{"id":3795,"date":"2023-05-24T11:54:50","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T02:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nikko-company.co.jp\/?page_id=3795"},"modified":"2023-07-24T14:11:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T05:11:14","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nikko-company.co.jp\/en\/company\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<script>\r\n  $(window).on(\"load resize\", function () {\r\n    if (768 <= $(window).width()) {\r\n      $(\"#_1908\")\r\n        .children(\".mv\")\r\n        .css(\"height\", $(window).height() - 84);\r\n      $(\"#est\").css(\"top\", $(\".mv\").height() \/ 2 - $(\"#est\").height() \/ 2);\r\n    } else {\r\n      $(\"#_1908\").children(\".mv\").css(\"height\", \"300px\");\r\n    }\r\n  });\r\n<\/script>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"page-history\">\r\n  <div class=\"page-history__inner\">\r\n    <div class=\"page-header\">\r\n      <h1 style=\"letter-spacing:0.1em; font-weight:bold; text-transform:uppercase;\">History<\/h1>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <article id=\"_1908\" class=\"bg_box box\">\r\n      <div class=\"blc_img mv\"><\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"txt\" id=\"est\">\r\n        <div class=\"inner\">\r\n          <h2>1908<\/h2>\r\n          <p>\r\n            Japan's age of modernization\r\n            <span class=\"copy\">The foundation of \"Japan Ironstone Inc.\"<\/span>\r\n            <span class=\"tb\">The manufacturing of ironstone is a national endeavor undertaken in Kanazawa. Led by the Maeda clan, a former feudal lord, Japan Ironstone Inc. (now NIKKO COMPANY) is founded with devotion in Kanazawa City Naga Town.<\/span>\r\n            The business expands to Busan, South Korea, boasting one of the world's largest manufacturing scales at the time.\r\n          <\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/article>\r\n\r\n    <article id=\"_1908_2\" class=\"img_box box\">\r\n      <div class=\"blc_img\"><\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"txt\">\r\n        <div class=\"inner\">\r\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/assets\/images\/company\/history\/1908_img_sp.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"sp\" \/>\r\n          <h3>The Meiji Era factory<\/h3>\r\n          <p>\r\n            <span class=\"tb\">With state policies encouraging new industries and acquisition of foreign currency, <\/span>\r\n            NIKKO begins exporting to China, India, Australia, Central and South Americas, and Europe. <span class=\"tb\">Products are ambitiously manufactured and distributed.<\/span><\/p>\r\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/assets\/images\/company\/history\/1908_img_pc.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"pc\" \/>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/article>\r\n\r\n    <article id=\"_1950\" class=\"img_box box\">\r\n      <div class=\"blc_img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/assets\/images\/company\/history\/1950_img.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"txt\">\r\n        <div class=\"inner\">\r\n          <h2>1950<\/h2>\r\n          <p>\r\n            Under government ordinance\r\n            <span class=\"copy\">NIKKO CERAMICS Co., Ltd. is founded<\/span>\r\n            Under post WWII government ordinance, the former company based on foreign assets is liquidated, and NIKKO CERAMICS Co., Ltd. is newly founded in Kanazawa City. NIKKO spreads the use of western plateware to the homes of Japan during its period of rapid economic growth.\r\n          <\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/article>\r\n\r\n    <article id=\"_1961\" class=\"img_box box img_r\">\r\n      <div class=\"blc_img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/assets\/images\/company\/history\/1961_img.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"txt\">\r\n        <div class=\"inner\">\r\n          <h2>1961<\/h2>\r\n          <p>\r\n            Based on the corporate mission to <span class=\"tb\">\"make living more comfortable\"<\/span>\r\n            <span class=\"copy\">\r\n              Develops resin processing technologies <br \/>\r\n              and begins manufacturing of bathtubs\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            Develops FRP (fiber-reinforced plastic) processing technologies as a new business venture. Expands on it to productize \"synthetic resin bathtubs.\"\r\n<br \/>\r\n            Broadens marketing channel and expands to a national market through the gas fueling route.\r\n          <\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/article>\r\n\r\n    <article id=\"_1966\" class=\"bg_box box\">\r\n      <div class=\"blc_img\"><\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"txt\">\r\n        <div class=\"inner\">\r\n          <h2>1966<\/h2>\r\n          <p>\r\n            <span class=\"copy\">\r\n              Builds a specialized <br \/>\r\n              FRP factory <br \/>\r\n              in Saitama\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            Under Japan's period of rapid growth, NIKKO establishes a solid track record in the FRP housing equipment business as more homes are built.