Company History
| 1917 | The late Kenzo Morita founded the Morita Pharmaceutical Company, which become the first to manufacture hydrofluoric acid in Japan. |
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| 1920 | The products produced in Japan were expanded to sodium fluoride and ammonium fluoride. |
| 1933 | Started manufacturing aluminum trifluoride within Japan. |
| 1935 | November 4. The company was reincorporated from a partnership corporation to a joint-stock corporation forming MORITA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. |
| 1937 | A Tokyo field office (currently our Tokyo branch) was established. |
| 1960 | Construction of the Kanzakigawa Plant began this year. The production facilities of our former headquarters (Higashiosaka City Choudou) were moved sequentially, and the relocation of the manufacturing division was completed in 1968. |
| 1970 | In August, construction began on industrial land acquired in the coastal industrial region of Word 6 in Sakai for production facilities that could produce aluminum trifluoride (15,000 tons/year) through the implementation of foreign technology. It was completed in June, 1971. |
| 1972 | In February, the second stage of construction began at the Sakai Plant of production facilities that could produce hydrogen fluoride (17,000 tons/year). It was completed in May, 1973. |
| 1983 | The semiconductor chemicals manufacturing wing was completed at the Kanzakigawa Plant. |
| 1991 | An analysis center and development wing was completed at the Kanzakigawa Plant. |
| 1993 | Large-scale container filling facilities with an automated delivery system for semiconductor chemicals was introduced at the Kanzakigawa Plant. |
| 1994 | New FL-7 production facilities were introduced at the Kanzakigawa Plant. |
| 1995 | The semiconductor chemicals division of the Sakai Plant acquired the ISO 9002 certification. |
| 1996 | The Lithium hexafluorophosphate manufacturing wing was completed at the Kanzakigawa Plant. Our central office was moved to 3-19-3, Toyosaki Kita-ku, Osaka City. |
| 1999 | Factory automation facility for manufacturing hydrogen fluoride at the Sakai Plant was completed. The scope of ISO 9002 certification for the Kanzakigawa Plant was expanded. |
| 2001 | October: The Sakai Plant acquired ISO 9001 certification. |
| 2002 | January: The wing for manufacturing highly pure calcium fluoride was completed at the Sakai Plant. September: Our central office was moved to 3-5-12, Hiranomachi Chuo-ku, Osaka City. |
| 2003 | January: ISO 14001 certification was acquired. April: The Tokyo Branch was moved to 2-8,Uchikanda1-chome Chiyoda-ku,Tokyo. July: The wing for manufacturing FL-7 and potassium fluoride was completed at the Sakai Plant. October: The Kanzakigawa Plant acquired ISO 9001 certification. November: A new company to manufacture hydrofluoric acid "currently Zhe jiang Morita New Materials Co., Ltd." was established in Zhejiang Province in China. |
| 2004 | January: A new company to manufacture electrolytes for lithium ion batteries "currently Morita New Energy Materials (Zhangjiagang) Co., Ltd." was established in the the Yangtze River International Chemical Industrial Park in China. |
| 2006 | May: The central office was moved to its current location (1-3, Kyutaromachi 4-chome Chuo-ku, Osaka City). |
| 2009 | February: Plant for increased semi-conductor flourine production completed. |
| 2010 | April: "FEM Technology Co., Ltd." was etablished in Asan City, South Korea, as a new company to produce etching and cleaning solutions for semiconductor and liquid chrystal manufacturing. |
| 2017 | March: The Tokyo branch was moved to 3-4-5 Nihonbashi Hon-cho, Chuo Ward, Tokyo. April: Morita Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. marked the centennial of its founding. |
| 2018 | August: Morita Materials GmbH was established. |
| 2022 | December: The Tokyo branch was moved to the current site(1-6-5, Kudanminami, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo). |
| 2023 | March: Morita Chemical Industries’ property was recognized as a “Chemical Heritage” under the auspices of the Chemical Society of Japan. |