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Corporate History

1917
The late Kenzo Morita founded the Morita Pharmaceutical Company, which become the first to manufacture hydrofluoric acid in Japan.
1920
The products produced in Japan were expanded to sodium fluoride and ammonium fluoride.
1933
Started manufacturing aluminum trifluoride within Japan.
1935
The company was reincorporated from a partnership corporation to a joint-stock corporation forming MORITA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. (November 4).
1937
A Tokyo field office (currently our Tokyo branch) was established.
1960
Construction began of the Kanzakigawa Plant began this year. The pruduction 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 the 6 ward in Sakai for production facilities that could produce aluminum trifluoride (15,000 tons/year) through the implumentation of foreign technology. It was completed in June, 1971.
1972
In February, the second stage of construction began at the Sakai Plant on 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
A gas turbine cogeneration system was applied as a GAS total energy system at the Sakai Plant.
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 was introduced to 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 the ISO 9002 certification for the Kanzakigawa Plant was expanded.
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: The ISO 14001 certification was acquired.
April: The Tokyo Branch was moved to its current location (2-8, Uchikanda 1-chome Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo).
July: The wing for manufacturing FL-7 and potassium fluoride was completed at the Sakai Plant.
November: "Zhejiang Senmei Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.," was established as a new company in Zhejiang, China to manufacture hydrofluoric acid.
2004
January: "Morita Chemical Industries (Zhangjiagang) Co., Ltd." was established in the Yangtze River International Chemical Industrial Park to manufacture electrolytes for lithium ion batteries.
2005
August: Equipment for recycling fluorine (CaF2, Na3AlF6) was completed.
2006
May: The central office was moved to its current location (1-3, Kyutaromachi 4-chome Chuo-ku, Osaka City).
2007
January: AHF manufacturing plant for recycling CaF2 was completed.
2009
February: Plant for increased semi-conductor flourine production completed.