History

KURODA ELECTRIC Co., Ltd.

Oct. 1945 Founded in Abeno-ku, Osaka; sales of bakelite board and related products begins.
Mar. 1947 Restructured for incorporation; Kuroda Trading Company established.
June. 1948 Trade name updated to Kuroda Electric Co., Ltd.
Mar. 1956 Kuroda Industrial Co., Ltd. established and expanded to include a production department.
Sept. 1963 Coatings department restructured as an independent company; Kuroda Industrial Co., Ltd. merged and Kuroda Chemical Co., Ltd. established.
Sept. 1977 Kuroda Chemical Co., Ltd. merged.
Jul. 1978 Z. Kuroda (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. established in Singapore.
May. 1990 Z. Kuroda (Thailand) Co., Ltd. established in Thailand.
Nov. 1995 Kuroda Electric (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. established in Hong Kong.
Oct. 1996 Listed on the second section of the Osaka Securities Exchange.
Aug. 1999 Kuroda Electric USA, Inc. established in America.
Mar. 2000 Listed on the first sections of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange.
Apr. 2000 Kuroda Techno Co., Ltd. established.
Mar. 2001 Shanghai Kuroda Trading Co., Ltd. established in China.
June. 2003 Kuroda Electric Philippines, Inc. established in Philippines.
Sep. 2003 Komura-Tech Co., Ltd. becomes subsidiary of Kuroda Group.
Jan. 2004 Taiwan Kuroda Electric Co., Ltd. Established in Taiwan.
Apr. 2004 Kuroda Electric Korea Inc. established in Korea.
Jul. 2005 Kuroda Electric (China) Co., Ltd. Established in China. (afterward, Shanghai Kuroda Management)
Aug. 2005 Tianjin Kuroda Trading Co., Ltd. Established in China.
Jun. 2006 Kuroda Electric Czech s.r.o. Established in Czech Republic.
Oct. 2007 Kuroda Electric Shenzhen Co., Ltd. Established in China.
Mar. 2008 Sohwa Corporation becomes subsidiary of Kuroda Group.
Oct. 2009 Nichido-denko Co., Ltd. becomes subsidiary of Kuroda Group
Jan. 2010 Kuroda Electric ( Malaysia ) SDN.BHD. Established in Malaysia.
May. 2011 Boramtek (Vietnam) Co., Ltd. becomes subsidiary of Kuroda Group.
Oct. 2011 P.T. Kuroda Electric Indonesia Established in Indonesia.
Apr. 2012 Kuroda Auto-tech (Thailand) becomes subsidiary of Kuroda Group.
Oct. 2015 Kuroda Electric India Pvt. Ltd. established in India.
Jan. 2016 Kuroda Electric Mexico S.A. de C.V. established in Mexico.
Sep. 2017 Kuroda Manufacturing Vietnam Co., Ltd. established in Vietnam.
Mar. 2018 Delisting from the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange due to acquisition of 100% ownership by KM Holdings Co.,Ltd.
Jun. 2018 Kuroda Trading (Thailand) Co., Ltd. established in Thailand.
Aug. 2018 Kuroda Data Storage Japan Co., Ltd. established.
Sep. 2018 Kuroda Filtration Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. established in China.
Oct. 2018 Kuroda Auto-Tech Japan Co., Ltd. established.

KURODA GROUP Co., Ltd.

Apr. 2020 Transition to a holding company structure.