1932 Tochigi Shoji Co., Ltd. submits Malaysian ilmenite to the Osaka Engineering Laboratory and is commissioned to research and develop titanium dioxide. 1936 Tochigi Chemical Industry Laboratories Co., Ltd. established Kobe Plant opens Production of anatase titanium dioxide begins 1939 Business name changed to Tochigi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. 1953 Asahi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.(now: Asahi Kasei Corporation) takes hand in management 1954 Listed on the Osaka Stock Exchange, 2nd Section 1956 Hiratsuka Plant opens in Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture, production of rutile titanium dioxide begins 1960 Business name changed to Fuji Titanium Co., Ltd. Production of barium titanate begins 1961 Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, 2nd Section 1966 Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha Co., Ltd. takes hand in management Joint management begins with Asahi Kasei Corporation. 1979 Kobe Research Laboratories (now: Research & Development Department of Titanium Dioxide Division) opens to improve production technology and consolidate development and technical resources for new products. 1986 Production of high-grade electronic materials begins at Hiratsuka Plant 1991 Sales of evaporative materials begin 1999 New laboratory building completed at Kobe Plant 2000 Hyuga Plant opens in Hyuga City, Miyazaki Prefecture 2005 We become a company of ISK group through stocks exchange with Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha Co., Ltd.