The history of our company
| 1918 | Established as Tokai Electrode Mfg. Co. Ltd. (TDK) with a plant in Nagoya and the head office in Tokyo. |
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| 1935 | Tanoura Plant opened to meet increasing demand for Graphite Electrodes. |
| 1936 | Kyushu Wakamatsu Plant opened for Pitch Coke production. |
| 1938 | Chigasaki Plant opened primarily for Carbon Brush production. |
| 1941 | Carbon Black production started on a commercial basis at the Kyushu Wakamatsu Plant. |
| 1960 | A 10-year technical agreement was made with Cabot Corporation for Carbon Black production. |
| 1962 | Chita Plant, the largest Carbon Black plant in Japan, opened. |
| 1971 | Hohfu Plant opened for Graphite Electrode production. |
| 1973 | Hohfu Laboratory opened. |
| 1975 | Changed the Company name to Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. Chita Laboratory opened for Carbon Black production. |
| 1978 | Ishinomaki Plant opened for Carbon Black production. |
| 1982 | Production of SiC whisker, TOKAWHISKER, implemented on a commercial base. |
| 1987 | Tanoura Laboratory and the Fuji Research Laboratory opened. |
| 1987 | Tokai Carbon America Inc. established. Shonan Techno-Center opened for the development of new product lines. |
| 1990 | Tokai Carbon made a capital investment and entered into a technical agreement with Thai Carbon Product
Company in Thailand for Carbon Black production. European Representative Office established in Dusseldorf. |
| 1990 | A technical agreement was made with Jung Woo Coal Chemical Company in South Korea for Carbon Black production. |
| 1992 | Tokai Carbon merged with Toyo Carbon Co., Ltd., another leading company founded in 1918 that manufactures Graphite Electrodes, Friction Materials and Specialty Carbon products, etc. |
| 1994 | Tokai Carbon Europe S.R.L. established as a sales company of Specialty Graphite products. |
| 1996 | Tokai Carbon U.S.A., Inc. is established as its wholly owned subsidiary manufacturing company of SiC
Coated Materials. Tokai Carbon Korea Co., Ltd., established as a joint venture company for Specialty Graphite products. |
| 1997 | Tokai Carbon America Inc. and the European Representative Office closed. |
| 1999 | Tokai Carbon Europe Ltd. established as a holding company of Graphite Technologies PLC(defunct)., Svensk Specialgrafit AB and Tokai Carbon Italy S.R.L. (Graphite Technologies PLC. and Svensk Specialgrafit AB were acquired during the year). |
| 2000 | Tokai Carbon acquired the majority of the shares of Thai Carbon Product Co., Ltd. Subsequently, the name was changed to Thai Tokai Carbon Product Co., Ltd. |
| 2001 | Shonan Industrial Complex opened, whereas Shonan Techno-Center closed. |
| 2002 | SGL Tokai Carbon Ltd. Shanghai established in China as a joint venture company with SGL Carbon AG for production and sales of Graphite Electrodes. |
| 2003 | Tokai Material Co., Ltd., established by transfer of the brake business from Mitsubishi Materials Kenzai Corporation. |
| 2004 | Tokai Carbon (Tianjin) Co., Ltd., established in China for production and sales of Carbon Black. |
| 2005 | Tokai Carbon acquired ERFTCARBON GmbH (current TOKAI ERFTCARBON GmbH) in Germany for production and sales of Graphite Electrodes. |
| 2006 | Dalian Tokai-Jinqi-Fuji Carbon Co., Ltd. established for machining and sales of graphite products. Tokai Carbon made Tokai Konetsu Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary through a share exchange. Tokai Carbon acquired Carbon Industrie-Produkte GmbH group (current Tokai Carbon Deutschland GmbH) in Germany. |
| 2007 | Tokai Carbon opened and separated the Noshiro Plant from Tokai Fine Carbon Machining Co., Ltd. and established the 100% consolidated subsidiary of Tokai Noshiro Seiko Co., Ltd. Tokai Carbon Europe GmbH established in Germany as the chief operating company for fine carbon businesses in Europe. |
| 2008 | Tokai Carbon (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. established in China (Shanghai) for sales of fine carbon products. |
| 2010 | Singapore Representative Office reopened. |
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