Company Data / History
Company Data
| Company Name | CEMEDINE CO., LTD. |
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| Head Office | Gate City Ohsaki East Tower, 1-11-2, Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-8620, Japan Google Map |
| Established | April 22, 1948 (Founded in November 1923) |
| Capital | ¥3,050,375,000 |
| Number of employees | 345 (As of March 31, 2022) |
| Line of business | Manufacture and sale of glues, sealing materials, adhesives, special paints, coating materials, and processed goods based on adhesives Construction and contract work relating to bonding, waterproofing, and other such functions |
| Banks | The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. The Resona Bank, Ltd. The Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. |
History
| 1923 | Zenjiro Imamura, the founder of the company, commenced the manufacture and sale of adhesives in Tokyo. |
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| 1941 | Established Imamura Chemical Laboratories, a limited-liability company, in Arakawa Ward, Tokyo, for the purpose of manufacturing and selling adhesives. |
| 1948 | Established Imamura Chemical Laboratories Co., Ltd. in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo. |
| 1949 | Established the Osaka Office. |
| 1951 | Established Cemedine Co., Ltd. as a marketing base for the company's products. Relocated the Head Office to Arakawa Ward, Tokyo. |
| 1953 | Established the Fukuoka Sales Office. |
| 1956 | Took over Cemedine Co., Ltd., a sales base for the company's products, on an absorption basis and changed the company name to CEMEDINE CO., LTD. Relocated the Head Office to Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo. Established the Nagoya Office. |
| 1958 | Established the Sapporo Sales Office. |
| 1960 | Established the Sendai Sales Office. |
| 1962 | Established the Ibaraki Plant. |
| 1966 | Granted permission to use JIS marks on adhesives for general engineering applications. |
| 1968 | Stock listed on the Second Section, Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| 1969 | Relocated the Head Office to Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo. |
| 1978 | Established Taiwan Cemedine Co.,Ltd. |
| 1981 | Established Cemedine Thailand Co.,Ltd. |
| 1990 | Established the Mie Plant. |
| 1998 | Acquired ISO 9002 certification (Ibaraki Plant). |
| 1999 | Established Cemedine Henkel Co.,Ltd., (now Cemedine Automotive Co.,Ltd.) through a merger with Henkel KGaA. |
| 2000 | Acquired ISO 9001 certification (Ibaraki Plant). Acquired ISO 14001 certification (Mie Plant). |
| 2002 | Acquired ISO 14001 certification (Ibaraki Plant) (Cemedine Henkel Co.,Ltd., (now Cemedine Automotive Co.,Ltd.))(Kinuura Plant). Acquired ISO 9001 certification (Mie Plant). |
| 2004 | Established ASIA Cemedine Co.,Ltd. in Thailand. |
| 2005 | Established the Development Center. |
| 2006 | Established CNC Co.,Ltd. (now Cemedine Chemical Co.,Ltd.) through a merger with Nippon Willing Co.,Ltd. |
| 2009 | Established the Ibaraki Logistics Center. |
| 2011 | Established the Shanghai Representative Office. Brought Cemedine Henkel Co.,Ltd.,(now Cemedine Automotive Co.,Ltd.) under the group umbrella as a subsidiary. Brought CNC Co.,Ltd. (now Cemedine Chemical Co.,Ltd.) under the group umbrella as a subsidiary. |
| 2012 | Relocated the Head Office to the East Tower of Gate City Ohsaki. Established a subsidiary (Cemedine Shanghai Co.,Ltd.) in Shanghai. Established a subsidiary (Cemedine Philippines Corp.) in the Philippines. |
| 2013 | Established a subsidiary of Cemedine Automotive Co.,Ltd. (Cemedine Automotive North America Co.,Ltd.) in the United States. Established a subsidiary of Cemedine Automotive Co.,Ltd. (Cemedine (Ningbo) Auto New Material Co.,Ltd.) in China. Brought Cemedine Thailand Co.,Ltd. under the group umbrella as a subsidiary. |
| 2016 | Became subsidiary of KANEKA CORPORATION. |
| 2017 | CEMEDINE CO.,LTD. merged CEMEDINE AUTOMOTIVE CO.,LTD. |
| 2019 | Dissolved and liquidated subsidiary CEMEDINE (NINGBO) AUTO NEW MATERIAL CO.,LTD. |