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1920~1969


1920

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創業当時の東京工場
The Tokyo Plant when it was founded

February
Takasago Perfumery Company is established.

July
The head office moves to the Tokyo factory in Kamata.


1925

The production of Vanillin and Heliotropin from Safrole using ozone oxidation begins.


1928

January
The first issue of The Takasago Times, a PR magazine, is published.

March
A product of the Company wins the best domestic product prize at the Tokyo Domestic Goods Exhibition in commemoration of the emperor’s enthronement.

November
Presents a Showa Incense Burner and a special perfume to Emperor Hirohito at his enthronement ceremony.

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高砂香料時報創刊号
First issue of Takasago Times
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昭和天皇献上香水
Perfumes for the Emperor Showa

1929

March
Exports three tons of Safrole to Swiss Allondon Trading Company (Japan's first export of synthetic aroma ingredient).


1935

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台北工場全景
Taipei Factory

May
The Taipei factory opens in Taiwan.


1938

March
Expanding beyond aroma chemicals, starts to produce fruit essences, solvents, and paints.

June
President Tadaka Kainosho passes away.

July
The head office moves to Taipei.


1939

February
The Hidaka Factory opens in Wakayama Prefecture.

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高砂化学東京支店
Takasago Chemical Industry

July
The company's name changes to Takasago Chemical Industry.


1940

January
Chinese Camphor Company, a joint venture, established in Shanghai. A branch office and a factory are built.


1941

March
Taiwan Organic Chemical K.K. is established.


1942

May
Senior Managing Director Toshiki Horiuchi dies on duty southwest of the coast of Kyushu.


1943

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台湾有機化学大船研究所
Taiwan Organic Chemical Ofuna Research Laboratory

May
The Ofuna Research Center of Taiwan Organic Chemical opens in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

December
Shanghai-Takasago Chemical Company is established.


1945

February
The Sapporo factory opens.

September
The Chinese government requisitions Shanghai-Takasago Chemical Company.

November
The head office in Taipei and the Taipei factory put under the control of the Nationalist Government of China.


1947

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平塚工場全景
Hiratsuka Factory

March
The Hiratsuka factory opens in Kanagawa Prefecture.


1948

August
Takasago Perfumery Company is established as a company specializing in sales.


1951

August
Takasago Chemical Industry and Takasago Perfumery Company merges. The name of the new company is Takasago Perfumery Company.


1952

October
The Hidaka factory closes. Nankai Kako Co., Ltd. is established.


1953

June
The Sapporo factory closes.


1954

February
The small-scale production of synthetic menthol begins at the Hiratsuka factory.


1957

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⑥ミクロンカタログ_211028
Takasago Micron Pamphlet

January
The production of powdery flavor Takasago Micron starts.

June
A PBO manufacturing plant is built in the Hiratsuka factory.


1958

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時報復刊第一号
Reissue of Takasago Times

July
The Takasago Times (suspended in  1943) reissued.


1959

August
A new essence plant is built in the Hiratsuka factory.


1960

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ヘリオトロピン製造装置
Distillation Tower for Heliotropine

September
The production of Heliotropin starts at the Hiratsuka factory.

December
Offices open in New York and Paris.


1961

February
Ho-Leaf Oil containing Linalool is exported to France for the first time.

May
Takes a stake in Anan Corporation (a predecessor of Takasago Chemical Corporation).


1962

July
The head office moves to 1-2 Nishi-Hacchobori, Chuo-ku, Tokyo.


1963

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⑨アマゾン香料研究所_211028
Laboratory for essential oil of Amazon TPC

January
Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Chemicals).

April
The Takasago Amazon's Perfumery Research Center is established in Tome-Asu, Brazil.
A fragrance research center laboratory is established in Paris.


1966

April
Takasago S.A.R.L. Paris is established in Paris.


1968

April
Takasago USA, INC. is established in New York.


