Commences business as a pharmaceutical distributor in Doshomachi, Osaka
1915
Uyemura changes the business, and begins to import materials for the cutting-edge plating technology
1918
Achieves a successful domestic production of oily abrasive compounds
1933
Incorporates as a joint-stock company named C. Uyemura & Co., Ltd.
1957
Establishes a specialty plating chemical department to research plating technology, in order to develop and create an original name brand of chemical products
1960
Establishes a plating equipment department to begin engineering and manufacturing of automated plating equipment and other types of specialized finishing equipment
1963
Establishes Sanwa Bosei Co., Ltd. (now SUMIX Corporation) in Osaka
1968
Establishes the Chemical Plant and the Central Research Laboratory in Osaka
1985
Establishes Uyemura International Corporation in USA
1986
Establishes Uyemura-Solar Co., Ltd. (now Uyemura International (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.) in Hong Kong
1987
Establishes Taiwan Uyemura Co., Ltd. in Taiwan Establishes Sum Hitechs Co., Ltd. in Thailand
1988
Establishes Nanshan Uyemura-Solar Co., Ltd. (now Uyemura (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.) in Shenzhen, China Establishes Uyemura Meta (Singapore) Pte Ltd (now Uyemura International (Singapore) Pte Ltd) in Singapore Completes the new Head Office building in Osaka
1996
Awarded the Science and Technology Agency Director-General’s Prize for the development of a hard disk substrate forming technology using electroless plating Establishes Uyemura (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. in Malaysia
1997
Listed on the Second Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange Increases capital to 1,336,936,360 Yen
1998
ISO 9001 acquired for Hirakata Plant
2002
Establishes Uyemura (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China ISO 14001 acquired for Hirakata Plant
2007
Completes the new Tokyo Office building
2010
Establishes Uyemura Korea Co., Ltd. in Korea
2012
Establishes PT. Uyemura Indonesia in Indonesia
2013
Completes the new Central Research Laboratory Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
2019
Completes the new Nagoya Branch building
2022
ISO 45001 acquired for Hirakata Plant Listed on the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
