History
Introducing the history of FIMATEC LTD. from its foundation.
| April 1987 | Established a company with investments from Tatsumi Shokai and Japan Cement |
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| April 1988 | Commenced operation of Fuji Plant |
| May | Commenced operation of Soma Plant |
| October | Commenced operation of Okayama Plant |
| December 1990 | Commenced operation of Akita Plant |
| January 1991 | Established FIMATEC Korea as a joint venture of Korea Electrothermal Chemicals and Sumitomo Cement Co., Ltd. |
| January 1992 | Licensed technology to PT. FINEXCO PRIMA Indonesia |
| April 1993 | Commenced operation of FINEXCO Plant in Surabaya City |
| April 1994 | Doubled capital to 120 million yen (MITSUI & CO., LTD. and Mitsubishi Corporation took an equity stake) |
| July | Established F.M.T as a joint venture between Tatsumi Shokai and MITSUI & CO., LTD. |
| January 1995 | Established FIMATEC U.S.A in Seattle, U.S.A. |
| June | Established F.M.T. (Thailand) Co., Ltd. in Bangkok |
| July | Established Ishinomaki Carbonate as a joint venture with Nippon Paper Industries |
| September | Established F.O. TEC as a joint venture with O.G. |
| January 1997 | Established Specialty Minerals FMT as a joint venture with Minerals Technologies (U.S.A.) and Mitsubishi Corporation |
| November | Established FIMAKEM INDIA in Udaipur, India as a joint venture with WOLKEM INDIA |
| August 1998 | Increased capital through third-party allotment to Nippon Cement and others (Paid-in Capital 180 million yen) |
| June 2000 | Commenced operation of Specialty Minerals FMT Shiraoi Plant |
| August 2003 | Established Georgia Office in the U.S.A. |
| October 2005 | Merged with JMC |
| July 2006 | Acquired domestic distributor rights for PCC and TALC manufactured by Specialty Minerals and commenced operations |
| January 2009 | Acquired sole distributor rights for Biolatex manufactured by EcoSynthetix and commenced operations |
| September | Moved head office to Toranomon, Tokyo |
| March 2011 | Sustained damage at Ishinomaki Carbonate from Great East Japan Earthquake |
| December 2012. | Dissolved Ishinomaki Carbonate Commenced anhydrous gypsum related business |
| January 2013 | Commenced full-scale operation of anhydrous gypsum fracturing and processing |
| April 2015 | Invested in the increased production of powder product AFF |
| July | Opened an office in Malaysia |
| February 2016 | Moved head office to Kanda Awaji-cho, Tokyo |
| March | Acquired sole domestic distributor rights for the Halloysite products of Applied Minerals, Inc. and commenced operations |
| October | Withdrew from FIMAKEM INDIA |
| April 2017 | Established TG FMT Sdn. Bhd. as a joint venture with Malaysian rubber glove manufacturer Top Glove. |
| March 2018 | Commenced operation of TG FMT Sdn Bhd. Plant |
| June | Closed Akita Plant |