\r\n          <\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/article>\r\n\r\n    <article id=\"_1968\" class=\"img_box box img_r\">\r\n      <div class=\"bg_img\"><\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"txt\">\r\n        <div class=\"inner\">\r\n          <h2>1968<\/h2>\r\n          <p>\r\n            <span class=\"copy\">\r\n              Establishes NIKKO CERAMICS,<br \/>\r\n              INC. in New York\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            Until the 1960s, the ceramics industry is stagnant due to the recession brought about by postwar turmoil.<br \/>\r\n            Seeking a new market, NIKKO enters the U.S. and establishes a wholly-owned local sales company, NIKKO CERAMICS, INC.\r\n          <\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/article>\r\n\r\n    <article id=\"_1970\" class=\"img_box box\">\r\n      <div class=\"bg_img\"><\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"txt\">\r\n        <div class=\"inner\">\r\n          <h2>1970<\/h2>\r\n          <p>\r\n            <span class=\"copy\">Enters the residential-use Johkasou market<\/span>\r\n            As the need for better residential facilities rises, NIKKO begins sales of residential septic tanks (stand-alone treatment septic tanks) to enable flushable toilets to areas without public sewage systems.\r\n          <\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/article>\r\n\r\n    <article id=\"_1974\" class=\"img_box box img_r\">\r\n      <div class=\"bg_img\"><\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"txt\">\r\n        <div class=\"inner\">\r\n          <h2>1974<\/h2>\r\n          <p>\r\n            With the enactment of the \"Water Pollution Prevention Law,\" <span class=\"copy\">NIKKO enters the water treatment plant equipment industry<\/span>\r\n            As Japan's public sewage system was slow to become widely available, a need grew to transition from a stand-alone treatment septic tank that only disposes human waste to one that also treats household wastewater. <span class=\"tb\">NIKKO provided equipment to large-scale public facilities such as a confectionary factory in Gyoda City.<\/span>\r\n          <\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/article>\r\n\r\n    <article id=\"_1976\" class=\"box bg_box\">\r\n      <div class=\"blc_img\"><\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"txt\">\r\n        <div class=\"inner\">\r\n          <h2>1976<\/h2>\r\n          <p>\r\n            <span class=\"copy\">One of the largest plateware factories in the world is built and operated in Algeria.<\/span>\r\n            Signs an export contract for the first tableware manufacturing plant targeted towards Algeria. Signs an export contract for the second plant the following year in 1977.\r\n          <\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/article>\r\n\r\n    <article id=\"_1978\" class=\"img_box box\">\r\n      <div class=\"blc_img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/assets\/images\/company\/history\/1978_img.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"txt\">\r\n        <div class=\"inner\">\r\n          <h2>1978<\/h2>\r\n          <p>\r\n            Demand for luxury items rises\r\n            <span class=\"copy\">\r\n              NIKKO fine<br \/>\r\n              bone China is born\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            To meet diversifying needs, NIKKO works to drastically differentiate itself from others. NIKKO develops fine bone China made with over 50% bone ash, said to be the whitest in the world.\"\r\n          <\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/article>\r\n\r\n    <article id=\"_1983\" class=\"img_box box img_r\">\r\n      <div class=\"blc_img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/assets\/images\/company\/history\/1983_img.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"txt\">\r\n        <div class=\"inner\">\r\n          <h2>1983<\/h2>\r\n          <p>\r\n            To commemorate NIKKO's 75th anniversary, the corporate name is changed from \"NIKKO CERAMICS Co., Ltd.\" to <span class=\"copy\">\"NIKKO COMPANY\"<\/span>\r\n          <\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/article>\r\n\r\n    <article id=\"_1983_2\" class=\"bg_box box\">\r\n      <div class=\"blc_img\"><\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"txt\">\r\n        <div class=\"inner\">\r\n          <h2>1983<\/h2>\r\n          <p>\r\n            <span class=\"copy\">NIKKO enters the electronic ceramics industry.<\/span>\r\n            In response to the changing times, NIKKO develops electronic ceramics such as \"\"96% alumina circuit boards\"\" and \"\"thick film hybrid ICs\"\" by utilizing  plateware manufacturing technologies. The products garner much attention at trade shows.\"\r\n          <\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/article>\r\n\r\n    <article id=\"_1989_1\" class=\"img_box box\">\r\n      <div class=\"txt\">\r\n        <div class=\"inner\">\r\n          <h2>1989<\/h2>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"txt\">\r\n        <div class=\"inner\">\r\n          <p>\r\n            With a history of 80 years, NIKKO takes on its next challenge\r\n            <span class=\"copy\">NIKKO is listed on the 2nd Section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange.