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| Head office | 2150 North First Street, Suite 350, San Jose, CA 95131, U.S.A. Phone: +1-408-873-2200 Fax: +1-408-873-2284 |
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| Establishment | October 1, 1975 |
| Capital | US$1.2 million |
| President and Chief Executive Officer |
Dennis Parker |
| Line of business | Overseeing group companies in the U.S.A., administrative and business expansion supporting service, sales of functional materials and advanced components and systems, and R&D based on biotechnology |
| 1975 October | Showa Denko Materials (America), Inc. was established in New York as an International Business Division initiative by Showa Denko Materials. Capital increased over the next decade with an increase to $200,000 in 1979 and $2,000,000 in 1984. |
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| 1985 July | New projects for us with a new factory in Atlanta, Georgia and the start of Multi Wiring Board manufacturing. The following year, capital reached new heights of $3,000,000. |
| 1988 July | The factory in Atlanta was sold to Hitachi Chemical Electro Products as part of Showa Denko Material's new reforms into the “New Era”. |
| 1994 March | As Showa Denko Materials prepped for the transition into the new millennium, our headquarters moved from New York to San Jose, California. |
| 1997 | A joint venture with Hitachi Dupont Microsystems was agreed on for sales of semiconductor polyimide materials. |
| 2004 | In response to the social innovation movement, a new corporate vision was announced: “Working on Wonders.” Projects under this new vision are centered around solving social problems through innovation of uncharted areas. |
| 2007 | We embarked on new ventures of expansions. First, due to a rise in products for the automobile industry, a branch in Detroit, Michigan was. |
| 2008 July | We became a 1% shareholder of Hitachi Chemical Mexico |
| 2012 | - Our 50th year as an independent company – We purchased interest of Hitachi Powdered Metals America at 49%. |
| 2015 | We merged with Hitachi Chemical Research and fully obtained both Hitachi Chemical Diagnostics and Hitachi Powdered Metals America as full subsidiaries. |
| 2017 | We became the parent company of Hitachi Chemical Advanced Therapeutics Solutions |
| 2018 April | We became the parent company of Hitachi Chemical Mexico |
