{"id":24,"date":"2018-07-17T15:51:20","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T06:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hodogaya.co.jp\/english\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2022-09-09T13:57:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T04:57:57","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hodogaya.co.jp\/english\/company\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mb50\">\n<p class=\"tit_sub_1\">History of Hodogaya Chemical Group<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<ul id=\"hsc\" class=\"historylist\">\n<li class=\"active tabbtn1\">Products <br class=\"ScB_tab\">developed<\/li>\n<li class=\"tabbtn2\">Growth <br class=\"ScB_tab\">history<\/li>\n<li class=\"tabbtn3\">Needs of <br class=\"ScB_tab\">society<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"historyBox\">\n<div class=\"years pt-5\">\n<p class=\"y1900\"><span>1900s<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"y2000\"><span>2000s<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"historyarea\" class=\"show tab_dev\">\n<div class=\"bdy_area\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt\"><span class=\"color01\">\u25cf<\/span>1915<br \/>Production of caustic soda using an electrolysis method launched (first for Japan).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_blk\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.hodogaya.co.jp\/english\/wp\/wp-content\/themes\/hodogaya\/img\/company\/history\/dev_blk_01.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area pt-3\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt\"><span class=\"color01\">\u25cf<\/span>1926<br \/>Production of phosgene started.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt\"><span class=\"color01\">\u25cf<\/span>1927<br \/>Dye production launched.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_blk\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.hodogaya.co.jp\/english\/wp\/wp-content\/themes\/hodogaya\/img\/company\/history\/dev_blk_02.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area pt-6\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt\"><span class=\"color01\">\u25cf<\/span>1950<br \/>Production of agrochemicals started.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_blk\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.hodogaya.co.jp\/english\/wp\/wp-content\/themes\/hodogaya\/img\/company\/history\/dev_blk_03.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area pt-3\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt\"><span class=\"color01\">\u25cf<\/span>1963<br \/>Production of urethane materials (PTG) launched.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area pt-1\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt\"><span class=\"color01\">\u25cf<\/span>1966<br \/>Hydrogen peroxide production started.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area pt-1\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt\"><span class=\"color01\">\u25cf<\/span>1967<br \/>Production of urethane waterproof materials started (first in Japan).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"sccl\" class=\"bdy_area pt-14\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt\"><span class=\"color01\">\u25cf<\/span>1978<br \/>Production of charge control agents (CCA) for toners launched.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_blk\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.hodogaya.co.jp\/english\/wp\/wp-content\/themes\/hodogaya\/img\/company\/history\/dev_blk_04.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area pt-5\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt\"><span class=\"color01\">\u25cf<\/span>1984<br \/>Charge transport materials (CTM) production launched.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_blk\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.hodogaya.co.jp\/english\/wp\/wp-content\/themes\/hodogaya\/img\/company\/history\/dev_blk_05.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area pt-5\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt\"><span class=\"color01\">\u25cf<\/span>1991<br \/>Production of urethane materials (\uff30\uff34\uff27\uff0d\uff2c) launched.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_blk\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.hodogaya.co.jp\/english\/wp\/wp-content\/themes\/hodogaya\/img\/company\/history\/dev_blk_06.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area pt-11\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt\"><span class=\"color01\">\u25cf<\/span>2001<br \/>Production of OLED materials and hole transport materials (HTM) launched.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_blk\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.hodogaya.co.jp\/english\/wp\/wp-content\/themes\/hodogaya\/img\/company\/history\/dev_blk_07.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area pt-4\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt\"><span class=\"color01\">\u25cf<\/span>2004<br \/>OLED materials and electron transport materials (ETM) developed.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area pt-10\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt\"><span class=\"color01\">\u25cf<\/span>2010<br \/>Production of (Bio PTG) launched.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area pt-9\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt\"><span class=\"color01\">\u25cf<\/span>2017<br \/>Production of OXYATTACK (disinfectant agent for food products), a peracetic acid formulation, started.<br \/>Urethane waterproof material Sugomaku production launched.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area pt-5 pt-13\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt\"><span class=\"color01\">\u25cf<\/span>2020<br \/>Mass production of PCR test material launched.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"historyarea\" class=\"tab_grow\">\n<div class=\"bdy_area\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt\"><span class=\"color01\">\u25cf<\/span>1915<br \/>Hodogaya Soda Works founded in present\u2011day Hodogaya Ward, Yokohama City, Kanagawa.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area pt-1\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt\"><span class=\"color01\">\u25cf<\/span>1916<br \/>Toyo Soda Co., Ltd. (present\u2011day Koriyama Plant) opened.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_blk\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.hodogaya.co.jp\/english\/wp\/wp-content\/themes\/hodogaya\/img\/company\/history\/grow_blk_01.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area pt-7\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt\"><span class=\"color01\">\u25cf<\/span>1939<br \/>Tsurumi Plant (current Yokohama Plant) was established.