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TAMA CHEMICALS CO., LTD. |
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| Head Office: |
6-1 Higasidacho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa 210-0005, Japan |
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| Tel: |
81-44-200-1700 |
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| Fax: |
81-44-200-1706 |
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| Established: |
October 22, 1949 |
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| Capital: |
302 million yen |
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| Number of employees: |
340 (Including related companies as of March, 2006) |
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| Sales turnover: |
21,000,000,000 yen (Group in total as of March, 2006) |
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| Representative Director: |
President: Toshitsura Cho |
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| Plants: |
Kitakami, Hamaoka (Shizuoka Pref.), Yokkaichi and Oita |
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| Laboratories: |
Kawasaki and Oita |
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| Overseas: |
Hsin Chu (Taiwan), Singapore, Moses Lake (WA) and Manassas (VA) (USA) |
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| Business Activity: |
Manufacture and sales of chemicals Design and engineering of chemical equipment & plants Trace analytical services Other related operations |
| Company History | |
1949 |
Established in Yaguchi, Ota-Ku, Tokyo |
| 1951 | Head office and factory moved to Minamirokugou,
Ota-Ku, Tokyo |
| 1956 | Head office moved to Nihonbashi Kabuto-Cho,
Chuo-Ku, Tokyo Kawasaki Laboratory was founded in Shiohama, Kawasaki-Ku, Kawasaki City |
| 1967 | Hamaoka Factory was founded in Hamaoka-cho,
Shizuoka Pref. |
| 1970 | Capital was increased to 40,000,000 yen. |
| 1982 | Head office moved to Kamata, Ota-Ku, Tokyo. Oita Factory was founded in Shimura, Oita City. |
| 1984 | Established an affiliated company, Moses
Lake Industries, Inc. in Washington State,
USA (capital $300,000). Kitakami Factory was founded in Ryutsu Center, Kitakami City. |
| 1985 | Founded an electronics materials research
laboratory in Shimura, Oita City. |
| 1989 | Founded Kitakami Second Factory in Ryutsu
Center, Kitakami City. |
| 1992 | Yokkaichi Factory was founded in Hirao-Cho,
Yokkaichi City. |
| 1996 | Head office moved to Ekimaehoncho, Kawasaki-Ku,
Kawasaki City. Capital increased to 160,000,000 yen. 60% investment joint venture company, Kemitek Industrial Corp. was established in Taiwan (capital NT$200 million). |
| 1997 | Moses Lake Industries, Inc. founded a plant
in Manassas, Virginia State, USA. Kemitek Industrial Corp. founded a factory in Hsin Chu, Taiwan. |
| 1998 | Yokkaichi Factory obtained ISO9002 certification.
Kemitek Industrial Corp.'s Hsin Chu Factory obtained ISO9002 certification. |
| 2000 | Obtained ISO9002 certification in all the
places of business Capital increased to 240,000,000 yen. Head office, Kawasaki Laboratory, Hamaoka factory and Yokkaichi factory obtained ISO14001 certification. |
| 2001 | Head office moved to Higashidacho, Kawasaki-Ku,
Kawasaki City. |
| 2002 | Joint venture company, Agnos Chemicals Pte
Ltd was established at Singapore. Capital increased to 300,000,000 yen. Obtained ISO14001 certification in all the places of business. |
| 2003 | Obtained ISO9001:2000 certification in all
the places of business. |
| 2006 | Joint venture company, TAS CLEAN TEC Co.,
Ltd was established in Oita city. |
| Technological Development History | |
1950 |
Started manufacture of Tetraethyl silicate. |
| 1967 | Started manufacture of Tetramethyl silicate. |
| 1968 | Started refining of rare-earth fluorescent
materials. |
| 1972 | Started manufacture of various kinds of Alkoxy
silane monomers. |
| 1978 | Started manufacture of Choline. |
| 1981 | Started manufacture of Ultrapure analytical
reagents. |
| 1986 | Started manufacture of TMAH using a new manufacturing
method. |
| 1992 | Started manufacture of semiconductor CVD
materials. |
| 1999 | Started manufacture of CMP materials. |
| 2001 | Started manufacture of Colloidal silica for
abrasive grain. |
| 2003 | Started manufacture of high purity Copper
electrolyte solution for LSI. |