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| 1937 Mar. | Inuzuka-Kougyousho was founded as a business of manufacturing and selling oil-based chemicals for textile usage |
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| 1951 Feb. | Incorporated as YUKEN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD (27-Nakashinhata, Kariya-cho, Kariya-city, Aichi) |
| 1957 Dec. | Started to develop, manufacture and sell metal surface treatment chemicals which were the base of our current "Chemical Products Department" |
| 1963 Feb. | Opened Nagoya Office |
| 1965 Apr. | Opened Tokyo Office |
| 1965 Sep. | Opened Osaka Office Developed method of plating on plastics |
| 1966 May. | Received award from tax office for making perfect declarations. (Consistently receiving this award ever since） |
| 1965 Feb. | Established Plastic Processing Department (Takamatsu-cho, Kariya-city) |
| 1969 Apr. | Company HQ was moved to current address (50-Bawari, Noda-cho, Kariya-city) |
| 1972 Apr. | Plating Plastic Plant was moved to HQ premises |
| 1979 Nov. | Opened Ohmiya Office |
| 1981 Jul | Opened Shizuoka Office |
| 1982 Sep. | Opened Kyuushuu Office |
| 1983 Jul. | YUKEN's ceramic binder was approved as new skill from Venture Enterprise Center |
| 1987 May. | Opened Kanagawa Office |
| 1988 Jan. | Ex-president (Eichi Inuzuka) had retired, and Masao Inuzuka became a new president. |
| 1989 Apr. | HQ's main building was completed |
| 1989 Jul. | Established "Functional Film Processing Department" |
| 1990 Apr. | R&D Center's secondary construction was completed. |
| 1991 Oct. | Received "PM excellent work environment award" |
| 1992 Apr. | As Fron was banned, started to sell non Fron/Ethane cleaners |
| 1996 Apr | Established "Industrial Cleaning" business |
| 1998 Aug. | Takatana Plant was built in Anjo-city (Functional Film Processing Plant) |
| 2000 Jul. | Opened Tohoku office |
| 2001 Apr. | Approved for ISO14001 |
| 2003 Jan. | Received The Medium and Small business Research Institute Award. |
| 2003 Feb. | Received Monozukuri NAGOYA Brand Award |
| 2005 Feb. | Established Unit Coating Japan co., Ltd |
| 2005 Sep. | Received World Expo (AI-Chikyu Haku) Award |
| 2006 Feb. | Established "YUKEN EMPLOY CO., LTD" |
| 2006 Jul. | Established "YUKEN America., Inc" in Michigan, USA |
| 2006 Sep. | Opened Hiroshima Office in Sanyo area |
| 2007 May. | R&D center at Takatana Plant was completed |
| 2008 | New plant in Toyama is scheduled to be completed |
