History
| 1938 | Teikoku Kagaku Sangyo K.K. established in Itami City, Hyogo Prefecture |
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| 1939 | Commencement of production of enzyme products for dye desizing at the Amagasaki Factory of Nagase & Co., Ltd. (predecessor of Nagase Biochemicals, Ltd.) |
| 1947 | Nippon Kankoh-Shikiso Kenkyusho Co., Ltd. (predecessor of the Okayama Plant; Functional Dyes Business) established, succeeding to the technology and business from the Ogata Laboratory of RIKEN, a National Research and Development Agency |
| 1958 | Commencement of operations at the Amagasaki-Higashi Factory as the organic synthesis division of Nagase & Co., Ltd. (predecessor of Nagase Chemicals, Ltd.) |
| 1962 | Commencement of domestic production of epoxy formulated products at the Amagasaki-Higashi Factory of Nagase & Co., Ltd. (predecessor of Nagase-CIBA, Ltd.) |
| 1970 | Relocation of the Amagasaki-Higashi Factory of Nagase & Co., Ltd. to Tatsuno City, Hyogo Prefecture (predecessor of Nagase Chemicals, Ltd. and Nagase-CIBA, Ltd.) |
| Nagase-CIBA, Ltd. separated and became independent | |
| 1976 | Relocation of the Amagasaki Factory of Nagase & Co., Ltd. (predecessor of Nagase Biochemicals, Ltd.) to Fukuchiyama City, Kyoto Prefecture |
| 1977 | Nagase Biochemicals, Ltd. separated and became independent |
| 1980 | Nagase Chemicals, Ltd. separated and became independent |
| 1985 | Establishment of Fukui Yamada Chemical Co., Ltd. (currently Fukui Plant) |
| 1987 | Nagase Electrochemicals, Ltd. separated and became independent from Nagase Chemicals, Ltd. |
| Establishment of Nagase Sanbio Co., Ltd. jointly with Nagase & Co., Ltd. | |
| 1988 | Commencement of operations at the Fujita Plant of Nippon Kankoh-Shikiso Kenkyusho (currently Okayama Plant) |
| 1991 | Commencement of operations at the Fukuchiyama Plant of Teikoku Kagaku Sangyo K.K. |
| 1999 | Nippon Kankoh-Shikiso Kenkyusho Co., Ltd. merged into Hayashibara Biochemical Labs., Inc. (predecessor of Nagase Viita Co., Ltd.), with Hayashibara Biochemical Labs., Inc. as the surviving entity |
| 2000 | Nagase Electrochemicals, Ltd. merged into Nagase Chemicals, Ltd., with Nagase Chemicals, Ltd. as the surviving entity |
| Nagase-CIBA, Ltd. became Nagase ChemteX Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nagase & Co., Ltd. | |
| 2001 | Establishment of the new Nagase ChemteX Corporation through the merger of four companies (Nagase ChemteX, Nagase Chemicals, Nagase Biochemicals, and Teikoku Kagaku Sangyo) |
| Establishment of Nagase Finechem Singapore Pte. Ltd. jointly with Nagase & Co., Ltd. and Nagase Singapore (Pte) Ltd. | |
| 2002 | Establishment of Nagase ChemteX (Wuxi) Corporation jointly with Nagase & Co., Ltd. |
| 2003 | Harima Plant obtained ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certifications |
| 2006 | Installation of a new clean room and roll coating equipment at the Harima Plant for the production of sheet encapsulants and Liquid Sealing Material (LSE) |
| 2007 | Construction of new distillation recycling facilities at the Harima Plant |
| 2008 | Establishment of the Sakai Plant and commencement of manufacturing and recycling of chemicals for Liquid Crystal Displays |
| Establishment of SN Tech Co., Ltd. as a joint venture with SACHEM Asia and Nagase & Co., Ltd. | |
| 2009 | Conversion of boiler fuel from heavy oil to LNG at the Harima Plant |
| 2012 | Construction of a new microelectronics materials production building, equipped with a clean room, at the Harima Plant |
| Acquisition of all shares of Engineered Materials Systems Inc. (USA) jointly with Nagase & Co., Ltd., making it a subsidiary | |
| Registration of OHSAS 18001 certification at the Harima Plant | |
| 2014 | Fukui Yamada Chemical Co., Ltd. obtained ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certifications |
| 2015 | Establishment of a joint venture, Wuxi Chenghong Electronic Chemicals Co., Ltd., in China with Nagase & Co., Ltd. |
| Transfer of the Fukuchiyama No. 2 Factory and the active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing business to Sankyo Kasei Co., Ltd. | |
| 2016 | Transfer of Nagase FineChem Singapore Pte. Ltd. to KMG Chemicals, Inc. |
| Fukui Yamada Chemical Co., Ltd. became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nagase & Co., Ltd. | |
| 2017 | Acquisition of shares of INKRON Ltd. jointly with Nagase & Co., Ltd., making it a subsidiary |
| Engineered Materials Systems Inc. changed its name to Nagase ChemteX America LLC | |
| 2023 | Establishment of the Himeji Office |
| Integration of the Biochemicals business and the Fukuchiyama Plant into Nagase Viita Co., Ltd. (formerly Hayashibara Co., Ltd.) | |
| Establishment of NAGASE MIRAI Corporation, certified as a special subsidiary in the same year | |
| 2024 | Change of the corporate logo and corporate colors |
| 2025 | Closure of the Sakai Plant |
| Integration of the Fujita Plant and the Functional Dyes business of Nagase Viita Co., Ltd., continuing operations as the Okayama Plant | |
| Fukui Yamada Chemical Co., Ltd., the NAGASE Group company, became a subsidiary | |
| Transfer of Inkron Oy to Radiant Opto Electronics Corporation | |
| 2026 | Absorption of Fukui Yamada Chemical Co., Ltd. and establishment of the Fukui Plant |