<br \/>Name changed to Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_blk\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.hodogaya.co.jp\/english\/wp\/wp-content\/themes\/hodogaya\/img\/company\/history\/grow_blk_02.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area pt-8\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt\"><span class=\"color01\">\u25cf<\/span>1967<br \/>New York Office opened. (incorporated in 1986)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area pt-1\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt\"><span class=\"color01\">\u25cf<\/span>1971<br \/>Nanyo Plant opened.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_blk\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.hodogaya.co.jp\/english\/wp\/wp-content\/themes\/hodogaya\/img\/company\/history\/grow_blk_03.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area pt-5\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt\"><span class=\"color01\">\u25cf<\/span>1978<br \/>Hodogaya Vandex Construction Products Co., Ltd. established. (changed its name to Hodogaya Construction Products Co., Ltd. in 2017).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area pt-15\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt\"><span class=\"color01\">\u25cf<\/span>1991<br \/>Tsukuba Research Laboratory was established.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_blk\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.hodogaya.co.jp\/english\/wp\/wp-content\/themes\/hodogaya\/img\/company\/history\/grow_blk_04.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area pt-4\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt\"><span class=\"color01\">\u25cf<\/span>1993<br \/>Hodogaya Contract Laboratory Co., Ltd. founded.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area pt-1\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt\"><span class=\"color01\">\u25cf<\/span>1994<br \/>HODOGAYA AGROTECH Co., Ltd. founded. (Changed its trade name in 2011)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area pt-3\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt\"><span class=\"color01\">\u25cf<\/span>1997<br \/>Hodogaya Logistics Co., Ltd. founded. Shanghai Office opened. (incorporated in 2014)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area pt-16\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt\"><span class=\"color01\">\u25cf<\/span>2006<br \/>Some of the shares of Nippon Polyurethane Industry Co., Ltd. sold. (all shares sold off in 2012.)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area pt-2\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt\"><span class=\"color01\">\u25cf<\/span>2008<br \/>Office in Korea opened (incorporated in 2011).<br \/>HODOGAYA UPL Co., Ltd. established.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area pt-17\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt\"><span class=\"color01\">\u25cf<\/span>2010<br \/>Du\u0308sseldorf Office opened. (incorporated in 2018) <br \/>Taipei Office opened.<br \/>Shares of SFC Co. Ltd. (Korea) acquired.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area pt-5\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt\"><span class=\"color01\">\u25cf<\/span>2015<br \/>Company transitioned to one with Audit &#038; Supervisory Committee.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area pt-1\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt\"><span class=\"color01\">\u25cf<\/span>2016<br \/>Celebrated its 100th anniversary<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_blk\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.hodogaya.co.jp\/english\/wp\/wp-content\/themes\/hodogaya\/img\/company\/history\/grow_blk_05.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"historyarea\" class=\"tab_soci\">\n<div class=\"soci-top\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area-2\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk-2 soci_blk-1\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt-2\"><span class=\"color01\">Broke free of chemical industry\u2019s reliance on imports<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_blk-2 pt-12\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.hodogaya.co.jp\/english\/wp\/wp-content\/themes\/hodogaya\/img\/company\/history\/soci_blk_01.jpg\" alt=\"\"><span>Founder Otosuke Isomura<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area-2\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk-2 soci_blk-2\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt-2\"><span class=\"color01\">Became an integrated chemicals manufacturer as society industrialized and modernized<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area-2\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk-2 soci_blk-3\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt-2\"><span class=\"color01\">Developed various products that supported post\u2011war recovery<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area-2\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk-2 soci_blk-4\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt-2\"><span class=\"color01\">Expanded business fields to electronic materials with an eye toward the advent of an electronics era<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"bdy_area-2\">\n<div class=\"txt_blk-2 soci_blk-5\">\n<p class=\"bdy_txt-2\"><span class=\"color01\">Created an environmentally conscious society through new materials and products with a light environmental burden<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"btnlink02\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hodogaya.co.jp\/english\/wp\/wp-content\/themes\/hodogaya\/pdf\/history\/history_AnnualReport.pdf\" class=\"btn_pdf\">History of Hodogaya Chemical Group (PDF\uff1a569KB)<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of Hodogaya Chemical Group Products developed Growth history Needs of society 1900s 2000s \u25cf1915Product [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":14,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page.php","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hodogaya.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hodogaya.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hodogaya.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hodogaya.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hodogaya.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hodogaya.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3070,"href":"https:\/\/www.hodogaya.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions\/3070"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hodogaya.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hodogaya.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}