History History
1966
June
Established Hitachi Electrolytic Foil Laboratory Corporation in Takahagi City, Ibaraki Prefecture.
1967
June
Completed construction of the main plant in Takahagi City, Ibaraki Prefecture (currently the Takahagi Plant of Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation). Started production and sales of foils for aluminum electrolytic capacitors.
1977
December
Absorbed the electrode foil research and development division of Nippon Chemical Capacitor Inc. (currently Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation).
1988
December
Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
1989
October
Changed trade name to KDK Corporation.
1990
December
Established Niigata Plant (currently Niigata Plant of Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation) in Seiro-cho, Niigata Prefecture.
1991
April
Acquired Fukushima Electrolytic Industry Corporation (currently Kitakata Plant of Chemi-Con East Japan Material Corporation ) as a subsidiary.
1994
May
Established Dong Guang KDK Aluminum Foil Manufacture Ltd. in Guangdong Province, China. Started manufacturing and sales of electrode foil and sealing rubber for aluminum electrolytic capacitors.
Established U.S. KDK CORPORATION (currently CHEMI-CON MATERIALS CORPORATION) in Washington, U.S.A. Started production and sales of electrode foils for aluminum electrolytic capacitors.
1999
April
Established the current KDK Sales Corporation by spinning off the sales division.
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KDK Sales Corporation was established by separating and spinning off the sales division of KDK Corporation (Tokyo Stock Exchange, Second Section). KDK Corporation was merged into Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation in October 1999.
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Currently, we do not sell sealing rubber.
