FIMATEC｜History

April 1987	Established with investments by Tatsumi Shokai Corporation and Nihon Cement Co., Ltd.
April 1988	Fuji factory started its operation.
May	Soma factory started its operation.
October	Okayama factory started its operation.
December 1990	Akita factory started its operation.
January 1991	Korea Fimatec was established through the joint venture with Korea Electrothermics Industry and Sumitomo Cement Co., Ltd.
1992	Started providing technical assistance for PT. FINEXCO PRIMA, Indonesia.
April 1993	FINEXCO started its factory operation in Surabaya.
April 1994	Capital was doubled to 120 million yen. Capital participation by Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Mitsubishi Corporation.
July	FMT Co., Ltd. was established through the joint venture with Tatsumi Shokai Corporation and Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
January 1995	FIMATEC U.S.A. was established in Seattle, USA.
June	F.M.T. (THAILAND) was established in Bangkok.
July	Ishinomaki Carbonates Ltd. was established through the joint venture with Nippon Paper Industries Ltd.
September	FO Tech Co., Ltd. was established through the joint venture with OG Corporation.
January 1997	Specialty Minerals FMT Ltd. was established through the joint venture with Minerals Technologies Inc., USA, and Mitsubishi Corporation.
November	Fimaken India, Ltd. was established in Udaipur, India, through the joint venture with Wolkem India Ltd, India.
August 1998	Third-party allocation of shares to Nihon Cement Co., Ltd. and other companies. Capital 180 million yen.
June 2000	Shiraoi factory of Specialty Minerals FMT Ltd. started its operation.
July 2002	The ISO 9001:2000 certification was simultaneously awarded for the headquarters and four factories.
August 2003	Fimatec Georgia Representative Office was opened in the USA.
October 2005	Merged with JMC Co., Ltd.
July 2006	Acquired the domestic distribution agent right from Specialty Minerals, Inc. for its PCC and Talc products, and started sales activities.
January 2009	Acquired the import exclusive agent right from Ecosynthetix B.V. for its Biolatex products, and started sales activities.
September 2009	Head office was moved to Toranomon.
December 2012	Soma gypsum grinding plant started its operation.
April 2015	Made investment to increase production capacity for powder product "AFF".
July	Fimatec Malaysia Representative office was opened in Malaysia.
February 2016	Head Office was moved to Kanda Awajicho.
March 2016	Acquired the domestic distribution agent right from APPLIED MINERALS INC. for its Halloysite and started sales activities.

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