1920～1969
1920
February
Takasago Perfumery Company is established.
July
The head office moves to the Tokyo factory in Kamata.
1925
The production of Vanillin and Heliotropin from Safrole using ozone oxidation begins.
1928
January
The first issue of The Takasago Times, a PR magazine, is published.
March
A product of the Company wins the best domestic product prize at the Tokyo Domestic Goods Exhibition in commemoration of the emperor’s enthronement.
November
Presents a Showa Incense Burner and a special perfume to Emperor Hirohito at his enthronement ceremony.
1929
March
Exports three tons of Safrole to Swiss Allondon Trading Company (Japan's first export of synthetic aroma ingredient).
1935
May
The Taipei factory opens in Taiwan.
1938
March
Expanding beyond aroma chemicals, starts to produce fruit essences, solvents, and paints.
June
President Tadaka Kainosho passes away.
July
The head office moves to Taipei.
1939
February
The Hidaka Factory opens in Wakayama Prefecture.
July
The company's name changes to Takasago Chemical Industry.
1940
January
Chinese Camphor Company, a joint venture, established in Shanghai. A branch office and a factory are built.
1941
March
Taiwan Organic Chemical K.K. is established.
1942
May
Senior Managing Director Toshiki Horiuchi dies on duty southwest of the coast of Kyushu.
1943
May
The Ofuna Research Center of Taiwan Organic Chemical opens in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
December
Shanghai-Takasago Chemical Company is established.
1945
February
The Sapporo factory opens.
September
The Chinese government requisitions Shanghai-Takasago Chemical Company.
November
The head office in Taipei and the Taipei factory put under the control of the Nationalist Government of China.
1947
March
The Hiratsuka factory opens in Kanagawa Prefecture.
1948
August
Takasago Perfumery Company is established as a company specializing in sales.
1951
August
Takasago Chemical Industry and Takasago Perfumery Company merges. The name of the new company is Takasago Perfumery Company.
1952
October
The Hidaka factory closes. Nankai Kako Co., Ltd. is established.
1953
June
The Sapporo factory closes.
1954
February
The small-scale production of synthetic menthol begins at the Hiratsuka factory.
1957
January
The production of powdery flavor Takasago Micron starts.
June
A PBO manufacturing plant is built in the Hiratsuka factory.
1958
July
The Takasago Times (suspended in 1943) reissued.
1959
August
A new essence plant is built in the Hiratsuka factory.
1960
September
The production of Heliotropin starts at the Hiratsuka factory.
December
Offices open in New York and Paris.
1961
February
Ho-Leaf Oil containing Linalool is exported to France for the first time.
May
Takes a stake in Anan Corporation (a predecessor of Takasago Chemical Corporation).
1962
July
The head office moves to 1-2 Nishi-Hacchobori, Chuo-ku, Tokyo.
1963
January
Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Chemicals).
April
The Takasago Amazon's Perfumery Research Center is established in Tome-Asu, Brazil.
A fragrance research center laboratory is established in Paris.
1966
April
Takasago S.A.R.L. Paris is established in Paris.
1968
April
Takasago USA, INC. is established in New York.
1969
August
Becomes listed in the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Chemicals).
1970～1999
1970
January
President Kenji Nakanishi becomes the first president of the Japan Flavor and Fragrance Materials Association (JFFMA).
February
50th anniversary ceremony is held.
1972
March
An ℓ-menthol manufacturing facility is completed at the Iwata factory.
1974
April
Takasago U.S.A. moves to Long Island City, New York.
May
The Singapore office is established.
1975
July
Takasago Far East Pte., Ltd. is established in Singapore.
1977
October
President Kenji Nakanishi chairs the 7th International Congress of Essential Oils held in Kyoto.
1978
October
Takasago Europe Perfumery Laboratory (TEPL) is established in Paris, France.
1979
October
Takasago U.S.A. builds a new factory in Rockleigh, New Jersey.
1980
May
Takasago De Mexico S.A. is established in Mexico.
December
The head office moves to Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo.
1983
May
The first Takasago Symposium titled "The Influence of Smell on Humans" is held.
Takasago Corporation U.S.A. established. The production and sale of flavor products in the USA begins.
July
The production of ℓ-menthol using asymmetric synthesis reactions starts at the Iwata factory.
1985
September
The first Takasago Food Seminar is held.
Takasago Food Products (TFP) is established.
1987
March
Xiamen Hua Ri Foods Industrial Company Limited is established in Xiamen, China.
April
TEPL (Takasago Europe Perfumery Laboratory) establishes offices in London, Brussels, Zurich and Barcelona.
Tri-Union Perfumery Company Limited is established in Shanghai, China.
October
Takasago U.S.A. and Takasago Corporation U.S.A. merge to become Takasago International Corporation (USA).
1988
August
Takasago Far East Pte., Ltd. is renamed Takasago International (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.
