JSR Corp.

History

YearDetail
1957 Company founded as Japan Synthetic Rubber Co. Ltd.
1960 Osaka Branch was Opened.
1963 Sales of paper coating latex (PCL) began.
1964 JSR advanced into the field of synthetic resins.
1968 The Chiba Plant was completed, and production of butadiene began.
1979 JSR advanced into the semiconductor materials business.
1988 Sales of OPTMER AL and OPTMER SS has began.
1899 Tsukuba Research Laboratory was opened.
1996 Microphotoresist manufacturing subsidiary, JSR Electronics Kyushu Co. Ltd. was established.
1997 A joint venture company, Techno Polymer Co. Ltd. was established.
1997 Changed company name to JSR Corp.
2004 JSR Micro Korea Co. Ltd was completed and started commercial production.
2007 Started Yokkaichi Training center.
2009 Joint-venture Techno Polymer Co. Ltd. becomes 100% subsidiary.
2011 Established Diagnostic Products Joint Venture called J&W Biotech Co. Ltd. in China.
2015 Acquired KBI Biopharma Inc.
2018 Started operations of JSR Elastomer India Private Limited, a new subsidiary in India.
2019 Established US Headquarters for JSR Life Sciences and North America Holding Company.
2021 MEDICAL & BIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES CO. LTD. becomes 100% subsidiary.
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