<\/span>\r\n          <\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/article>\r\n\r\n    <article id=\"_1989_2\" class=\"img_box box\">\r\n      <div class=\"bg_img\"><\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"txt\">\r\n        <div class=\"inner\">\r\n          <h2>1989<\/h2>\r\n          <p>\r\n            <span class=\"copy\">Begins sales of prefabricated bathrooms for residential use<\/span>By pairing baths with design tiles already manufactured in-house, NIKKO begins sales of luxurious modular bathrooms with added value.\r\n          <\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/article>\r\n\r\n    <article id=\"_1999\" class=\"img_box box\">\r\n      <div class=\"bg_img\"><\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"txt\">\r\n        <div class=\"inner\">\r\n          <h2>1998<\/h2>\r\n          <p>\r\n            Environmental awareness rises <span class=\"copy\">Co-develops a waste disposal system<\/span>Joins a project as an initial member to develop and manufacture a system to pulverize residential waste and treat the wastewater.\r\n          <\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/article>\r\n\r\n    <article id=\"_2008\" class=\"img_box box img_r\">\r\n      <div class=\"blc_img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/assets\/images\/company\/history\/2008_img.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"txt\">\r\n        <div class=\"inner\">\r\n          <h2>2008<\/h2>\r\n          <p>\r\n            To commemorate NIKKO's 100th anniversary, <span class=\"copy\">New logo is instituted<\/span>NIKKO's logo is redesigned.<br \/>Acquires ISO14001 certification.\r\n          <\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/article>\r\n\r\n    <article id=\"_2013\" class=\"img_box box\">\r\n      <div class=\"bg_img\"><\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"txt\">\r\n        <div class=\"inner\">\r\n          <h2>2013<\/h2>\r\n          <p>\r\n            To gather even more information, strengthen sales, and respond quicker to clients, <span class=\"copy\">NIKKO shifts to a dual-headquarter structure with one in Ishikawa and one in Tokyo<\/span>\r\n            <span class=\"tb\">The Tokyo office is renamed \"Tokyo Head Office\" as NIKKO shifts to a dual-headquarter structure alongside the original headquarters in Hakusan City.<\/span>\r\n          <\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/article>\r\n\r\n    <article id=\"_2015\" class=\"box\">\r\n      <div class=\"img_2015\">\r\n        <div class=\"img1\"><\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"img2\"><\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"img3\"><\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"txt\">\r\n        <div class=\"inner\">\r\n          <h2>2015<\/h2>\r\n          <p>\r\n            <span class=\"copy\">Divides the Housing and Facility Environmental Equipment Division into three departments <\/span><span class=\"body\">The Housing and Facility Environmental Equipment Division is divided into the Water Creation Division, the Environmental Plant Division, and the Modular Bathroom Division to strengthen the sales framework. Since then, the Modular Bathroom Division has been renamed to the BAINCOUTURE Division, launching the BAINCOUTURE brand.\r\n<\/span>\r\n          <\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/article>\r\n\r\n    <article id=\"_2017\" class=\"img_box box img_r\">\r\n      <div class=\"bg_img\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/assets\/images\/company\/history\/2017_img.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"txt\">\r\n        <div class=\"inner\">\r\n          <h2>2017<\/h2>\r\n          <p>\r\n            <span class=\"copy\">Expands overseas using the experience gained in Japan with the Johkasou technology<\/span>\r\n          <\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/article>\r\n\r\n    <article id=\"_2021\" class=\"img_box box\">\r\n      <div class=\"blc_img\" style=\"background-color: #f1eeea\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"_sp-height240\" src=\"\/assets\/images\/company\/history\/2021_img.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"txt _white\">\r\n        <div class=\"inner\">\r\n          <h2>2021<\/h2>\r\n          <p>\r\n            <span class=\"copy\">Begins manufacturing and sales of \"CIALAC\" disposals<\/span>\r\n          <\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/article>\r\n\r\n    <article id=\"_2022\" class=\"img_box box img_r\">\r\n      <div class=\"bg_img\" style=\"background: url(\/assets\/images\/company\/history\/2022_bg.jpg) no-repeat center\/cover\"><\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"txt _white\">\r\n        <div class=\"inner\">\r\n          <h2>2022<\/h2>\r\n          <p>\r\n            <span class=\"copy\">Begins manufacturing and sales of \"BONEARTH\" <\/span>The world's first ever fertilizer made from recycled plateware that otherwise would've been thrown away\r\n          <\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/article>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History 1908 Japan&#8217;s age of modernization The foundation of &#8220;Japan Ironstone Inc.&#8221; The manufacturing of ironstone is a national endeavor undertaken in Kanazawa. Led by the Maeda clan, a former feudal lord, Japan Ironstone Inc. (now NIKKO COMPANY) is founded with devotion in Kanazawa City Naga Town. 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