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History
1930s
April 1931
Sumitomo aluminium Co., Ltd. was established as a 50-50 joint venture between Alcan of Canada and Sumitomo for the purpose of manufacturing and selling aluminum foil and sheets.
1950s
April 1950
The company name was changed to Toyo Aluminium K.K. due to the Cabinet Order Prohibiting the Use of Zaibatsu Trade Names (Zaibatsu Dissolution Policy).
January 1955
The Light Metal Educational Foundation was established as part of the commemorative projects for the 25th anniversary of the company's founding.
July 1957
Production of aluminum paste began at the newly established Tatsuta Plant (Nara Prefecture).
1960s
April 1966
Piyas Shoji Co., Ltd. (currently Toyo Tokai Aluminium Hanbai K.K.) was established.
October 1968
The Shinjo Plant (Nara Prefecture/currently Shinjo Works) was newly established for the purpose of manufacturing aluminum powder.
September 1969
Henan foil Processing Co., Ltd. was established.
November 1969
Toyo Echo Co., Ltd. (currently Toyo Aluminium Ekco Products Co., Ltd.) was established as a joint venture with Echo Products, Inc. of the United States for the purpose of manufacturing and selling foil containers (aluminum foil containers).
1970s
January 1970
Sanshin aluminium Co., Ltd. (currently Sanya aluminium Co., Ltd.) was established in South Korea to perform rolling and processing of aluminum foil.
May 1976
Toyo Aluminium Foil Products Co., Ltd. (currently Toyo Aluminium Ekco Products Co., Ltd.) was established for the purpose of manufacturing and selling household aluminum foil products.
April 1977
The Tatsuta Plant and the Shinjo Plant were integrated into Shinjo Works, and the Tatsuta Plant was closed.
October 1978
The Gunma Plant (currently Gumma Works) was newly established as a production base for aluminum foil processed products in the Kanto region.
1980s
July 1982
In France, Alcan-Toyo Europe (currently Toyal Europe S.A.S.U.) was established as a joint venture with aluminium Alcan de France.
December 1982
The Hino Plant (Shiga Prefecture, currently Hino Works) was newly established as a specialized plant for aluminum powder.
January 1984
Toyo Aluminium Kosan K.K. was established.
July 1987
In the United States, Alcan-Toyo America (currently Toyal America, Inc.) was established as a joint venture with Alcan Aluminum Corporation.
December 1987
Full-scale production of high-purity aluminium nitride powder was started.
1990s
August 1996
Alcan aluminium Limited transferred all of its shares to Nippon Light Metal Co., Ltd.
May 1999
Toyo Aluminium Sales Co., Ltd. was established.
October 1999
Merged with Nippon Light Metal Co., Ltd., and the (former) Toyo Aluminium K.K. was dissolved.
Toyo Aluminium Sales Co., Ltd. acquired a portion of the business from the (former) Toyo Aluminium K.K., changed its name to Toyo Aluminium K.K., and commenced operations.
2000s
October 2002
Toyo Aluminium K.K. succeeded to the Nippon Light Metal Co., Ltd. Toyo Aluminium Division (aluminum foil and aluminum Powder & Paste manufacturing departments) through a company split (absorption-type company split).
May 2005
We have concluded a comprehensive business alliance agreement with Tokai Aluminium foil Co., Ltd.
October 2005
Toyal Techno Frontier Co., Ltd. was established.
April 2006
Toyo Echo Co., Ltd. and Toyo Aluminium Foil Products Co., Ltd. merged and changed the company name to Toyo Aluminium Ekco Products Co., Ltd..
April 2007
We established Toyal Zhaoqing Co., Ltd., a company for the manufacturing and sale of aluminum paste, in Guangdong Province, China.
October 2007
We acquired shares of Tokai Aluminium foil Co., Ltd. from Nippon Light Metal Co., Ltd., making it a subsidiary.
December 2007
We invested in Millennium Gate Technology Co., Ltd. for the purpose of manufacturing colored metallic pigments, making it a subsidiary.
April 2008
Toyo Aluminium Trading Co., Ltd. received a partial transfer of the processing and sales business from Tokai Aluminum foil Co., Ltd. and changed its company name to Toyo Tokai Aluminium Hanbai K.K..
June 2008
We agreed to form a business alliance with Sumikei Aluminium foil Co., Ltd. regarding the manufacturing division of the aluminium electrode foil business.
December 2009
We made Hunan NingXiang JiWeiXin Metal Powder Co., Ltd., an aluminum powder manufacturing and sales company in Hunan Province, China, a subsidiary.
2010s
April 2010
Toyo Aluminium Kosan K.K. absorbed and merged with Henan foil Processing Co., Ltd.
April 2011
Acquired shares of Showa Aluminum Powder K.K. and made it a subsidiary.
April 2012
Absorbed and merged with Showa Aluminum Powder K.K. to establish the Gose Manufacturing Plant (currently: Gose Plant), and absorbed and merged with Millennium Gate Technology Co., Ltd. to establish the Hirano Plant.
October 2012
We made Sun aluminium Industry Co., Ltd. a subsidiary and changed its company name to Toyo Aluminium Chiba Co., Ltd.
April 2015
We agreed to provide technical support services for electrode foil to Henan Keyuan Electronic Aluminium foil Co., Ltd.
April 2016
Toyo Aluminium Kosan K.K. absorbed and merged with (Limited Company) Toyo Aluminium Maintenance.
We absorbed and merged with Tokai Aluminum foil Co., Ltd., Toyo Aluminium Chiba Co., Ltd., and Toyal Techno Frontier Co., Ltd., and transferred the Household & Packaging business of Toyo Aluminium Chiba Co., Ltd. to Toyo Aluminium Echo Products Co., Ltd.
May 2016
We established Toyal MMP India Pvt. Ltd., a company for the manufacturing and sales of aluminum paste, in the Republic of India.
November 2016
Kyushu Lab (currently New Business Creation Division (Kyushu)) was established to create new businesses based on functional compounds.
March 2017
We established Toyal (Thailand) Co., Ltd., a sales company, in the Kingdom of Thailand.
October 2018
With the aim of expanding our processed products business in India, we acquired shares of Svam Packaging Industries Pvt. Ltd. and began a collaboration.
We established Sunlight Toyal Metals Co., Ltd. as a joint venture with Guangdong HEC Technology Holding Co., Ltd. for the purpose of researching and developing new foil for aluminum electrolytic capacitors.
We established Toyo Aluminium (Shanghai) Management Co., Ltd. for the purpose of optimizing the business operation structure of our affiliates in China, ensuring thorough compliance management, and strengthening risk management.
2020s
July 2021
Acquired additional shares of Svam Toyal and made it a subsidiary.
