Greetings from the President | AGC SEIMI CHEMICAL

2011	New factory became operational at affiliate Baotou Tianjiao Seimi Polishing Powder Co.,Ltd.
2007	60-year anniversary of founding “Seimi Vision” started Corporate name changed to “AGC SEIMI CHEMICAL CO.,LTD.”
2006	Won Family Friendly Award, Kanagawa Labor Bureau Director’s Prize
2005	Seimi Chemical company policy - 'being Creative & Evolutional' - announced in 2005 Integration of CMP business with AGC semiconductor-related business
2004	Acquired ISO14001 certification (Head office/Chigasaki Plant/Kashima Plant) Commenced manufacture of CL series slurry for semiconductor copper interconnection process
2003	Acquired ISO9001 certification (Head office/Chigasaki Plant/Kashima Plant) Commenced manufacture of Selion® L (lithium ion secondary battery cathode material)
2002	Commenced manufacture of CES-300 series (slurry for semiconductor-oxide film abrasive use) Shifted Selion® C (lithium ion secondary battery cathode material) operations to Kashima Plant
2000	Shifted to new chloromethylstyrene plant (Kashima Plant) Received a prize for the effort, "Improvement of Labor Health Level" from the head of Kanagawa Labor Bureau
1998	Acquired ISO9002 certification Commenced manufacture of Selion® (lithium ion secondary battery cathode material, Nickel-system) materials
1997	50-year anniversary of founding Seimi Chemical company policy - 'Creative' - announced
1996	Won 'Voluntary Regulation of Pollution Prevention' Factory Award from Kanagawa Environmental Conservation Association
1995	Commenced manufacture of Selion (lithium ion secondary battery cathode material, Cobalt-system) materials Commenced manufacture of difluorostilbene (DFS)-system liquid crystal Commenced manufacture of reagent caustic Affiliated company -Baotou Tianjiao Seimi Polishing Powder Co., Ltd.- established
1993	Commenced manufacture of abrasive slurry for semiconductor CMP process
1992	Commenced operations at Kashima Plant
1991	Shifted Adachi Plant to Kashima, closed Adachi Plant
1990	Acquired 132,000m²of industrial-zoned land in City of Kashima in Ibaraki Prefecture
1989	Affiliated company -Taiwan Seimi Co., Ltd.- established
1984	Merged with ASUNY INC., another Asahi Grass Co., Ltd.affiliate, and became "Seimi Chemical Co., Ltd."
1983	Commenced manufacture of medical & agricultural pharmaceutical intermediates
1982	Commenced manufacture of Lumiflon® anti-weather coating
1981	Tokyo office established Commenced manufacture of SF coat® fluorochemical surface processing agent
1979	surflon® Commenced manufacture of Surflon® fluorochemical surfactant
1978	Commenced manufacture of liquid crystal.
1968	Commenced manufacture of monomers for functional polymers (chloromethylstyrene)
1964	Commenced mixing/filling of functional gas
1960	Shifted head office and plant to City of Chigasaki
1958	Commenced manufacture of glass polishing powder
1951	Shifted plant to Shimomaruko, Tokyo
1947	Seimi Chemical Co., Ltd. established in Harajuku, Tokyo (wholly funded by Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.) for domestic manufacture of the synthetic flavor coumarin)

With the arrival of the science of chemistry at the end of Japan's Edo period, the word 'chemie' (meaning 'chemistry' in Dutch) was given the Japanese pronunciation 'sha-mi.' 'Sha-mi' was then altered to 'sei-mi,' which sounded more appropriate in Japanese for a manufacturer of flavor, and Seimi Chemicals was born, retaining the name to this day.