{"id":49522,"date":"2024-10-23T03:04:15","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T03:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kawaken.codebrew.sg\/?page_id=49522"},"modified":"2024-12-13T04:31:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T04:31:00","slug":"corporate-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kawaken.codebrew.sg\/index.php\/corporate-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"49522\" class=\"elementor elementor-49522\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1573583 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1573583\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a446ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a446ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Corporate History<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e6cfce e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2e6cfce\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09ee091 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"09ee091\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">70 Years of Corporate Success<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18f7e81 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"18f7e81\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c70f9ef e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c70f9ef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c371ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c371ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table style=\"font-size: 16px;\" width=\"100%\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #1f2469; color: #fff\">\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">Date<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">Event<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"color: #333333\">\n<td>1945<\/td>\n<td>Dr. Yasota Kawakami founded the company in the open laboratory of Tokyo Kogyo Shikenjo for the purpose of offering technical consultation and conducting commissioned research.\u00a0Established plant in Meguro, Tokyo.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333\">\n<td>1949<\/td>\n<td>Established Kawakami Research Laboratory.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"color: #333333\">\n<td>1950<\/td>\n<td>Relocated plant to Omiya.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333\">\n<td>1953<\/td>\n<td>Development and launched production and sales of sponge metal catalysts.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"color: #333333\">\n<td>1954<\/td>\n<td>Newly esatablished Technology Department.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333;\">\n<td>1957<\/td>\n<td>Relocated head office to Ogura Building, Kobuna-cho, Nihombashi.\u00a0Developed and launched production and sales of surfactant Amisol.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"color: #333333\">\n<td>1960<\/td>\n<td>Constructed Saitama Office in Kawagoe City, and relocated plant.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333;\">\n<td>1963<\/td>\n<td>Opened Osaka branch.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"color: #333333\">\n<td>1964<\/td>\n<td>Changed company name to current name \u201cKawaken Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333;\">\n<td>1968<\/td>\n<td>Developed specialty chemical products.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"color: #333333\">\n<td>1970<\/td>\n<td>Constructed Kawakami Memorial Research Laboratory in Saitama Office.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333;\">\n<td>1974<\/td>\n<td>Yotsuba Co., Ltd. becomes fully-owned subsidiary.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"color: #333333\">\n<td>1977<\/td>\n<td>Established Takefu Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333;\">\n<td>1982<\/td>\n<td>Established Enshu Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"color: #333333\">\n<td>1984<\/td>\n<td>Established Thai Kawaken Co., Ltd.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333;\">\n<td>1988<\/td>\n<td>Established K&amp;FS Pte. Ltd.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"color: #333333\">\n<td>1989<\/td>\n<td>Relocated head office to current location in Horidome-cho, Nihombashi. Introduced CI.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333;\">\n<td>1993<\/td>\n<td>Osaka Sales Office Celebrated 30th anniversary of opening.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"color: #333333\">\n<td>1994<\/td>\n<td>Constructed research center in Takefu Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333;\">\n<td>1995<\/td>\n<td>Celebrated 50th anniversary of opening.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"color: #333333\">\n<td>1998<\/td>\n<td>ISO9002 certification approved.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333;\">\n<td>2002<\/td>\n<td>Constructed mass-production GMP plant in Enshu Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd.\nTakefu Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd. acquired ISO9001 certification.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"color: #333333\">\n<td>2003<\/td>\n<td>Merged Takefu Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd. and Enshu Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd.\nAcquired ISO9001 certification on a company-wide scale.\nSaitama Plant acquired ISO14001 certification.\nFukui Plant acquired ISO14001 certification.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333;\">\n<td>2005<\/td>\n<td>Celebrated 60th anniversary of establishment.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"color: #333333\">\n<td>2007<\/td>\n<td>Established Kawaken Sterling Surfactants PVT.LTD.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333;\">\n<td>2010<\/td>\n<td>Shizuoka Plant acquired ISO 14001 certification.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"color: #333333\">\n<td>2013<\/td>\n<td>Established KAWAKEN SINGAPORE PTE. 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