Corporate history
- 1938
- Daito Kagaku Kogyosho is founded, starting the production and sale of ultramarine blue pigment.
- 1947
- Starts producing naphthol dyestuff （developer）, fortifying fundamentals for a naphthol maker.
- 1949
- The company is transformed into Daito Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd.
- 1953
- Starts producing organic pigment intermediates. （insolvable azo dyes）
- 1957
- Markets TD azoic disperse dyestuff to break into the synthetic fiber dye market.
- Starts the sale of high-sensitivity diazo compound for photosensitive papers.
- 1960
- Puts Daitophor AN fluorescent dyestuff for acrylic fibers on the market.
- 1962
- Markets intermediates for color photography and photolithography.
- Reorganizes into a division system to modernize the managerial setup,
- attracting attention as a model for smaller firms.
- 1963
- Grants American Cyanamid Company, USA, the right to produce Daitophor;
- the first technology export from the Japanese dyestuff industry.
- 1964
- Head office moves to Chuou-ku, Osaka.
- Opens Tokyo office, breaking into the Kanto market.
- 1965
- SBIC West Japan （Small and Business Investment Consultation Company）
- has increased its investment capital to 100 million yen.
- 1968
- Markets TD-D direct disperse dyestuff. Exchanges Daitophor AN know-how
- for the manufacturing technique of the reactive dye of BASF, West Germany.
- 1972
- Builds Shizuoka Factory.
- 1974
- Sets up Tsurumi Industry Corporation, an industrial waste disposing firm. （now Japan Ecology Corporation）
- 1978
- Puts intermediates for semiconductor materials on the market.
- Sets up Daito Giken Corporation.
- 1985
- Sets up Daito Service Corporation. （now D.S.S.Corporation）
- 1986
- Markets intermediates for pharmaceuticals.
- 1988
- Celebrates 50th Anniversary.
- 1991
- Name changes to Daito Chemix Corporation.
- Head office moves to Fukushima-ku, Osaka.
- Announces a new policy.
- 1995
- Sets up Iwate Chemical Corporation.
- 1996
- Listed in the Second Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange.
- 1997
- Osaka Factory acquires ISO9002 certification.
- 1998
- Builds Fukui Factory.
- Shizuoka Factory acquires ISO9002 certification.
- 1999
- Osaka Factory acquires ISO14001 certification.
- 2000
- Fukui Factory acquires ISO9002 certification.
- 2001
- Shizuoka Factory acquires ISO14001 certification.
- 2002
- Fukui Factory acquires ISO14001 certification.
- Head office moves to Tsurumi-ku, Osaka.
- 2003
- Head office acquires ISO14001 certification.
- Withdraws from dyestuff business.
- Shift to ISO9001. （Y2000 ver.）
- 2004
- Sets up DAITO CHEMIX(CHINA)CO.,LTD in China.
- 2005
- Sets up DAITO-KISCO Corporation in Korea.
- 2007
- Transfers all shares of Daito Giken Corporation.
- 2011
- Liquidates Iwate Chemical Corporation.
- 2013
- Liquidates DAITO CHEMIX （CHINA） CO., LTD.
- Listed in the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
- 2017
- Shift to ISO9001. （Y2015 ver.）
- Shift to ISO14001. （Y2015 ver.）
- Changes the number of shares that constitute one unit from 1,000 to 100 shares.
- 2022
- Listed in Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.