Established with a capital of 20 million yen
Based the head office in Nihonbashi Hongoku-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Obtained Far East distributorship for Nuclepore Membrane Filter (hereinafter referred to as Membrane) developed by General Electric Company of U.S.A. (GE)
Increased capital to 25 million yen
Exhibited “Full Automatic Continuous Backwashing Filtration System” in “All Japan Chemical Plant Show”
Developed Direct Microscopic Particle Counting Method
Established a joint corporation, Nuclepore Corporation (NPC), together with GE (our investment ratio: 23%)
Increased capital to 300 million yen
Integrated manufacturing and sales of Membrane and related equipment by transferring personnel and assets of Nuclepore Department of Hokko Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. to Nomura
Micro Science Co., Ltd.
Adopted Ultrapure Water technology from Aqua Media Inc. of U.S.A., and expanded into Ultrapure Water business
Delivered Ultrapure Water System to Musashino Communication Laboratory of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation (current NTT), and expanded into electronics industry market
Developed the world's first pyrogen (a part of fungus body component of sterilization) removal system using reverse osmosis membrane (RO), and delivered
this system to pharmaceutical companies in Japan
Moved head office to Kaji-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Established a joint corporation, Nihon Aqua Media Inc. (changed corporate name to Namtec Co., Ltd. in 1991), together with Aqua Media Inc. of U.S.A. and JGC Corporation (current JGC HOLDINGS CORPORATION) (our investment ratio: 33.3%)
Moved head office to Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Moved Atsugi Office to Okata, Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-ken for business expansion
Developed CO2 gas bubbler
Delivered Ultrapure Water System to South Korea and expanded into South Korean market
Established a Development Laboratory (hereinafter Laboratory) in Okata, Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-ken (near Atsugi Office), moved
research facilities in Atsugi Office to Laboratory
Sold off all NPC shares held by Nomura Micro Science
Built the most advanced Ultrapure Water test plant in the Laboratory
Supplied Ultrapure Water technology to Diesenwasser Technics of West Germany
Delivered Ultrapure water system to Taiwan and entered into Taiwan market
Placed “Super Bubbler” on the market
Developed unit type “HIGH PURE MONITOR®” (HPM)
Technical Collaboration Agreement made with Taiwan Polar Water Co., Ltd. of Taiwan
Awarded “Technological Author Prize” by “The United States Environmental Science Association” for HPM
Agreement made with AGRU Kunststofftechnik GmbH of Austria for the sole distributorship of PVDF products
Moved head office to Shibadaimon, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Built new premises in Okata, Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-ken which became new head office by integrating former Tokyo Head Office and Atsugi Office
Licensed HE-VDG technology
to Gregg Inc. of Canada
Introduced Concrete Protector Liner (CPL) technology of AGRU Kunststofftechnik GmbH of Austria
Developed research for wafer surface cleaning technology by technical cooperation
with Purex Co., Ltd.
Established a joint corporation, Nomura Techno Co., Ltd. in South Korea (current Nomura Micro Science Korea Co., Ltd.) with Techno Semichem Co., Ltd. of South Korea
Developed biotechnology of TMAH waste liquid
Increased capital to 330 million yen
Established Taiwan Branch in Hsinchu, Taiwan (closed in 2015)
Increased capital to 480 million yen
Adopted Electrodeionization (EDI) System from Ionics, Inc. of U.S.A.
Adopted system technology of high efficiency RO system, “HERO®”
Developed “Chemical Supply System
for CMP”
Established a wholly-owned subsidiary, Nomura Micro Science UK Ltd., in Britain (liquidated in 2001)
Established a joint corporation, Nomura Pure Co., Ltd., with Purex Co., Ltd. (our investment ratio: 71%)
Increased capital to 562.8 million yen
Placed “ZEROCA®,” hardness leakage monitor on the market
Established a joint corporation, Agru Japan Co., Ltd., with AGRU Kunststofftechnik GmbH of Austria (our investment ratio: 80%)
Started BOOM (Build, Own, Operation and Maintenance) contract business (water sales business) first in the industry
Established a joint corporation, Shanghai Nomura Water Treatment International Trading Co., Ltd. in China with Hantech Co., Ltd. of Taiwan (our investment ratio: 70%)
Placed “NOXIA®”, trace peroxide monitor on the market
Established an eco-friendly photoresist stripping technology using ethylene carbonate
Received “ Regional Environmental Technology Award” of “The 21st Kanagawa High-Tech Grand Prix” for NOMURACKS®,
unit type pure water system
Placed “NOMUREXON®”, functional water production system on the market
Established Korean Branch (current Nomura Micro Science Korea Co., Ltd.)
Merged with Namtec Co., Ltd., Agru Japan Co., Ltd., and Nomura Pure Co., Ltd. to utilize management resources.
Established a joint corporation, Shanghai Nomura Engineering Co., Ltd. in China with Hantech Co., Ltd.
of Taiwan (our investment ratio: 70%, increased to 100% in 2010)
Established a wholly-owned subsidiary, Nomura Micro Science USA. Ltd., Co in U.S.A.
Assigned proprietary equity of Shanghai Nomura Water Treatment
International Trading Co., Ltd. to Shanghai Hantech Co., Ltd.
Established a wholly-owned subsidiary, Nomura Micro Science (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. in Singapore (liquidated in 2008)
Listed on the JASDAQ Securities Exchange (currently JASDAQ of Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. [standard]) (Securities code: 6254)
Increased capital to 2,236.8 million yen
Established a joint corporation, KURARAY AQUA Co., Ltd., with KURARAY Co., Ltd. to expand waste water treatment business (our investment ratio: 45%, became 18% in 2009, dissolved joint venture in 2012)
Established AGRU PLASTICS Co., Ltd. by incorporation-type company split
Established Shanghai Nichimura Trading Co., Ltd in China to strengthen
sales of Ultrapure Water System and consumables etc. (liquidated in 2015)
Awarded “Technology Prize” from Japan Society of Ion Exchange for “METOLATE®” a metal removal module for chemicals.
Established a wholly-owned subsidiary, Nomura Micro Science Engineering Co., Ltd. in Taiwan.
Established a wholly-owned subsidiary, NAD Co., Ltd (current Nomura Micro Science Korea Co., Ltd.) in South Korea.
Invested 35% in a new company established in Tongren, Guizhou Province, China by Shanghai Nomura Engineering Co., Ltd. to expand wastewater treatment business in China
Established resident office in Vietnam to develop
new base in Asia. (closed in 2016)
Established Qiandongnan Kaichuang Water Resource Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. to participate in water purifying and sewage treatment business in Guizhou Province, China. (our investment ratio: 99%, Shanghai Nomura Engineering Co., Ltd. acquired remaining 1% share of the capital from a partner in August 2017. Assigned entire proprietary equity of our company and Shanghai Nomura Engineering Co., Ltd. in November 2018)
Merged Nomura Korea Co., Ltd. and NAD Co., Ltd. into Nomura Micro Science Korea Co., Ltd. to concentrate management resources in South Korea and make management of group companies more streamlined and efficient.
Established a wholly-owned subsidiary, Nomura Micro Science (Vietnam) Co., Ltd. in Vietnam.
Obtained approval as AEO Exporter under the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) Program
April 2019: Marked the 50th anniversary of foundation
The video "Nomura Micro Science's 50-year history", which celebrates the 50th
anniversary of our founding, can be viewed.
Market change from Tokyo Stock Exchange JASDAQ (Standard) to the Second Section
Designated as a stock on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Listed as the Prime Market due to the market restructure of Tokyo Stock Exchange.