1876 |
Started the metallic yarn sales business in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto |
1933 |
Moved to Nishi-iru, Nishinotoin bukkoji, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto (current address of the Head Office) |
1947 |
Founded OIKE Shoten Co., Ltd. |
1958 |
Established OIKE & Co., Ltd. (changed the company name) |
1960 |
Opened the production plant at Fushimi-ku, Kyoto (Kamitoba plant)
(Concentrated plants to serve as the core production base) |
1973 |
Established sales offices in Tokyo, Kiryu and Ichinomiya
(Tokyo OIKE Sangyo Co., Ltd., Kiryu OIKE Sangyo Co., Ltd., Ichinomiya OIKE Sangyo Co., Ltd.) |
1974 |
Established an independent company to serve as an export division (OIKE Tsusan Co., Ltd.) |
1978 |
Established a production company at Fushimi-ku, Kyoto (Fushimi Vapor Deposited Industrial Co., Ltd.) |
1980 |
Established a production company in Kurayoshi City, Tottori (Kurayoshi OIKE Industrial Co., Ltd.) |
1981 |
Moved the Kamitoba plant to Minami-ku, Kyoto |
1983 |
Established sales offices in Kyoto City (Kyoto OIKE Sangyo Co., Ltd.) |
1985 |
Opened the Nishijin office (metallic yarn business)
Established a liaison office in Paris, France |
1989 |
Established a division for metallic stamping foil (Kansai Transfer Foil Division) |
1992 |
Established an independent company as the R&D division (OIKE Kaihatsu Kenkyujo Co., Ltd.) |
1993 |
Made the Kamitoba plant an independent company (Kansai OIKE Industrial Co., Ltd.) |
1994 |
Established an independent company as a sales division in Nishijin, Kyoto (OIKE Kashoku Sangyo Co., Ltd.)
Established an independent company for business in metallic stamping foil (Keihan OIKE Transfer Co., Ltd.) |
1998 |
Established the company (without production plant) related to fabric and foil powder (OIKE Tec Co., Ltd.) |
1999 |
Established an integrated company to serve as a sales division (OIKE Sangyo Co., Ltd.) |
2000 |
Established a new development division for R&D (Frontier Center) |
2002 |
OIKE Group acquired capital in "NIPO SAS" based in France |
2003 |
Integrated OIKE Sangyo Co., Ltd., reformed to a system comprising three divisions
(Electronic Information Materials Division, Life Materials Division, Transfer Film and Converted Film Materials Division) |
2005 |
Established the liaison office in China (Shanghai)
Established an independent company for business in metallic stamping foil (OIKE Imaging, Inc.)
Established an independent company for packing-materials business (OIKE Pack Materials, Inc.) |
2006 |
Established an independent company for wet-coating business
(OIKE Fine Coating, Inc.) |
2014 |
Set up Kamitoba Business Establishment Nishikan in Minami-ku Kyoto
Established an independent company specializing in the sales of metallic stamping foil
(LePont International Inc.) |
2015 |
Established Oike Advanced Film Co., Ltd.
Established LePont Europe SAS (former name: NIPO SAS)
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2019 |
Established OIKE Holdings Co., Ltd.
Transition to holding company structure
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