{"id":134,"date":"2019-02-04T16:46:06","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T07:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/150.60.207.74\/?page_id=134"},"modified":"2020-07-01T12:13:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T03:13:28","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fudow.co.jp\/en\/company\/history","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Innovation of the FUDOW<\/h2>\r\nFor the harmony of people and ecology.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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History<\/h2>\r\n
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February 1935<\/dt>\r\n \t
Established at 1-35 Komagome, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, as Tanaka Paint Industries Co., Ltd. with a capital of 200,000 yen.<\/dd>\r\n \t
February 1937<\/dt>\r\n \t
Started production of phenolic resin molding materials.<\/dd>\r\n \t
April 1939<\/dt>\r\n \t
Relocated to 4-11-26 Nishi-Rokugo, Ota-ku, Tokyo.<\/dd>\r\n \t
June 1940<\/dt>\r\n \t
Changed the corporate name to Fudow Chemical Industries Co., Ltd., and established the foundation of the present company.<\/dd>\r\n \t
November 1944<\/dt>\r\n \t
Started production of phenolic resin laminated materials.<\/dd>\r\n \t
April 1957<\/dt>\r\n \t
Capital increased to 230 million yen. Entered into a close business partnership with Japan Gas Chemical Co., Inc. (currently Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.).<\/dd>\r\n \t
October 1961<\/dt>\r\n \t
Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo and Osaka Stock Exchanges.<\/dd>\r\n \t
March 1962<\/dt>\r\n \t
Started manufacturing of diallyl phthalate molding materials. Capital increased to 375 million yen.<\/dd>\r\n \t
October 1969<\/dt>\r\n \t
TOMEI CHEMICAL Co., Ltd. , a phenol resin molding material manufacturing company, was founded at Seto City in Aichi Prefecture.<\/dd>\r\n \t
April 1970<\/dt>\r\n \t
Started manufacturing of large, low-foam molded plastic products at the Hiratsuka Plant.<\/dd>\r\n \t
April 1972<\/dt>\r\n \t
Started manufacturing of unsaturated polyester molding materials.<\/dd>\r\n \t
April 1976<\/dt>\r\n \t
Succeeded in the productization of reinforced phenolic resin for use as a metal substitute in the machinery industry.<\/dd>\r\n \t
April 1981<\/dt>\r\n \t
Started sale of reinforced phenolic resin parts for machine tools (machining centers), as well as carbon-fiber composite phenolic resin parts.<\/dd>\r\n \t
December 1987<\/dt>\r\n \t
Absorbed and merged Fudow Chemical Co., Ltd. and enhanced and expanded the development of large molded products. Capital reached 550 million yen.<\/dd>\r\n \t
December 1989<\/dt>\r\n \t
Absorbed and merged three related subsidiaries (Central Kasei Co., Ltd., Taiyo Sangyo Co., Ltd. and Fudow Trading Co., Ltd.) and changed the corporate name to Fudow Co., Ltd.<\/dd>\r\n \t
June 1991<\/dt>\r\n \t
Increased capital to 1.058 billion yen.<\/dd>\r\n \t
October 2001<\/dt>\r\n \t
Transferred the manufacturing base for thermosetting resin molding materials to the new Fujinomiya Plant.<\/dd>\r\n \t
November 2001<\/dt>\r\n \t
Moved the Head Office to 7-20-5, Nishi-Kamata, Ota-ku, Tokyo.<\/dd>\r\n \t
September 2002<\/dt>\r\n \t
Succeeded the business rights for xylene resins from Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.<\/dd>\r\n \t
February 2003<\/dt>\r\n \t
Changed the corporate name of the related subsidiary Tomei Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd. to Fudow Techno Corporation to be organized into a production affiliate.<\/dd>\r\n \t
April 2003<\/dt>\r\n \t
Became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. through share exchange.<\/dd>\r\n \t
April 2005<\/dt>\r\n \t
Split-off the Taiyo Sangyo Division as the subsidiary Taiyo Sangyo Co., Ltd.<\/dd>\r\n \t
March 2007<\/dt>\r\n \t
Made Y.K.M. Co., Ltd. a subsidiary.<\/dd>\r\n \t
October 2008<\/dt>\r\n \t
Absorbed and merged Macroboard, Co., Ltd. to establish the Gamagori Plant.<\/dd>\r\n \t
May 2010<\/dt>\r\n \t
Relocated the Head Office to Shin-Yokohama, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama.<\/dd>\r\n \t
November 2010<\/dt>\r\n \t
Introduced autoclave equipment to the Research & Development Division (Fujinomiya Plant).<\/dd>\r\n \t
January 2012<\/dt>\r\n \t
Added a D-type granulating machine (for polyester resin) to achieve the successful order taking of terminals for smart meters.<\/dd>\r\n \t
December 2013<\/dt>\r\n \t
Established Tsubakimoto Fudow Machinery Attachments (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. in Tianjin, People\u2019s Republic of China.<\/dd>\r\n \t
December 2014<\/dt>\r\n \t
Introduced a five-axis processing machine to Y.K.M. Co., Ltd.<\/dd>\r\n \t
August 2018<\/dt>\r\n \t
Transferred all shares of Taiyo Sangyo Co., Ltd. to OCHI Holdings Co., Ltd.<\/dd>\r\n \t
October 2018<\/dt>\r\n \t
Dissolved Tsubakimoto Fudow Machinery Attachments (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.<\/dd>\r\n \t
April 2020<\/dt>\r\n \t
Fudow Company, Ltd., Fudow Techno Corporation and Y.K.M. , the merger of three companies were taken place.<\/dd>\r\n<\/dl>\r\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Innovation of the FUDOW For the harmony of people and ecology. History February 1935 Established at 1-35 Komagome, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, as Tanaka Paint Industries Co., Ltd. with a capital of 200,000 yen. February 1937 Started production of phenolic resin molding materials. April 1939 Relocated to 4-11-26 Nishi-Rokugo, Ota-ku, Tokyo. June 1940 Changed the corporate name […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":95,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"100","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-134","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","en-US"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fudow.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fudow.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fudow.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fudow.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fudow.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/fudow.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1138,"href":"https:\/\/fudow.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134\/revisions\/1138"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fudow.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fudow.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}