1969

August
Becomes listed in the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Chemicals).

1970~1999


1970

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創業50周年記念式典
50th Anniversary Celebration

January
President Kenji Nakanishi becomes the first president of the Japan Flavor and Fragrance Materials Association (JFFMA).

February
50th anniversary ceremony is held.


1972

March
An -menthol manufacturing facility is completed at the Iwata factory.


1974

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⑪ロングアイランド社屋_211028
Takasago America

April
Takasago U.S.A. moves to Long Island City, New York.

May
The Singapore office is established.


1975

July
Takasago Far East Pte., Ltd. is established in Singapore.


1977

October
President Kenji Nakanishi chairs the 7th International Congress of Essential Oils held in Kyoto.


1978

October
Takasago Europe Perfumery Laboratory (TEPL) is established in Paris, France.


1979

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⑪ロングアイランド社屋_211028
TIC(USA) New Fragrance Factory

October
Takasago U.S.A. builds a new factory in Rockleigh, New Jersey.


1980

May
Takasago De Mexico S.A. is established in Mexico.

December
The head office moves to Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo.


1983

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磐田工場メントール製造設備
Iwata Plant Menthol Production Facility

May
The first Takasago Symposium titled "The Influence of Smell on Humans" is held.
Takasago Corporation U.S.A. established. The production and sale of flavor products in the USA begins.

July
The production of -menthol using asymmetric synthesis reactions starts at the Iwata factory.


1985

September
The first Takasago Food Seminar is held.
Takasago Food Products (TFP) is established.


1987

March
Xiamen Hua Ri Foods Industrial Company Limited is established in Xiamen, China.

April
TEPL (Takasago Europe Perfumery Laboratory) establishes offices in London, Brussels, Zurich and Barcelona.
Tri-Union Perfumery Company Limited is established in Shanghai, China.

October
Takasago U.S.A. and Takasago Corporation U.S.A. merge to become Takasago International Corporation (USA).


1988

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ACEDESA社
ACEDESA

August
Takasago Far East Pte., Ltd. is renamed Takasago International (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.

November
Takes a 30% stake in ACEDESA (Aceites Essenciales Y Derivados, S.A.), an aroma chemicals manufacturer in Spain.


1989

May
TEPL establishes an office in Hamburg.

November
A new Takasago International (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. Office building is completed.


1990

February
A new corporate logo, T-Square, is created.

October

Takasago International Corporation (USA) establishes a fragrance factory in Northvale, New Jersey.


1991

October
A flavor production building is completed in the Hiratsuka factory.
Takasago Fragrancias E Aromas is established in Brazil.


1992

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TEG(ドイツ)
TIG(Germany)

January
Takasago Europe G.m.b.H. is established in Zülpich, Germany.

February
The production of pharmaceutical intermediates using asymmetric synthesis technology begins at the Iwata factory.

March
Takasago International Corporation (USA) acquires De Laire.


1993

February
Tri-Union Perfumery Company Limited is replaced by Shanghai Takasago-Union Fragrance and Flavor Company Limited.

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平塚総合研究所
Hiratsuka General Research Laboratory

July
A new General Research Laboratory is completed in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa.


1994

March
Takasago Aromas is established.

December
Takasago International Corporation (Korea) is established in Seoul.


1995

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⑯TEPL新工場_211028
TEPL(France) New Fragrance Factory

December
TEPL's(Takasago Europe Perfumery Laboratory) new fragrance factory in Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône is completed.


1996

August
Takasago Import & Export (Thailand) Ltd. is established in Thailand.

October
Takasago International (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. establishes a new fragrance factory in Singapore.


1997

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日本化学会化学技術賞表彰状
Certificate of Commendation for Chemical Technology, The Chemical Society of Japan

March
Wins the Chemical Technology Award of The Chemical Society of Japan (industrial asymmetric synthesis using metal-BINAP catalysts).


