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| 1926 | Shin-Etsu Nitrogen Fertilizer Co., Ltd. founded. |
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| 1940 | Company renamed Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. |
| 1945 | Merger with Daido Chemical and start of operation of Takefu Plant. |
| 1954 | New corporate policies announced. ·Mass production of silicon products ·Advance into organic synthetics business (This lead to the launching and development of our PVC ·Industrialization of new alloys and pure metals (This lead to the launching and development of our silicon single crystal and rare earth businesses.) |
| 1960 | Completion of metal production plant at Takefu Plant. Metallic Production Laboratory established.(This later became the current Magnetic Materials Research Center.) |
| 1963 | Start of research by the Metallic Production Laboratory into methods of manufacturing yttrium for red fluorescent material. |
| 1967 | Production of high-purity yttrium starts at Takefu plant. |
| 1969 | Start of samarium production. |
| 1970 | Start of research into rare earth magnets. |
| 1971 | Rare earth solvent extraction pilot plant starts production of gadolinium, samarium, and europium. |
| 1972 | Contract signed with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. for using CeCo 1- 5 magnet patents.Start of production of sample CeCo 1-5 magnets. Start of production of sample CeCo 1-5 magnets. |
| 1974 | Development of SmCo 2-17 magnets and attainment of per-volume energy of 23 MGOe. Commercialization of two types of magnets, cerium and samarium. |
| 1976 | Establishment of Magnet Business Department in New Metal Business Division. Start of first commercial production of rare earth magnets in the world. |
| 1977 | Establishment of Magnetic Materials Research Center. |
| 1978 | Start of VCM assembly product shipping. Full-scale production of rare earth magnets to meet expanding demand from consumer and industrial sectors. |
| 1979 | Full-scale production of rare earth magnets to meet expanding demand from consumer and industrial sectors |
| 1984 | Asahi branch plant began operation. |
| 1985 | Start of trial production of NdFeB magnets. |
| 1986 | Acquisition of right to use NdFeB magnet patents from Sumitomo Special Metals Co., Ltd. Start of full-scale production of NdFeB magnets. Establishment of technology for nickel plating NdFeB magnets. |
| 1987 | Large-scale rare earth solvent extraction facility began operation. (Winner of Nikkei Best High Technology Production Site)Dedicated powder metallurgy line for NdFeB magnets began operation. |
| 1988 | Shin-Etsu (Malaysia) ,Sdn. Bhd., established. |
| 1989 | Ikenokami branch plant began operation. |
| 1990 | High-performance N40 magnet series go on sale. |
| 1993 | Dual metallic alloy process developed. |
| 1994 | High-performance N45 magnet series go on sale. Automatic compacting heat treatment line began operation. |
| 1995 | P.T. Shin-Etsu Magnetics Indonesia established. |
| 1998 | Fully-automated rare earth magnets manufacturing plant began operation. |
| 1999 | High-performance N48 magnet series go on sale. Shin-Etsu Magnetics Philippines, Inc., established. |
| 2000 | High-performance N50 magnet series go on sale. Expansion of magnet alloy solvent facilities. |
| 2001 | High-performance N52 magnet series go on sale. |