| 1918 | Nitto Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. forms in Ohsaki, Tokyo, to produce electrical insulating materials in Japan. |  |
| 1924 | Introduces electrical insulating varnishes. | |
| 1941 | Ibaraki Plant begins operation. |  |
| 1945 | Head Office in Ohsaki, Tokyo, destroyed by air raids. | |
| 1946 | Head Office is relocated to Ibaraki, Osaka.
Begins production of Black Tape. |  |
| 1949 | Opens Osaka and Tokyo Branch Offices.
Begins production of anticorrosion tapes. | |
| 1951 | Produces first plastic tapes in Japan. | |
| 1957 | Begins production of electrical insulating casting and molding products. | |
| 1959 | Suita Plant begins operation. |
| 1961 | Opens first overseas office in New York ;
Begins production of fluoroplastic products (NITOFLON) ; Begins production of surface protection vinyl sheets (SPV). | |
| 1962 | Lists common stocks on Second Sections of Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Stock Exchange ;
Toyohashi Plant begins operation. |  |
| 1964 | Begins production of FRP electrical insulating products and double-coated adhesive tape. | |
| 1966 | Begins production of semiconductor encapsulating materials. | |
| 1967 | Lists common stocks on First Sections of Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Stock Exchange ;
Kanto Plant begins operation. Begins production of medical adhesive sheets. |  |
| 1968 | Forms Nitto Denko America, Inc. (Now called Nitto, Inc.)
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| 1969 | Kameyama Plant begins operation ;
Forms Nitto Denko Taiwan Nitto Denko as the first overseas manufacturing base. |  |
| 1973 | Begins production of flexible printed circuits. | |
| 1974 | Forms Nitto Belgium N.V. ;
Begins production of sealing materials (NITTO EPTSEALER ). | |
| 1975 | Forms Nitoms, Inc.;
Begins production of polarizing films for liquid crystal displays. |  |
| 1976 | Begins production of high-polymer separation membranes (reverse-osmosis membranes, ultrafiltration membranes). | |
| 1977 | Tohoku Plant begins operation.
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| 1981 | Begins production of tapes for athletes and rehabilitaion, taping tapes (NITREAT). |
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| 1983 | Begins production of transdermal drug delivery patches. |
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| 1985 | Begins production of reinforce and vibration damping materials (NITOHARD). | |
| 1986 | Shiga Plant begins operation.
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| 1987 | Acquires Hydranautics in the U.S.A. | |
| 1988 | Celebrates 70th anniversary and changes name to Nitto Denko Corp. | |
| 1989 | Begins production of retardation films for liquid crystal displays(NRF);Develops plant tissue culture technology (Tissue-cultured Panax Ginseng). |
| 1992 | Begins production of protective films for painted surface of automobiles. |
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| 1994 | Forms Nitto Denko (Shanghai Pu Dong New Area) Co., Ltd. | |
| 1995 | Forms Nitto Denko(Shanghai Songjiang) Co.,Ltd. |
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| 1996 | Onomichi plant begins operation ;
Forms Nitto Medical Corp.(Now called Nitoms, Inc.); Begins production of printed wiring material for HDD (use for wireless suspension) ; Forms Nitto Lifetec Corp.(Now called Nitoms, Inc.); Receives Miles prize. |  |
| 1997 | Forms Nitto Denko Material (Thailand) Co., Ltd, and P.T. Nitto Materials Indonesia ;
Forms Nitto Shinko Corp. and Saitama Nitto Denko Corp. | |
| 1998 | Begins production of Polarization Conversion Films. | |
| 1999 | Forms Nitto Denko Packaging System Corp. (Now called Nitto Denko CS System Corp.), Nitto Denko Vietnam and Korea Nitto Optical Co., Ltd.
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| 2000 | Forms Mie Nitto Denko Corp., Korea Nitto Denko., Ltd. ;
Forms Regional holding company, Nitto America, Inc. ; Forms Nitto Denko Himawari Corp., and Nitto Denko Technical Corp.. |
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| 2001 | Forms Nitto Denko Tape Materials (Vietnam) Co., Ltd, Nitto Denko Philippines Corp. | |
| 2002 | Forms Aichi Nitto Denko Corp. ;
Forms Regional holding company, Nitto Denko (China) Investment Co., Ltd. ; Acquires Acoustiseal in the U.S.A., (Now called Nitto Automotive, Inc.) |
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| 2003 | Forms Taiwan Nitto Optical Co., Ltd. | |
| 2004 | Forms Kinovate Life Siences, Inc. ;
Corporate Training Center "Juninkan Hall" opened at Ibaraki Site ; Forms Nitto Denko(Tianjin)Co., Ltd. and Nitto Fine Circuit Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. | |
| 2005 | Forms Shanghai Nitto Optical Co., Ltd.;
An invention of the method of manufacturing wide-view-angle birefringent film for LCDs receives the Prime Minister Prize. | |
| 2006 | Head Office is relocated to Osaka(HERBIS OSAKA). | |
| 2007 | Kyoshin Corp. and Nitto Denko Matex Corp. are consolidated into Nitto Denko Corp. | |
| 2008 | High performance reverse osmosis (RO) membrane element for seawater desalinaion"SWC5"receives 2007 Nikkei Superior Products and Services Awards for Excellence ;
Forms Nitto Denko Asia Technical Center in Singapore. | |
| 2009 | Forms Nitto Denko India Private Ltd.in Manesar, India. |
| 2011 | Acquires Avecia Biotechnology Inc. in the U.S.A. |
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| 2012 | Avecia Biotechnology changes name to Nitto Denko Avecia, Inc.;
Acquires Bento in Turkey; |
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| 2013 | Head Office is relocated to Osaka(Grand Front Osaka). | |
| 2014 | Forms Nitto (Qingdao) Technology Research Institute, Co.,Ltd. | |
| 2016 | Forms Nitto Biopharma, Inc.;
Opens "inovas", a facility for R&D and human resource development in Ibaraki, Osaka. |
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| 2017 | Receives Prime Minister’s Prize for invention of manufacturing method for ultra-thin polarizing film.;
Forms Nitto Reinsurance Micronesia Co., Ltd.. |
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| 2019 | Receives 46th ”Environment Award” Excellent Award for
organic-solvent free double-coated adhesive tape |
| 2020 | Opens Tokyo Head Office | |
| 2022 | Acquires Mondi’s Personal Care Component Business
Acquires Bend Labs, Inc. |
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