Tosoh Quartz history

1966: Toyo Stauffer Chemical Co. (ultimately Tosoh FineChem) joint venture is formed and production of dicalcium phosphate is launched.

The company's product expansion also led it to build a second facility, at Yokkaichi, in 1971.

Formed in 1973, the company built a plant in Thessaloniki, Greece.

1976: The company founds Amto International (later Tosoh Europe) in the Netherlands.

In another joint venture, Delamine BV, created with Akzo Nobel, the company began producing ethylene amines in Amersfoort, in the Netherlands, in 1978.

Opening of New York office (forerunner of Tosoh USA, Inc., established in 1979)

The joint venture, initially created in 1985, became the leading European producer of the artificial sweetener by the turn of the 21st century.

After merging with the Netherlands' Akzo, the joint venture became known as Tosoh Akzo in 1987, before adopting the name Tosoh Finechem.

1988: A Specialty Metals Division is acquired from Variant; the company enters Malaysia through a stake in Industrial Resins (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd.

With Tosoh's involvement, that plant was expanded to 60,000 square feet in 1989.

Tosoh acquired 100 percent control of the Weiss company in 1993.

1994: Full control of Eurogenetics is acquired.

The company launched a subsidiary in South Korea in 1995 and also added new operations in Indonesia, called PT Satomo Indovyl Polymer.

The company then set out to expand its silica glass capacity, forming the joint venture Nippon Silica Glass Europe, which launched production at its own facility in 1996.

2003: The company unifies all biosciences operations under the Tosoh Bioscience name.