| 1945 |
- Company founded as DAIKEN Wood Industry Co., Ltd., succeeding to entire businesses of the forestry department of Daiken Sangyo Co., Ltd.
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| 1947 |
- Opened Osaka Branch Office, and transferred nearly all head office activities to Osaka.
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| 1949 |
- Listed in the Osaka Securities Exchange.
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| 1954 |
- Constructed Nagoya Plant. Began production of plywood for export and secondary processed plywood.
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| 1957 |
- Established DAIKEN Wallboard Industry Co., Ltd., by a joint investment with Itochu Corporation.
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| 1958 |
- Constructed Okayama Plant, for the purpose of manufacturing wood fiber board (A-class insulation board) with the name of “DAIKEN Board.”
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| 1963 |
- Collaborated with Wood Conversion Inc., U.S.A. in the manufacture and sale of mineral fiber board with the name of “Dai-Lotone.”
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| 1964 |
- Established DAIKEN Homes, Ltd. by a joint investment with C. Itoh Real Estate Co., Ltd. and Itochu Corporation, cooperating with Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co. Ltd.
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| 1967 |
- Started as DAIKEN Trade and Industry Co., Ltd., merging with DAIKEN Wallboard Industry Co., Ltd.
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| 1969 |
- Established Mados-Citoh-DAIKEN Sdn. Bhd. as a joint venture in Malaysia, with Itochu Corporation and Mados Corporation, Malaysia.
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| 1970 |
- Exhibited at the Living and Industry pavilion of the International Exposition (Expo '70) in Osaka with the theme of “For more comfortable living.”
- Began production of WPC building materials at Nagoya Plant.
- Constructed Toyama Plant for the production of large size plywood.
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| 1971 |
- Listed in the first section of Tokyo Stock Exchange.
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| 1973 |
- Opened the first showroom in Okayama (Okayama Home Ecology Pavilion).
- Began production of tatami board at Okayama Plant.
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| 1976 |
- Established Industrial Products Division to handle primarily sales of industrial materials.
- Established International Trade Division to handle primarily export of products.
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| 1977 |
- DAIKEN's home furnishings and equipment and partitions of storage products were approved by Minister of Construction as BL (Better Living) parts.
- Constructed Takahagi Plant for production of wood fiber sheathing board.
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| 1979 |
- Established Tatami Products Division to handle primarily sales of tatami board and tatami-related products.
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| 1983 |
- Consolidated R&D Departments（R&D center, as of now) in Okayama.
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| 1984 |
- Established Sound Center in Okayama.
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| 1987 |
- Established Mie DAIKEN Corporation as a 100% owned subsidiary.
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| 1989 |
- Began production of home furnishings and equipment products, including doors and storage units, at Inami Plant.
- Began production of ceramic siding at Takahagi Plant.
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| 1990 |
- Introduced CI (Corporate Identity) and changed company logo and symbol marks.
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| 1993 |
- Full-scale launch of Eastern and Western logistics centers.
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| 1994 |
- Established DAIKEN Sarawak Sdn. Bhd. in Malaysia.
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| 1996 |
- Commenced full production of Tekwood (MDF) at DAIKEN SARAWAK SDN.BHD. in Malaysia.
- Constructed Dailite plant in Okayama.
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| 1998 |
- Okayama Plant received certification for the ISO14001 international environmental standard.
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| 1999 |
- Inami Plant, Nagoya Plant, and Takahagi Plant received ISO9001 certifications.
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| 2000 |
- Concluded a comprehensive business cooperation agreement with TOTO LTD.
- Integrated the construction works of both Eastern Japan Building and Western Japan Building divisions to DAIKEN ENGINEERING CORPORATION.
- Okayama Plant and Home Furnishings and Equipment Division received ISO9001 certifications.
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| 2001 |
- Takahagi Plant and Inami Plant received certifications for the ISO14001 international environmental standard.
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| 2002 |
- Concluded business agreements with TOTO LTD. and YKK AP Inc. in the field of remodeling business.
- Established DAIKEN Industries (Ningbo) Corporation.
- Held TD Collaboration Fair (10 venues throughout Japan).
- Established Environmental Measurement and Analysis Center（R&D center, as of now Environmental measurement and analysis services).
- Implemented Daiken's environmental promotion activities, “DAIKEN ECO-ACTION.”
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| 2003 |
- Issued the first environmental report.
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| 2004 |
- Opened “TDY Hiroshima Collaboration Showroom,” jointly operated by the three companies of TOTO, DAIKEN, and YKK AP.
- Nagoya Plant received certification for the ISO14001 international environmental standard.
- Exchanged DAIKEN's siding business for the insulation business of NICHIHA Corporation.
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| 2005 |
- Acquired Samling Fibre Board Sdn. Bhd., an MDF manufacturer in Malaysia. As a DAIKEN subsidiary, the company was renamed DAIKEN MIRI SDN.BHD.
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| 2007 |
- Acquired Kaihatsu Boards Co., Ltd. as a subsidiary (Changed the name of Kaihatsu Boards Co., Ltd. to be Aizu Daiken Corporation).
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| 2008 |
- Established DAIKEN (Shanghai) Corporation.
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| 2009 |
- Integrated flooring materials production bases in Mie Prefecture.
- Acquired Rangiora plant of Carter Holt Harvey Limited. Established DAIKEN NEW ZEALAND LIMITED.
- Merged Daiken Home Co.,Ltd. and Daiken Service Co.,Ltd.
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| 2010 |
- Formed business ties with Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd. for production and procurement aspects.
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| 2012 |
- Formed a capital and business alliance with HOKUSHIN CO., LTD. in terms of the production and supply of MDF.
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| 2014 |
- Established PT.SUSETA DAIKEN INDONESIA in Indonesia.
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| 2015 |
- Launched merger of PT.DAIKEN DHARMA INDONESIA with local Indonesian firm.
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| 2016 |
- Opened “Akihabara Technical Space” for the public and commercial building sector.
- “PAC SYSTEM Co., Ltd.” is made a subsidiary.
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| 2017 |
- Soil improvement additive “DW fiber” is released for the construction material field.
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| 2018 |
- DAIKEN NEW ZEALAND LIMITED acquired the MDF manufacturing company Dongwha New Zealand Limited as a subsidiary company (second-tier subsidiary of our company),and renamed DAIKEN SOUTHLAND LIMITED.
- Opened 「DAIKEN R&D center」.
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| 2019 |
- Acquired CIPA Lumber Co.Ltd. (Canada) as a subsidiary.
- Acquired Pacific Woodtech Corporation (U.S.A.) as a subsidiary.
- Acquired ReformQ Co.,Ltd. as a subsidiary.
- Acquired T.O FLOORING CO., LTD. as a subsidiary.
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| 2020 |
- Started production at LVL veneer processing company Nichinan Daiken Co., Ltd.
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| 2022 |
- Pacific Woodtech Corporation became an equity method affiliate.
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