COMPANY
History
| 1909 | The origin of this company was founded by Tomitaro Arisawa, with production of Battenberg lace. It was registered as Toyo Braid Limited Partnership Company a year later. | |
| 1919 | That company was renamed as Nihon Braid Co. Ltd. | |
| 1930 | Facing the Great Depression and high U.S tariffs, Nihon Braid was dissolved and reorganized as a privately owned company, Arisawa Manufacturing. | |
| 1931 | The production of insulating tapes began. | |
| 1934 | The mass production of fastener tapes was launched. | |
| 1946 | The facilities for production of insulating tapes were expanded. | |
| 1949 | The privately owned company was reorganized into Arisawa Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “the Company”), having Tadaichi Arisawa as president of the joint-stock company capitalized at 20 million yen. It started working on the technological development for production of glass fiber cloths. | |
| 1950 | The capital was increased to 30 million yen, and the facilities for production of glass and synthetic fiber cloths were expanded. | |
| 1953 | In response to the growing demand for glass fiber cloths, the capital was increased to 45 million yen, primarily to expand and renovate production facilities. | |
| 1954 | The resin processing section was created, as research and development on the silicone rubber processing technology was launched. | |
| 1956 | Shuichi Minowa became president of the Company. |
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| 1957 | A prototype of glass fiber skis was produced. | |
| 1958 | The facilities for production of silicone rubber fiber glass cloths and glass tubes were expanded. | |
| 1959 | Regional offices were opened in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. Resin processing facilities were expanded, and mass production of prepregs and vanished fabrics began. The capital was increased to 60 million yen. |
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| 1960 | The capital was increased to 100 million yen. Shares of the Company became traded over the counter at the Tokyo Securities Dealers Association. | |
| 1961 | The capital was increased to 200 million yen. The Company became listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. | |
| 1962 | The capital was further increased to 300 million yen. | |
| 1965 | Resin processing facilities were expanded, and mass production of impregnated paper for decorative boards began. | |
| 1968 | The Nakadahara Factory was opened, with new resin processing facilities. | |
| 1969 | Production with filament winding technology began. | |
| 1970 | New facilities for impregnation coating were added. The capital was increased to 450 million yen. | |
| 1972 | The production of pultrusion moldings was launched at the Nakadahara Factory. | |
| 1974 | The Company acquired Arisawa Shoji Co. Ltd. The capital was increased to 550 million yen. | |
| 1975 | The pultrusion molding facilities at the Nakadahara Factory were expanded. The production of mica tapes for heat-resistant / fireproof electric wires was launched. | |
| 1978 | Research and development efforts for carbon fiber composite materials began. | |
| 1980 | The production of polarizing films was launched. The capital was increased to 715 million yen. | |
| 1983 | Eiichi Arisawa became president of the Company. | |
| 1984 | The production of honeycomb-sandwiched materials for aircraft interiors began. New facilities were established for production of glass fiber cloths for printed circuit boards. | |
| 1985 | Long-length filament winding facilities were expanded. New facilities were set up for production of ultra-wide glass fiber cloths for membrane-structured buildings. A new screen manufacturing factory was established for Fresnel lens production. | |
| 1987 | New facilities were added for production of flexible printed circuit (FPC) boards. | |
| 1988 | The facilities for processing multipurpose glass fiber cloths for printed circuit boards were expanded. | |
| 1990 | The same facilities were further expanded. | |
| 1991 | Impregnation coating facilities and Fresnel lens production facilities were expanded. Polatechno Co., Ltd., was established jointly with Nihon Kayaku Co., Ltd. | |
| 1994 | The Technological Development Center was set up at the Nakadahara Factory. | |
| 1995 | Sanji Arisawa became president of the Company. | |
| 1996 | The facilities for production of FPC boards were expanded. | |
| 1997 | The capital was increased to 2.633 billion yen. The facilities for production of glass fiber cloths for printed circuit boards were expanded. The Company acquired the ISO 9001 certification. | |
| 1998 | New facilities for production of optical lens sheets were established, and the Fresnel lens production facilities were expanded. | |
| 1999 | The capital was increased to 3.6739 billion yen. The Nakadahara West Factory was opened. The facilities for production of FPC boards were expanded, while facilities for µ-pol production were newly established. |
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| 2000 | The division handling the production and sales of glass fiber cloths was spun off to be a group company, as Arisawa Fiber Glass Co., Ltd. ColorLink Japan, Ltd., was founded. |
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| 2001 | The facilities for production of FPC boards and anti-reflection (AR) plates were expanded. The capital was increased to 6.3105 billion yen. | |
| 2002 | The Company was listed with the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. | |
| 2003 | The facilities for production of AR plates, FPC boards and Fresnel lens were expanded. The Nakadahara Factory was certified by Sony Corporation as its “Green Partner.” | |
| 2004 | The Shichikasho Factory was established with Fresnel lens production facilities. The Myoko Factory was also opened. The facilities for production of FPC boards and Fresnel lens were further expanded. | |
| 2005 | The Minami-honcho Factory was also certified as Sony Corporation’s “Green Partner.” The capital was increased to 7.023 billion yen. The facilities for production of printed circuit boards were expanded. | |
| 2007 | The Company aquired the ISO 14001 certification. The R&D Center was opened as a separate building at the Nakadahara Factory compound. | |
| 2008 | The facilities for Xpol (3D TV filters) production were newly established. | |
| 2009 | The Company acquired the majority shares of ThinFlex Corporation in Taiwan, which is now one of its consolidated subsidiaries. | |
| 2010 | Howa Sangyo Corporation, a consolidated subsidiary, was renamed to Protec International Holdings Co., Ltd., and it acquired the shares of Protec Arisawa Europe, S.A. and Protec Arisawa America, Inc., both of which are now consolidated subsidiaries. | |
| 2012 | The Company acquired JIS Q 0100 certification. The facilities for production of flexible printed circuit boards were expanded. | |
| 2014 | Yuta Arisawa became president of the Company. | |
| 2015 | The Kansai Sales Office was opened in Kyoto, which was relocated later to Osaka, in Western Japan. | |
| 2016 | The FPC production facilities were further expanded. | |
| 2017 | The Company acquired the whole shares of Satosen Co., Ltd., to make it one of its consolidated subsidiaries. | |
| 2022 | The Company was listed with the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market. | |
| 2023 | The Company was restructured to have two headquarters in Joetsu and Tokyo. The rebranding project was launched. A compact coating machine, called “ai-coater,” was newly installed for collaborative development. | |
| 2025 | The Arisawa Innovation Center was built and opened at the Nakadahara Factory compound. |