Company history
| Nov. 1947 | Harima Kasei Kogyo KK (Harima Chemicals, Inc.) founded (in present-day Kakogawa, Hyogo prefecture) |
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| Jan. 1952 | Trial production of tall oil begins |
| Oct. 1958 | Completion of Japan's first tall oil distillation plant |
| Aug. 1973 | Harima M.I.D.,Inc. founded Completion of world's first tall oil closed-system plant |
| Aug. 1974 | Established Harima do Brasil Industria Quimica Ltda (Brazil) |
| Mar. 1983 | Shorai Foundation for Science and Technology founded |
| Nov. 1985 | Listed on the second section of the Osaka stock exchange |
| Mar. 1989 | Listed on the second section of the Tokyo stock exchange |
| Apr. 1990 | Name changed to Harima Kasei KK (Harima Chemicals, Inc.) |
| Sep. 1990 | Relisted on first section of the Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges |
| Oct. 1997 | Established Hangzhou Hanghua-Harima Paper Chemicals Co., Ltd. (China) |
| Nov. 1997 | Celebrated 50 years in business |
| Jun. 1999 | ISO 9001 certification achieved by entire company |
| Jun. 2000 | ISO 14001 certification achieved (Kakogawa Plant) |
| Apr. 2002 | ISO 14001 certification achieved (Fuji Plant) |
| Aug. 2002 | Completion of electronic materials production facility at Kakogawa Plant |
| Feb. 2003 | Established Harimatec Hangzhou Co., Ltd. (China) |
| Sep. 2003 | Established Harimatec Inc., (USA) |
| Dec. 2003 | Established Harimatec Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia) |
| Jun. 2004 | ISO 14001 certification achieved (Tokyo Plant) |
| Mar. 2005 | Harima launched the biomass power generation system utilizing a by-product as fue, produced from tall oil distillation. |
| Jul. 2005 | Established Nanning Harima Chemicals Co., Ltd. (China) |
| Jun. 2006 | ISO 14001 certification achieved (Ibaraki Plant) |
| Mar. 2007 | Established Harimatec Czech,s.r.o (Czech Republic) |
| Dec. 2008 | Taking over of Georgia-Pacific Chemicals' rosin sizing agents business. ( by Harima's subsidiary Plasmine in the US ) |
| Aug. 2009 | Established Harima Kasei Polymer Co.,Ltd. |
| Oct. 2009 | Harima made Nippon Filler Metals.Ltd. its owned subsidiary. |
| Dec. 2009 | Harima made Xinyi Rihong Plastic Chemical Co.,Ltd. Xinyi Zhonglin Rosin Co.,Ltd.,and Cenxi Donglin Rosin Co.,Ltd. its owned subsidiaries. |
| Jan. 2011 | Acquired rosin base resin (IAR) business of Momentive Specialty Chemicals,Inc to establish Lawter Inc. |
| Feb. 2011 | Production start at Dongguan Hanghua-Harima Paper Chemicals Co., Ltd. |
| Apr. 2011 | Lawter Inc. established its headquarters in Chicago, USA. |