History
Mipox was established as an importer of pigment and color foil under German capital in 1925, and later succeeded in polishing film production by applying foil coating technology. We entered precise polishing area and have grown up to a company offering one-stop solution from product supply and contract processing to consulting.
It is a great pleaseure that we celebrated 90th anniversary in 2015. We promise to continuously enhance our technologies and services by further improvement of our products for general polishing area other than precise polishing area.
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1925Production and sales of pigment and foil
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1967 ~Establish corporate status as a polishing maker
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1981 ~Gained a position as comprehensive polishing maker handling precise polishing materials and polishing machines
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1990 ~Company globalization Towards ultra-precise polishing area
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2004 ~Expansion of business area and IT introduction
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2020 ~
1925 ~ 1966
Production and sales of pigment and foil
machine in 1965
(Foil Roll)
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- 1925
- Spin-off pigment and foil department of L. Raybould office.
Establish general partnership company.
Import and sales of pigment・gold-foil・gold dust - 1928
- Commence selling foil dust
- 1938
- Expand plant and commence manufacturing color foil
- 1950
- Construct a new plant in Yamanashi.
Commence manufacturing foil dust and color foil - 1955
- Construct a new plant in Kanazawa.
Commence production of aluminum foil - 1961
- Construct a new plant in Akishima, integrate all plants, Commence operation as a comprehensive plant
- 1965
- Introduce full-automatic coating machine.
Establish production system of colored foil rolls
1967 ~ 1980
Establish corporate status as a polishing maker
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- 1967
- Commence polishing film (polishing material) development.
Succeed in polishing film commercialization - 1970
- Commence selling under the name of ‘finishing tape’.
Renovate Akishima Plant.
Introduce coating machine - 1974
- Introduce coating machine exclusively for polishing films
- 1978
- Introduce electronic microscope for polishing film production
- 1980
- Commence operation of clean room for high-quality・ precise polishing film manufacturing
1981 ~ 1989
Gained a position as comprehensive polishing maker handling precise polishing materials and polishing machine
under construction
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- 1981
- Company name change to Japan Micro Coating Co. Ltd.,
Rapid increase in overseas business.
Integrate product brands to “Mipox.
Target overseas market.
Commence development and sales of cleaning disks for magnetic disks (Floppy disks).
Expand coating plant in Akishim - 1983
- Complete advanced clean room.
Increase the number of coating machines.
Organize mass production system.
Commence selling micro-cleaning disks - 1984
- Commence construction of Yamanashi Plant (Yamanashi Micro Coating Co. Ltd.,)
Commence Yamanashi plant operation - 1987
- Commence sales alliance with Norton (USA).
Construct a new laboratory in Akishima Plant - 1989
- Transferred foil manufacturing department to Teikoku printing Inks Mfg.Co.,Ltd.
1990 ~ 2003
Globalization, Towards Ultra-Precise Polishing Area
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- 1990
- Establish Mipox Corporation in California, USA.
- 1994
- Develop and commence selling polishing machines for liquid crystal panel cleaner
- 1995
- Develop and commence selling polishing machines for semiconductor and edge polishers for silicon wafers
- 1996
- Expansion and renovation of Yamanashi Plant.
- 1997
- Establish MIPOX Malaysia SDN.BHD.
Develop and commence selling edge polisher for large caliber (12-inch-size) silicon wafers.
Develop and commence selling polishing material (slurry, lubricant) for hard disk - 1998
- Gain orders of diamond slurry.
Enhance R&D system, develop and commence selling polishing machines for hard disks (devices for varnished tape) - 1999
- Develop and commence selling cleaning sheet for liquid crystal panel.
Commence “contracting coating business” of optical films for liquid crystal panels - 2000
- Establish a plant in Penang, Malaysia.
Commence operation.
Enhance development and selling slurry for hard disks and lubricant.
Enhance development and sales of polishing films - 2001
- Develop and adopt texture technologies for glass hardware.
List on JASDAQ as Japan Micro Coating Co. Ltd., - 2002
- Develop and commence selling polishing materials for semiconductor（CMP pad）.
Develop and commence selling slurry for glass hardware - 2003
- Place super-clean-compatible coating machine and commence operation in Yamanashi Plant
2004 ~ 2019
Expand Business Area, IT Introduction
- Park beautification activities -
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- 2007
- Establish Mipox Singapore Pte Ltd.（current MIPOX Asia Pte. Ltd.）
- 2008
- Launch and commence selling “VARIOFILM” (polishing material for automobiles)
- 2010
- Enhance contract business (Coating, Polishing)
Commence handling consumer polishing (B to C) products - 2011
- Commence operating could application “Salesforce”
- 2012
- Establish MIPOX Abrasives India Pvt. Ltd.
Change company name to “Mipox” - 2013
- Company name changed to Mipox Corporation.
- 2015
- Establish Mipox Kyoto as a subsidiary.
Commence handling reflective materials - 2016
- Promote visualization, “One office”
Complete ERP integration and implementation of all locations.
Acquisition of Nihonkenshi.
Commence handling general abrasive materials such as abrasive paper and sharpening stones. - 2017
- Mipox Kyoto Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary, merged into Mipox corporation.
- 2018
- Establish Mipox (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
- 2019
- Integrated sales functions of consolidated subsidiary Nihon Kenshi Kenshi Co., Ltd.
2020 ~
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- 2020
- Closed our production base in China and consolidated our manufacturing bases globally.
Renewed the brand of our retroreflective fabric "Ref Lite"
Moved our headquarters and domestic sales office to a shared office space.
Social contribution project launched. - 2021
- Absorbed and merged with Nihon Kenseishi Co., Ltd.
- 2022
- Establish Kanuma Plant.
Misumi Chemical Co., Ltd. as a subsidiary.
Head office relocated to Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (Yotsuya Office). - 2023
- Relocated head office to the Kanuma Plant.
- 2024
- Relocated MIPOX Abrasives India Pvt. Ltd.
