History
| 1918 | Established as Nippon Camphor Co., Ltd. [headoffice in Kobe City] |
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| 1954 | Kobe Plant newly built |
| 1970 | Takasago Plant newly built |
| 1971 | Renamed Nippon Fine Chemical Co., Ltd. |
| 1976 | Head Office newly built in Osaka City and moving of corporate headquarters to Osaka |
| 1979 | Listed in the Second Section of the Osaka Stock Exchange |
| 1989 | Acquisition of the management right of Environmental Biological Life Science Research Center Inc. |
| 1990 | Acquisition of the management right of ARBOS Co., Ltd. |
| 1992 | Listed in the First Section of the Osaka Stock Exchange |
| 1994 | Acquisition of the management right of Yoshikawa Oil and Fat Co., Ltd. |
| 1995 | Merger with Yoshikawa Oil and Fat Co., Ltd. [now Kakogawa-higashi Plant] |
| 1996 | Establishment of Sichuan Nipo Fine Chemical Co., Ltd. in China Takasago Plant Production of fatty acid mono-amide accredited with ISO 9002 |
| 1997 | Listed in the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| 1998 | Kakogawa-higashi Plant Production of cholesterol accredited with ISO 9002 |
| 2000 | Kakogawa-higashi Plant accredited with ISO14001 Presome was approved by FDA and EMEA. |
| 2001 | Takasago Plant accredited with ISO14001 Started manufacturing "Functional oils" at Takasago Plant |
| 2002 | New Clinical Trial Drug Manufacturing Plant established at Takasago Plant |
| 2006 | New plant dedicated to Distillation is established at Kakogawa higashi Plant |
| 2007 | Acquisition of the management right of Custom Serve Corporation |
| 2009 | Relocation project of Sichuan Nipo Fine Chemical Co., Ltd. in China completed, new plant begins operation Establishment of Zillion Fine Chemicals International Co.,Ltd. in Taiwan |
| 2010 | Started manufacturing "Plastic coating agents" at Sichuan Nipo Fine Chemical Co., Ltd. in China |
| 2012 | Newly built an advanced multi-purpose plant for fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. |
| 2017 | Newly built an advanced plant for pharmaceutical raw materials. |
| 2018 | 100th anniversary [Click here] |
| 2022 | Transition to the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange New plant dedicated to the production of pharmaceutical phospholipids established at Takasago Plant New dedicated plant for Gilead Sciences to be built at Takasago Plant The new "Lipid Office Building" is established at Takasago Plant Kobe Factory: Operation suspended |
| 2023 | Opened "Shonan Lab" within Shonan Health Innovation Park All Nippon Fine Chemical products, except for GMP and GMP-compliant products, are managed in accordance with the requirements of ISO 9001. |
| 2024 | Opened the Open Lab (The Design & Creation Lab.) on the first floor of the head office building. |