History
1916 | Founded Hashimoto Shokodo Pharmaceutical Plant in Sakai City, Osaka, and started manufacturing hydrosulfate. |
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1930 | Started manufacturing fluorine compounds. |
1934 | Established general partnership, Hashimoto Pharmaceutical Plant. |
1944 | Established Hashimoto Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd. (Sakai City, Osaka) |
1945 | Resumed manufacturing copper sulfate in Shorinji Factory. (Sakai City, Osaka) |
1956 | Resumed the operation at Sanpo Factory (Sakai City, Osaka) and additionally built production facility for hydrofluoric acid. |
1961 | Additionally built production facilities for hydrofluoric acid, aluminum fluoride and other fluoride products. |
1963 | Succeeded in industrialization of borontrifluoride gas in Japan. |
1970 | Established Izumi Factory. (Izumiotsu City, Osaka) |
1971 | Completed production facility for dry aluminum fluoride in Sanpo Factory. |
1973 | Moved and merged the facilities in Shorinji Factory with Izumi Factory. |
1984 | Completed cleaning plant (PAS-I) for high purity hydrofluoric acid used for semiconductors in Sanpo Factory. |
1990 | Moved the head office to Nishi-ku in Osaka City, Osaka. Changed the company name to HASHIMOTO CHEMICAL CORPORATION Completed cleaning plant (PAS-II) for ultra high purity hydrofluoric acid used for semiconductors in Sanpo Factory. |
1991 | Separated the Transportation Department and established BLUE EXPRESS, INC. 100% owned affiliated company. |
1992 | Stopped manufacturing aluminum alloy. |
1994 | Established joint company, FECT CO., LTD.. in South Korea. |
1996 | Completed new plant for lithium hexafluorophosphate in Izumi Factory. |
1997 | New administrative office and laboratory were established in Sanpo Factory. Changed the company name to STELLA CHEMIFA CORPORATION. |
1999 | Completed cleaning plant (PAS-III) for ultra high purity hydrofluoric acid used for semiconductors in Sanpo Factory. Moved the head office to Awaji-Machi Chuo-ku in Osaka City, Osaka. Listed on the second section of Osaka Securities Exchange. |
2000 | Listed on the first section of Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange. |
2001 | Established a wholly owned subsidiary company in Singapore, STELLA CHEMIFA SINGAPORE PTE LTD. |
2002 | Established ZHEJIANG BLUE STAR CHEMICAL CO., LTD. in China. |
2006 | Expanded Sanpo Factory. |
2007 | Established a wholly owned subsidiary company, STELLA PHARMA CORPORATION. Medical business went into full scale operation. Completed cleaning plant (PAS-IV) for ultra high purity hydrofluoric acid used for semiconductors in Sanpo Factory. |
2008 | Established STELLA GREEN CORPORATION, wholly owned subsidiary company. |
2009 | Acquired ARISE CORPORATE CORPORATION. (became wholly owned) |
2010 | Established a wholly owned affiliated company, COSME DE STELLA CORPORATION to which STELLA PHARMA CORPORATION transferred the cosmetic business. |
2012 | Expansion plant for lithium hexafluorophosphate in Izumi Factory. |
2014 | Established Kitakyushu Factory. (Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka) |
2015 | Established QUZHOU BDX NEW CHEMICAL MATERIALS CO., LTD. in China. |
2016 | Converted to a company with an Audit and Supervisory Committee. |
2018 | Moved the head office to Fushimi-Machi Chuo-Ku in Osaka City, Osaka. |
2021 |
STELLA PHARMA CORPORATION. listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers. |
2022 |
STELLA PHARMA CORPORATION. changed from a consolidated subsidiary to an equity-method affiliate. |
2023 |
Completed Next Generation Materials Research Lab in Sanpo Factory. |