Company History
This is the half-century history of SK-KAKEN.
1950's
1955
1960's
1963
1970's
1972
1980's
1981
Founded as “Shikoku Chemical Institute” in Kita-Ku, Osaka City.
Started the business by recycling solvent (purifying waste solvent for paints by distillation and changing into new solvent) and developing water-based architectural coating.
The company name was changed to “Shikoku Kaken Industry Co., Ltd.”
Established Singapore office
Established subsidiary SKK (S) Pte. Ltd. in Singapore.
1982
Established Malaysia office
1983
Established Otone Factory and Singapore Factory.
Constructed and started operation of Singapore factory.
1983
Obtained the No1 market share in Japan.
Established SK (M) SDN., BHD in Malaysia. (currently: SK KAKEN (M) SDN., BHD.).
Established SKK (H.K.) CO. LIMITED in Hong Kong.
1990's
1991
Changed the company name to “SK KAKEN Co., Ltd.”.
1994
Listed on JASDAQ market (current Tokyo Stock Exchange, Standard Market) in Japan.
1997
Constructed of Malaysia Factory.
1999
Established Beijing office in China.
2000's
2002
Established Shikoku Kaken (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. in Shanghai, China.
Established SK KAKEN (Thailand) Co. Ltd. in Bangkok, Thailand.
2003
Constructed and started operation of Shanghai factory in China.
2005
started operation of new Malaysia Factory.
2006
Established Shenyang office, Wuhan Branch and Guangzhou Office in China.
2008
Established Chongqing Office in China.
2009
Established Nanjing office and Kunming office in China.
2010's
2010
Constructed and started operation of Thailand Factory.
2011
Established Hefei office in China.
2012
Established Henan office, Changchun office, Shenyang office in China.
2012
Established Suzhou office in China and Jakarta office in Indonesia.
2014
Established Tianjin office in China.
2015
Established Hangzhou office, Xian office in China.
2016
Constructed and started operation of Jakarta factory in Indonesia.
Established PT.SKK KAKEN DISTRIBUSI and PT.SKK KAKEN KONSTRUKSI in Indonesia.
Established Chengdu office in China.
2017
Minoru Fujii appointed as Chairman and Mitsuhiro Fujii as President
Moved Mie-ken Sales office and Utsunomiya Sales office
2018
Expanded Kagoshima Sales Office
2019
Relocated Matsuyama Sales Office and Atsugi Sales Office
2020's
2020
Opened Akita Branch Office
2021
Opened a new distribution Center at the Otone factory
2022
Moved to Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard Market