History
- 1933
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Shunkichi Nomura and Isamu Iwamoto established Nomura Jimusho as a limited partnership and began importing crude oil, heavy oil, aviation fuel, and lube base oil from a few companies, including The Texas Company (Texaco)
- 1950
- Began import/sales of lube oil additives (OLOA) from Oronite Chemical Co.
- Concluded agent agreement with Texaco Development Corp. for licensing technology
- 1951
- Began purchasing commodities made in Japan and exporting them to California Texas Oil Co. (CALTEX)
- 1954
- Began import/sales of Thiokol LP (liquid polysulfide) as an agent of Thiokol Chemical Corp.
- 1957
- Began import/sales of FCC (fluid catalytic cracking) catalysts as an agent of Nalco Chemical Co.
- 1961
- Established a joint venture, Karonite Chemicals Co., Ltd.(now Chevron Japan Ltd.), for the local production of Oronite lube oil additives
- 1964
- Nomura Jimusho was incorporated as a joint-stock company
- 1967
- Established a joint venture, Toyo Ethyl Co., Ltd., for the local production of tetraethyl lead
- Established a joint venture, Mitsui-Texaco Chemicals Co., Ltd., for the local production of normal paraffin
- As a business advisor for Chevron Research & Technology Co., began licensing hydroprocessing technologies developed by Chevron and also began sales of their hydroprocessing catalysts
- 1969
- Established a joint venture, Toray Thiokol Co., for the local production of Thiokol LP
- 1970
- Concluded agent agreement with Stratford Engineering Corp. and began licensing their alkylation process
- 1971
- Concluded representation agreement with AFA Corp. and began sales of trigger sprayers
- 1977
- Began sales of antimicrobial agents for industrial use manufactured by Thiokol Ventron Div.
- Established a joint venture, Yoshino Thiokol Co., (now Yoshino Trigger Co., Ltd.), for the local production of trigger sprayers
- 1979
- Concluded distributorship agreement with Technical Sales & Engineering Co. (TSE) and began sales of millable polyurethane rubber
- 1981
- Concluded agent agreement with Engelhard Minerals & Chemicals Corp. for FCC catalysts
- 1993
- Concluded representation agreement with Powertex, Inc., and began sales of Sea Bulk/Powerliner
- 1994
- Performance chemical business taken over from Morton International, Ltd. (Japan)
- Established a joint venture, Yoshino Moong Pattana (Thailand) Co., Ltd., for the production and assembly of molded plastic components in Thailand
- 1995
- Concluded distributor agreement with Morton Salt Division of Morton International, Inc., and began import/sales of table and industrial salts
- 2000
- Concluded distributor agreement with Rohm and Haas Co. for performance chemicals, plastic additives, and specialty plasticizers
- Concluded manufacturer’s representative agreement with Gayesco, LLC, and began import/sales of multiple temperature measurement systems
- Concluded manufacturer’s representative agreement with Hiltap Fittings Ltd., and began import/sales of quick couplings
- Concluded distributorship agreement with bioBubble, Inc. and began import/sales of bio-clean rooms
- 2001
- Concluded agent agreement with Chevron Lummus Global, LLC (CLG), for licensing technology and with Advanced Refining Technologies, LLC (ART), for the sale of hydroprocessing catalysts
- 2002
- Concluded commercial agent agreement with Grace Davison – W.R. Grace (Singapore) Pte., Ltd., for the sale of FCC catalysts and additives
- 2003
- Began sales of lab-animal bedding manufactured by Tapvei Oy (Finland)
- 2005
- Concluded distributorship agreement with TAH Industries, Inc., and began sales of their Universal Cartridges
- Acquired ISO14001 certification
- 2009
- Concluded distributorship agreement with Vertellus Specialties Inc., and began sales of pyridines, pyridine derivatives, and various specialty chemicals.
- Rohm and Haas Co. was acquired by Dow Chemical Co., but Nomura continues to serve as their distributor
- 2011
- Establised a subsidiary, Junju Global Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., in Shanghai, China
- 2013
- Established a joint Venture, M-CLEA Bioresource Co., Ltd., for breeding experimental animals in Thailand.
- Established a joint Venture, Nomura Siam International Co., Ltd., for sales of experimental animals and related equipment in Thailand.
- 2014
- Established a subsidiary, Nomura Jimusho Vietnam Co., Ltd in Hanoi, Vietnam.
- 2015
- Dow Chemical’s Sodium Bonohydrode(“SBH”) business was acquired by Vertellus Specialties Inc., but Nomura continues to serve as their distributor.
