 |
| 1897 |
Okinoyama Coal Mine is established
as a silent partnership (later becomes Ube Mining). |
| 1914 |
Ube Shinkawa Iron Works (now Ube
Machinery Works) is established as a silent partnership. |
| 1923 |
Ube Cement Production, Ltd. (now
Ube Cement Factory) is established. |
| 1933 |
Ube Nitrogen Industry, Ltd. (now
Ube Chemical Factory) is established. |
| 1942 |
Ube Industries, Ltd. is established
through amalgamation of the four foregoing companies. |
| 1949 |
Ube Industries, Ltd. is listed
on the Tokyo and Osaka Stock Exchanges (currently
listed on the Tokyo and Fukuoka Stock Exchanges). |
| 1951 |
Central Research Laboratory (now
Organic Chemistry Research Laboratory, Process Technology Research Laboratory, Pharmaceuticals Research Laboratory and Inorganic Specialty Product Research Laboratory) is established. |
| 1955 |
Isa Cement Factory is established. |
| Ube Caprolactam Factory (now Ube Chemical Factory) is also established. |
| 1964 |
Polyethylene plant (now UBE-MARUZEN POLYETHYLENE Co., Ltd.
) is built in Chiba. |
| Kanda Cement Factory opens. |
| Representative offices set up in New York City and Düsseldorf (now UBE America Inc. and UBE Europe GmbH). |
| 1967 |
Sakai Factory is established. |
| 1968 |
Polypropylene plant is set up in Sakai Factory. (Transferred to Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., in 2001.) |
| Chiba Research Laboratory (now Organic Specialty Materials Research Laboratory) is opened. |
| 1971 |
Polybutadiene plant is built in
Chiba. |
| 1980 |
Okinoyama Coal Center is set up. |
| Representative office established in Singapore (now UBE Singapore Pte., Ltd.
) |
| 1982 |
Kosan-Ohashi Highway Bridge is
completed. |
| A 145-MW coal-fired power plant is also completed. |
| 1987 |
U-Mold Co. Ltd. (now UBE ALUMINUM WHEELS Ltd.) is established. |
| 1993 |
Capital investment is made in PQM
of Spain (now UBE Chemical Europe, S.A.) |
| 1995 |
Subsidiary is established in Hong
Kong (now UBE [HONG KONG] LTD.). |
| 1997 |
Ube Industries celebrates the 100th
anniversary of business operations. |
| Thai Caprolactam Public Co., Ltd. and Ube Nylon (Thailand) Ltd. (now UBE Chemicals (Asia) Public Co., Ltd.) open for business. |
| 1998 |
Ube-Mitsubishi Cement Corporation.
(joint venture with Mitsubishi Materials Corporation)
is established. |
| Thai Synthetic Rubbers Co., Ltd. open for business. |
| 1999 |
Ube Machinery Corporation, Ltd. is established. |
| 2000 |
Subsidiary is established in Shanghai (now UBE [Shanghai] Ltd.). |
| UBE Automotive North America Sarnia Plant, Inc. is established in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. |
| 2004 |
Ube Industries establishes a comprehensive
partnership with Yamaguchi University for research
and development. |
| UBE-MARUZEN POLYETHYLENE Co., Ltd. (joint venture with Maruzen Petrochemical Co., Ltd.) is established. |
| 2005 |
Nantong UBE Concrete Co., Ltd. is established. |
| 2006 |
TSRC-UBE (NANGTONG) CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES Co., Ltd. is established in China. |
| 2007 |
Ube Industries celebrates the 110th anniversary of business operations. UBE i Plaza is opened as a visitor center. |
| 2008 |
Ube Industries held the 1st UBE Group Charity Concert by Japan Philharmonic Orchestra in Ube. |
