| 1950 |
Startup of research of ion exchange membranes |
| 1961 |
Startup of commercial production of ion exchange membranes |
| 1962 |
Startup of the first salt production plants in the world featuring ion exchange membranes at the Shin-Nihon Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
Registration of trade mark ACIPLEX |
| 1965 |
Completion of construction of salt production plants by Kinkai Engyo Co., Ltd. |
| 1967 |
Startup of salt production plants by Ako Seawater Chemical Co., Ltd. and Naruto Engyo Co., Ltd.
Adoption of monovalent cation perm-selective membranes |
| 1972 |
Delivery of desalination plants for brackish water (Hatsushima Island, Ohshima Island) |
| 1973 |
Completion of construction of a salt production plant by Sanuki Engyo Co., Ltd. |
| 1974 |
Construction of the first whey desalination plant |
| 1975 |
Delivery of the first seawater desalination plant.
Startup of a Taiwanese salt production plants |
| 1979 |
Startup of a Korean salt production plant |
| 1982 |
Entered into a contract with Kuwait PIC on technology export of salt making and electrolysis |
| 1983 |
Delivery of dialyzers to Pusan Salt, Korea |
| 1986 |
Marketing debut of MICRO ACILYZER |
| 1989 |
Marketing debut of EDCORE |
| 1992 |
Construction of a bipolar membrane production plant.
Establishment of Eurodia Industrie S.A., France |
| 1993 |
Registration of trade mark NEOSEPTA |
| 1995 |
Establishment of ASTOM Corporation: A joint company for production of hydrocarbon-based ion exchange membranes |
| 1998 |
Acquisition of ISO 14001 certification (Shunan works) |
| 2004 |
Reorganization of ASTOM Corporation as an integrated manufacturing and marketing company, inheriting sales and marketing rights from both parent companies |
| 2005 |
Acquisition of ISO 9001 certification (whole company) |
| 2010 |
Delivery of electrodialysis reversal (EDR) for brine water desalination to Oshima Island, Tokyo
2011 |
| 2011 |
Installation of an additional salt production plant in Kuwait |
| 2013 |
Delivery of electrodialyzers to the leachate treatment facility of Kitakata final disposal site in Nobeoka city |
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