| 1971 |
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Established
as a 50/50 joint venture between Nippon
Paint Co Ltd. and Bee Chemical.
Company for manufacturing and sales of plastic coatings and vacuum metalizing
coatings. |
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| 1973 |
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Established
Neyagawa Office near Nippon Paint Central
Research Center (Neyagawa-City).
Started
selling coatings "R-257/R-258H"
for elastomer. |
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| 1977 |
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Started
selling Japan's first 2-pack coatings
for bumpers. |
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| 1982 |
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Opened
Nagoya Sales Office. |
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| 1983 |
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Increased
capital Investment to ¥360 million.
Started
sales of coatings for plastic fenders
"R-184 Primer" and "R-284/R-287". |
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| 1984 |
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Completed
Hirakata office building to start operation. |
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| 1985 |
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Started
sales of 1-pack primer"RB-123"
for PP bumpers. |
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| 1987 |
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Annual
sales exceeded ¥10 billion (¥10.1
billion).
Started
PT (In Bee Chemical Company) and started
sales promotion to Japanese Automotive
Makers in North America. |
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| 1988 |
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Started
selling primer "R-207" for
color base with dual use, first in the
world.
Started
sales of white conductive primer "RB-114CD"
for PP bumpers. |
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| 1989 |
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The
Head Office registration was transferred
from Osaka to Hirakata. |
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| 1990 |
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Opened
Hiroshima Sales office In Nippon Paint
Hiroshima Sales Office.
Established
a joint venture, Daihan Bee Chemical
Co., Ltd. in Korea jointly with Daihan
Paint Co., Ltd. |
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| 1991 |
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Completed
Technical Center. |
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| 1992 |
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Started
sales of paint "R-281"for
airbag covers. |
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| 1993 |
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Started
sales of detrichloroethan primer "RB-109"and
"RB-195". |
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| 1994 |
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World
first water-based primer"WB-130CD"
for PP bumpers. |
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| 1996 |
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Established
a joint venture Tung Yang Chemical Co.,
Ltd. (Taiwan/Tainan) with Toyo Jitsugyo.
Started
selling 1-pack high durability clearcoat
"R-362 clear" for bumpers.
Awarded Toyota Technical Development
Prize in the following year. |
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| 1997 |
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Started
selling low temperature 80℃ 1-pack crosslinked
coating "R-301" for bumpers.
Established
NBRA (Lansing, U.S.A.). |
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| 1998 |
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ISO9001
was awarded.
Completed
a water-based coating system for PP
bumpers in the bumper coating line at
UK Honda(HUM) first in the world.
Established
NBC(Asia)(Bangkok, Thailand).
Started
selling 1-pack crosslinked high solid
coating system "R-6331/ R-6341". |
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| 1999 |
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Completed
Aichi Plant, started operation.
Established
NBC(Guang Zhou)(China). |
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| 2000 |
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Established
NBC(Changchun)(China).
Started
sales of primer "R-356"for
1-pack low temperature crosslinked high
solid color base with dual purpose. |
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| 2001 |
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Celebrate
the 30th Anniversary of the founding.
Started
sales of "R-290", 2-pack high
solid clearcoat with high durability.
ISO14001 was awarded.
Started
sales of "WB-1110CD", Japan's
first water born conductive primer for
bumpers. |
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| 2002 |
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Established
NBC(Tianjin)(China). |
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| 2003 |
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Established
NBC(Wuhan)(China).
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| 2005 |
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Established NBC(Nan Jing)(China).
Established NBC(Shanghai)(China). |
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| 2006 |
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Started sales of "Be Aqua", water-based paint for both interior
and exterior uses.
Became 100% subsidiary of Nippon Paint Co., Ltd.
Started sales of "R-2523 Clear" scratch guard coating. |
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| 2007 |
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Completed construction of Kanagawa Office.
Established BNB Coatings India Ltd. (India).
Developed the world's first water-based primer for bumpers that does not contain chlorine. |
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| 2008 |
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Nagoya Office move.
Started sales of soft touch/ coating,1-pack water-based paint for interior
uses.
Started sales of anti-glare hard-coat for touch panel. |
