About SKK

History

SKK Timeline

03/01/1980

1955

1955

  1. Founded as “Shikoku Chemical Institute” in Kita-Ku, Osaka City.
  2. Started the business by recycling solvent (purifying waste solvent for paints by distillation and changing into new solvent) and developing water-based architectural coating.

03/01/1979

1963

  1. The company name was changed to "Shikoku Kaken Industry Co., Ltd."

03/01/1978

1972

  1. Successfully developed spray tile coatings for exterior.

03/01/1977

1975

  1. Succeessfully developed incombustible ceramic paint and water-based enamel.

02/02/1976

1976

  1. Established Singapore office.

03/01/1975

1981

  1. Established subsidiary SKK (S) Pte. Ltd. in Singapore.

03/01/1974

1982

  1. Established Malaysia office.

03/01/1973

1983

1983

  1. Established Otone Factory and Singapore Factory.
  2. Constructed and started operation of Singapore factory.

03/01/1972

1984

1984

  1. Obtained the No1 market share in Japan.
  2. Established SK (M) SDN., BHD in Malaysia. (currently: SK KAKEN (M) SDN., BHD.).
  3. Established SKK (HK) CO., LTD. in Hong Kong.

03/01/1971

1991

  1. Changed the company name to "SK KAKEN Co., Ltd."

03/01/1970

1992

1992

  1. SKK(S)PTE.LTD. ISO9002/SISIR examination registration
  2. Completed the 1st Research & Development Centre

03/01/1969

1994

1994

  1. Listed on JASDAQ market (current Tokyo Stock Exchange, Standard Market) in Japan.
  2. Newly built and relocated head office

03/01/1968

1997

  1. Constructed and started operation of Malaysia Factory.

03/01/1967

1998

  1. Many products adopted at various competition venues of the Nagano 1998 Olympic Games.

03/01/1966

1999

  1. Established Beijing office in China.

03/01/1965

2002

2002

  1. Established Shikoku Kaken (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. in Shanghai, China.
  2. Established SK KAKEN (Thailand) Co. Ltd. in Bangkok, Thailand.

03/01/1964

2003

2003

  1. Completed the 2nd Research & Development Centre.

03/01/1964

2003

2003

  1. Constructed and started operation of Shanghai factory in China.

03/01/1963

2005

2005

  1. Constructed and started operation of new Malaysia Factory.

03/01/1962

2006

  1. Established Shenyang office, Wuhan Branch and Guangzhou Office in China.

03/01/1961

2008

  1. Established Chongqing Office in China.

04/01/1960

2009

  1. Established Nanjing office and Kunming office in China.

03/01/1959

2010

2010

  1. Constructed and started operation of Thailand Factory.

03/01/1958

2011

  1. Established Hefei Office in China.

03/01/1957

2012

  1. Established Henan office, Changchun office, Shenyang office in China.

03/01/1956

2013

  1. Established Suzhou office in China.
  2. Established Jakarta office in Indonesia.

03/02/1955

2014

  1. Established Tianjin office in China.

03/01/1955

2014

2014

  1. Completed SKK Global Center

03/01/1954

2015

  1. Established Hangzhou office, Xian office in China.

03/01/1953

2016

2016

  1. Constructed and started operation of Indonesia factory in Indonesia.
  2. Established PT.SKK KAKEN DISTRIBUSI and PT.SKK KAKEN KONSTRUKSI in Indonesia.
  3. Established Chengdu office in China.

03/01/1952

2017

  1. Appointed Minoru Fujii as Executive Chairman and Mitsuhiro Fujii as President

03/01/1951

2021

2021

  1. Many products adopted at various competition venues of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

01/01/1950

2022

2022

  1. Moved to the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.Many products adopted at various competition venues of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games