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April | Founding of Nippon Engelhard
Ltd. as a joint venture between Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. and Engelhard Corporation (currently BASF Corporation). (primary businesses: production and sale of chemical catalysts , precious metal coating chemicals, liquid gold etc. and recovery and refining of precious metal based on technologies introduced from Engelhard Corporation) |
| December | Construction of Ichikawa Laboratory was completed. | |
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March | The Head Office was relocated from Akasaka, Minato-ku to the current site in the World Trade Center Building in Hamamatsu-cho, Minato-ku Tokyo. |
| July | Construction of Numazu Factory (currently Numazu Plant) completed, manufacturing of precious metal catalysts, and recovery and refinement of precious metals. |
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March | NE Chemcat executed a non-exclusive license agreement for auto exhaust catalysts production technology in Japan with Engelhard Corporation (US). |
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October | NE Chemcat launched production of auto exhaust catalysts in Numazu Factory (currently Numazu Plant). |
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June | The corporate name was changed to "N.E. CHEMCAT Corporation". |
| September | N.E. CHEMCAT's shares were registered the over-the-counter market in Tokyo. | |
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January | N.E. CHEMCAT Singapore Pte. Ltd. started operations. |
| December | ISO 9002 certification was registered for the manufacture of Chemical Catalysts and Chemicals in Numazu Factory. |
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April | NE Chemcat sold business rights pertaining to liquid gold for decoration (for ceramics, glass etc.). |
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October | ISO 14001 certification was registered for Numazu Plant. |
| December | ISO 9001 certification was registered for Numazu Plant. | |
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February | Construction of Tsukuba Plant was completed. |
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October | Tsukuba launched high-volume production of diesel auto exhaust catalysts. |
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November | ISO 14001 certification was registered for Tsukuba Plant |
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June | JISHA OSHMS certification of Numazu Plant. |
| November | Shutdown of Ichikawa Laboratory (internal sections transferred to Numazu Plant and Tsukuba Plant). | |
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January | JISHA OSHMS certification of Tsukuba Plant. |
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January | NE Chemcat was delisted from JASDAQ and reverted to a 50-50 joint venture between BASF Group and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. |
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April | NE Chemcat sold its Coating Chemical Business. |
| May | NE Chemcat acquired BASF Japan-Chemical Catalyst business. | |
