Futaba Chemical Co., Ltd.

Corporate Information

History

December
1947
Futaba Chemical Fines Co., Ltd., is established.
Head Office is located in Sumida Ward, Tokyo.

Head Office in Edogawa Ward

April
1949
Futaba Chemical becomes an agent for
Mizusawa Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
June
1951
Futaba Chemical becomes an agent for
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
December 1956 Head Office is relocated to Taito Ward, Tokyo.
March
1963
Head Office is relocated to Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.
June
1963
Futaba Chemical becomes an agent for Showa Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
October
1963
Futaba Chemical becomes a special agent for
Yoshitomi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Theater party at Shimbashi Enbujo theatre in celebration of the company’s 25th anniversary

January
1967
Corporate name is changed to Futaba Chemical Co., Ltd.
February
1967
Futaba Chemical becomes a special agent for
Yoshitomi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
December
1967
Head Office is relocated to Edogawa Ward, Tokyo.
January
1973
Nihonbashi Sales Office is established in
Chuo Ward, Tokyo.
Head Office (Main Office) is relocated from Edogawa Ward to Chuo Ward, Tokyo.
January
1975
Trading Department is established.
November
1975
Corporate capital is increased to 12 million yen.
October
1976
Osaka Sales Office is established in Yodogawa Ward, Osaka.
Corporate capital is increased to 15 million yen.
August
1977
Futaba Chemical is registered as general
pharmaceutical sales business.

Recreation facility (Kokuan) is newly constructed in Katsuura City, Chiba.

January
1978
Futaba Chemical becomes an agent for
Sanyo Kokusaku Pulp Co., Ltd.
(now Nihon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.)
February
1980
The Osaka Sales Office is moved to
Hiranomachi 1-chome, Chuo-ku,Osaka City.
May
1981
A recreation facility (Kokuan) is newly constructed
in Katsuura City, Chiba.
April
1984
Nihonbashi Sales Office is renamed to Tokyo Sales Office.
September
1988
The Head Office (Main Office) and the Tokyo Sales
Office are relocated from Nihonbashi Muromachi to
Nihonbashi Kakigaracho in Chuo Ward, Tokyo.

Asataro Kato, founder, and Kenjiro Kato, former chairperson
(At the 50th anniversary ceremony)

September
1989
The Osaka Sales Office is moved to
Hiranomachi 3-chome, Chuo-ku, Osaka City
November
1990
Corporate capital is increased to 30 million yen.
December
1994
Construction of Kaken Tsukiji Building (Head Office)
in Akashicho, Chuo Ward, Tokyo is completed.
Head Office (Main Office) and Tokyo Sales Office are
both relocated to the new building from Nihonbashi
Kakigaracho.
June
2005
Shanghai Office is established in Shanghai, China.

at the 70th anniversary ceremony

April
2015
Futaba Chemical becomes an agent for Osaka Gas
Chemicals Co., Ltd.
July
2016
Shanghai Office is moved to Xuhui District of Shanghai.
December
2021
Osaka Sales Office is moved to
Nishitenma 2-chome, Kita-ku, Osaka.
December
2022
Corporate capital is increased to 50 million yen.
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