Our History
Sogo Kako Laboratories, Ltd. is established in Taito-ku, Tokyo.
Operations begin in small-scale plant construction and the fats and oils business using high vacuum technology.
Company begins selling Japan's first heat transfer oils.
Head office is relocated to current location (Takada, Toshima-ku, Tokyo).
Company name is changed to Soken Chemical & Engineering Co., Ltd.
Company begins selling N-methylol acrylamide (N-MAM).
Sayama Office is opened in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture.
Company begins selling special performance material products.
Company begins selling acrylic adhesive products.
Company establishes current corporate mark.
Company begins selling fine particle products.
Company withdraws from the fats and oils business.
Company launches specially coated products business in Japan.
Hamaoka Office is opened in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture.
Ningbo Daxie Soken Chemical Co., Ltd. is established as a joint venture in China.
Panjin Liaohe-Soken Chemical Co., Ltd. (founding name: Panjin Liaohe Zongyan Chemical Co., Ltd.) is established as a joint venture in China.
Soken Tecnix Co., Ltd. is established as a spin-off from Soken's maintenance division.
Singapore Representative Office is opened.
ChangZhou Soken Heating Boiler Co., Ltd. is established.
Hamaoka Soken Co., Ltd. is established as a spin-off from the manufacturing and logistics operations of the Hamaoka Office.
Company lists shares on the over-the-counter (OTC) market.
Soken Chemical Singapore Pte. Ltd. is established as a locally-incorporated company of the Singapore Representative Office.
Suzhou Soken Chemical Co., Ltd. is established.
Heat transfer oil and heat transfer boiler divisions reassigned to Soken Tecnix Co., Ltd.
Sayama Soken Co., Ltd. is established as a spin-off from the manufacturing and logistics operations of the Sayama Office.
Soken Chemical America, Inc. is established in the U.S.
Equipment-related division (plant engineering) is transferred to Soken Tecnix Co., Ltd.
Company lists shares on the JASDAQ Securities Exchange (JASDAQ market).
Company increases its stake in Ningbo Daxie Soken Chemical Co., Ltd. and acquires it as a consolidated subsidiary.
Soken Chemical Asia Co., Ltd. is established in Thailand.
Soken Chemical America, Inc. is dissolved.
Company terminates the production of N-MAM, which uses formaldehyde as a raw material for production.
Joint venture contract with ChangZhou Soken Heating Boiler Co., Ltd. is dissolved.
Soken High-tech Material (Nanjing) Co., Ltd. is established in China.
Company merges Hamaoka Soken Co., Ltd. and Sayama Soken Co., Ltd.
Soken Chemical Singapore Pte. Ltd. is dissolved.
Ningbo Daxie Soken Chemical Co., Ltd. becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary.
Joint venture contract with Panjin Liaohe-Soken Chemical Co., Ltd. is dissolved.
Company moves to the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Standard Market.