (currently a consolidated subsidiary) | |
| 2004 | April | Constructed Aichi Research Laboratory |
