| 1940 |
Established as Chugoku Sangyo Co., Ltd., with JPY2 million of capital. |
| 1957 |
Capital increased to JPY30 million. |
| 1965 |
Started production and sale of activated carbon. |
| 1973 |
Renamed KURARAY CHEMICAL CO.,LTD. |
| 1974 |
Capital increased to JPY90 million. |
| 1975 |
Cenapro Chemical Corp. established in the Philippines for intensive production of activated carbon. |
| 1976 |
Started designing, producing and selling activated carbon-related equipment. |
| 1980 |
Started production and sale of activated carbon fiber products. |
| 1982 |
Started production and sale of Nitrogen gas generator KURASEP™. |
| 1989 |
Capital increased to JPY400 million. |
| 1992 |
Started production and sale of high-performance, coal-based activated carbon. Capital increased to JPY600 million. |
| 1995 |
Started in-house manufacture of activated carbon filter, KURAFILTER™. |
| 1996 |
Opened Tsurumi Research and Development Center. |
| 1998 |
Started production and sale of activated carbon sheets and CAF business. |
| 2004 |
Kuraray Chemical (Ningxia) Environmental Industry Co., Ltd. established in People’s Republic of China for manufacture of activated carbon. |
| 2007 |
Started full-scale production of Fine activated carbon for EDLC |
| 2008 |
Started sale of Fine powder activated carbon for water filter. |
| 2012 |
Established Bio Hard Carbon Co., ltd., the joint-venture company for manufacture of LiB hard carbon anode material. |
| 2014 |
Kuraray Co., Ltd. absorbed Bio Hard Carbon Co., ltd. and started LiB-related operations. |
| 2017 |
Kuraray Co., Ltd. absorbed Kuraray Chemical Co., Ltd. |
| 2019 |
Shutdown of Kuraray Chemical (Ningxia) Environmental Industry Co., Ltd. |
| 2021 |
Merged the Carbon Materials Division and Calgon Carbon Division into the Environmental Solutions Division. |
