History
1937 | March | Nisso Jinken Pulp Co., Ltd. (Capital: 18,000,000 yen) established |
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November | Yatsushiro Factory started commercial production (rayon staple). |
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1941 | September | Renamed Koukoku Jinken Pulp Co., Ltd. |
1946 | July | Osaka Branch opened. |
1951 | October | Nagoya Office opened. |
1962 | April | Cellophane production started at Yatsushiro Factory. |
1964 | February | Fukuoka Office opened. |
May | Production of [KOJIN-KORAP] (polypropylene) film started. | |
1969 | January | Renamed Kohjin Co., Ltd. |
1970 | June | Production of [BONYL] (nylon film) started. |
1980 | November | [KOJIN-KORAP U] (shrinkable packing film) for mediam and heavy-duty materials started at Yatsushiro Factory. |
1984 | May | Production of [KOHJIN HST] (excellent anti-static film) started at Yatsushiro Factory. |
1989 | December | Joint capital and business venture with Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation and Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Ltd., and Kohjin joined the Mitsubishi Group. |
1990 | December | Production of [KOHJIN-KORAP A] (special polyolefin film) started at Yatsushiro Factory. |
2000 | March | Production of [KOHJIN-KORAP SG21] (cross-linked polyolefin film) started at Yatsushiro Plant. |
2003 | May | Sale of [KOHJIN KOHBARRIER] (hybrid high gas-barrier film) launched. |
2005 | April | Operation of polyolefin film plant started at Yatsushiro Factory. |
2006 | October | Mitsubishi Corporation became a parent company. |
2010 | September | Kohjin became a wholly owned subsidiary company of Mitsubishi Corporation. |
2012 | November | Decision taken to reorganize KOHJIN Co.,Ltd.as a holding company;as a part of this reorganization, KOHJIN Film & Chemicals Co.,Ltd.was established. |
2021 | September | Kohjin became a wholly owned subsidiary company of Aspirant Group SPC 9,Inc. |