History of Meiwa Corporation

Meiwa Corporation was established in July 1947 by former employees of the chemical engineering division of the original Mitsubishi Corporation following its dissolution following World War II. Since then, the Company has expanded its business domains in collaboration with enterprises in wide-ranging fields and members of the Mitsubishi Group. In recent years, the Company has expanded its business, focusing especially on China.

• 1947
  July	Meiwa Corporation established (in Nihonbashi Gofukubashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo) Founded by 49 former employees of the original Mitsubishi Corporation head office, chemical engineering division, and operations departments in the Osaka, Nagoya, and Yahata branches Established branches in Osaka, Nagoya, and Yahata

• 1957
  March	Reached annual sales of 10 billion yen
  April	Participated in the first China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair)

• 1959
  July	Merged with Sansho Co., Ltd. Expanded business domains through a merger with Sansho, which had been established mainly by former Mitsubishi employees in the lumber department

• 1962
  September	Designated as a "friendly trading company" by China

• 1964
  April	Acquired stock in Kumi Syokai Co., Ltd. (now Kumi Kasei Co., Ltd.)

• 1965
  March	Reached annual sales of 50 billion yen
  May	Moved the head office to the current location

• 1969
  September	Participated in the establishment of Chiba Glasron Co., Ltd. (now Tokyo Glasron Co., Ltd.)

• 1971
  April	Meiwa Corporation labor union formed
  October	Inaugurated the headquarters system

• 1972
  May	Acquired stock in Juzen Corporation

• 1973
  March	Reached annual sales of 100 billion yen
  April	Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

• 1974
  August	Participated in the establishment of P.T. Pakarti Riken Indonesia

• 1975
  September	Raised to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

• 1980
  August	Established Soken Co., Ltd.
  December	Established a representative office in Beijing, China

• 1981
  November	Acquired stock in Suzuhiro Chemical Co., Ltd.

• 1995
  September	Participated in the establishment of Tianjin Nisseki Lubricants & Grease Co., Ltd.

• 1996
  August	Established Meiwa (Shanghai) Corporation

• 2002
  May	Acquired ISO 14001 (international environmental standard) certification)

• 2005
  May	Participated in the establishment of Nippon Oil (Guangzhou) Lubricants Corporation Established through a merger with Nippon Oil Corporation as a production base for lubricating oil in the South China region

• 2010
  May	Participated in the establishment of Qingdao Lingda Kasei Co., Ltd., through a merger with Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation and Qingdao GR-Taida Carbon Co., Ltd., to manufacture spheroidized graphite, which is a chief ingredient in the anode material for lithium ion secondary cells

• 2012
  May	Established Meiwa Vietnam Co., Ltd.

• 2014
  October	Established a representative office in Seoul, Korea

• 2015
  March	Established Meiwa (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
  April	Established Thai Meiwa Trading Co., Ltd. Established PT. Meiwa Trading Indonesia

• 2022
  April	Raised to The Tokyo Stock Exchange (Prime Market)