1998

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5C1A2452(アロマスクエア)
Head Office

November
The head office moves to Nissay Aroma Square in Kamata, Tokyo.


1999

February
A kilo lab building is completed in the Hiratsuka factory.

July
A head office  building, a laboratory, and a factory of Takasago Europe G.m.b.H. are completed.

December
Acquires all shares in ACEDESA in Spain, making it a wholly owned subsidiary.

2000~Present


2000

December
Takasago International (India) Pvt. Ltd. is established in India.


2001

December
Dr. Ryoji Noyori, an outside director, wins the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.


2002

April
Announces its environmental declaration.

November
The Ryoji Noyori Prize, an international prize, is established by the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (SSOCJ)  supported by a trust funded by the Company.


2003

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⑲TEPL
TEPL(France) New Office Building

July
Takasago Europe Perfumery Laboratory S.A.R.L. and Takasago International (Nederland) B.V. merge.

October
Sensoral Center is established at Takasago International Corporation (USA).
Achieves ISO9001:2000 group-wide integration certification.


2004

March
The Analytical Technology Research Laboratory achieves ISO/IEC 17025 international laboratory accreditation.

November
Takasago International (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. and Takasago International (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. are established in China.


2005

April
ACEDESA is renamed Takasago International Chemicals (Europe) S.A.


2006

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⑳TIG
TIG(Guangzou, China)

April
A Takasago International (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. factory is completed.


2007

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㉑NYギャラリー_200303
Takasago Gallery

December
Takasago International Corporation (USA) opens Takasago Gallery in New York.


2008

April
Announces its EHS (environment, health, safety) declaration.

November
Takasago International Corporation (USA) acquires the business of Wessel Fragrances, Inc. (New Jersey, USA).


2010

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フードデザインセンター
Food Design Center

March
The Food Design Center is established in the Corporate Research & Development Division, Hiratsuka.


2011

October
Takasago Fragrancias E Aromas Ltda. moves to Vinhedo-SP, Brazil.

December
ISO 14001 global integration certification is achieved.


2012

January
FSSC 22000 global integration certification is achieved.

November
Takasago Morocco (Cananga S.A.R.L.) is established in Agadir, Morocco.


2013

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バニラ生産拠点(マダガスカル)
Vanilla production base (Madagascar)

May
Takasago Madagascar S.A. is established in Antananarivo, Madagascar.

July
Takasago West Japan Co., Ltd. is established in Mihara, Hiroshima.

September
Takasago International Turkey Esans ve Aroma San. Tic. A.S. is established in Turkey.


2014

March
Takasago International (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. moves to a new site.

April
Establishes Takasago Safety Day (April 10).


2015

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Takasago West Japan Factory

March
Takasago International (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Yangon Branch Office) is established in Myanmar.

May
Takasago De Mexico S.A. De C.V. expands their office.

July
PT. Takasago International Indonesia is established in Indonesia.

September
Takasago Europe Perfumery Laboratory S.A.R.L.(Dubai Branch Office) is established in Dubai.

October
The Takasago West Japan Factory (Mihara factory) is completed.


2016

January
Centre Ingredient Technology is acquired.


2017

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TII(India) New Factory

March
A new Takasago International (India) Pvt. Ltd. factory is completed.

December
Takasago International (Pakistan) Pvt. Ltd. is established in Pakistan.


2018

February
The Procurement Division's TaSuKI Program begins.


2019

June
Nankai Kako Co., Ltd. becomes a wholly owned subsidiary.

November
A new PT. Takasago International Indonesia factory is completed.


2020

February
The 100th Anniversary.

March
Purchases some shares of LAWTER B.V. in the Netherlands.


2021

February
A new Iwata Process Research Laboratory building is completed.


2022

February
Citation for Chemical Breakthrough Awards.


2024

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TIIFC( India)

April
Takasago International India Fragrance Centre (TIIFC) opens in Mumbai, India.