November
Takes a 30% stake in ACEDESA (Aceites Essenciales Y Derivados, S.A.), an aroma chemicals manufacturer in Spain.
1989
May
TEPL establishes an office in Hamburg.
November
A new Takasago International (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. Office building is completed.
1990
February
A new corporate logo, T-Square, is created.
October
Takasago International Corporation (USA) establishes a fragrance factory in Northvale, New Jersey.
1991
October
A flavor production building is completed in the Hiratsuka factory.
Takasago Fragrancias E Aromas is established in Brazil.
1992
January
Takasago Europe G.m.b.H. is established in Zülpich, Germany.
February
The production of pharmaceutical intermediates using asymmetric synthesis technology begins at the Iwata factory.
March
Takasago International Corporation (USA) acquires De Laire.
1993
February
Tri-Union Perfumery Company Limited is replaced by Shanghai Takasago-Union Fragrance and Flavor Company Limited.
July
A new General Research Laboratory is completed in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa.
1994
March
Takasago Aromas is established.
December
Takasago International Corporation (Korea) is established in Seoul.
1995
December
TEPL's（Takasago Europe Perfumery Laboratory) new fragrance factory in Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône is completed.
1996
August
Takasago Import & Export (Thailand) Ltd. is established in Thailand.
October
Takasago International (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. establishes a new fragrance factory in Singapore.
1997
March
Wins the Chemical Technology Award of The Chemical Society of Japan (industrial asymmetric synthesis using metal-BINAP catalysts).
1998
November
The head office moves to Nissay Aroma Square in Kamata, Tokyo.
1999
February
A kilo lab building is completed in the Hiratsuka factory.
July
A head office building, a laboratory, and a factory of Takasago Europe G.m.b.H. are completed.
December
Acquires all shares in ACEDESA in Spain, making it a wholly owned subsidiary.
2000～Present
2000
December
Takasago International (India) Pvt. Ltd. is established in India.
2001
December
Dr. Ryoji Noyori, an outside director, wins the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
2002
April
Announces its environmental declaration.
November
The Ryoji Noyori Prize, an international prize, is established by the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (SSOCJ) supported by a trust funded by the Company.
2003
July
Takasago Europe Perfumery Laboratory S.A.R.L. and Takasago International (Nederland) B.V. merge.
October
Sensoral Center is established at Takasago International Corporation (USA).
Achieves ISO9001:2000 group-wide integration certification.
2004
March
The Analytical Technology Research Laboratory achieves ISO/IEC 17025 international laboratory accreditation.
November
Takasago International (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. and Takasago International (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. are established in China.
2005
April
ACEDESA is renamed Takasago International Chemicals (Europe) S.A.
2006
April
A Takasago International (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. factory is completed.
2007
December
Takasago International Corporation (USA) opens Takasago Gallery in New York.
2008
April
Announces its EHS (environment, health, safety) declaration.
November
Takasago International Corporation (USA) acquires the business of Wessel Fragrances, Inc. (New Jersey, USA).
2010
March
The Food Design Center is established in the Corporate Research & Development Division, Hiratsuka.
2011
October
Takasago Fragrancias E Aromas Ltda. moves to Vinhedo-SP, Brazil.
December
ISO 14001 global integration certification is achieved.
2012
January
FSSC 22000 global integration certification is achieved.
November
Takasago Morocco (Cananga S.A.R.L.) is established in Agadir, Morocco.
2013
May
Takasago Madagascar S.A. is established in Antananarivo, Madagascar.
July
Takasago West Japan Co., Ltd. is established in Mihara, Hiroshima.
September
Takasago International Turkey Esans ve Aroma San. Tic. A.S. is established in Turkey.
2014
March
Takasago International (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. moves to a new site.
April
Establishes Takasago Safety Day (April 10).
2015
March
Takasago International (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Yangon Branch Office) is established in Myanmar.
May
Takasago De Mexico S.A. De C.V. expands their office.
July
PT. Takasago International Indonesia is established in Indonesia.
September
Takasago Europe Perfumery Laboratory S.A.R.L.(Dubai Branch Office) is established in Dubai.
October
The Takasago West Japan Factory (Mihara factory) is completed.
2016
January
Centre Ingredient Technology is acquired.
2017
March
A new Takasago International (India) Pvt. Ltd. factory is completed.
December
Takasago International (Pakistan) Pvt. Ltd. is established in Pakistan.
2018
February
The Procurement Division's TaSuKI Program begins.
2019
June
Nankai Kako Co., Ltd. becomes a wholly owned subsidiary.
November
A new PT. Takasago International Indonesia factory is completed.
2020
February
The 100th Anniversary.
March
Purchases some shares of LAWTER B.V. in the Netherlands.
2021
February
A new Iwata Process Research Laboratory building is completed.
2022
February
Citation for Chemical Breakthrough Awards.
2024
April
Takasago International India Fragrance Centre (TIIFC) opens in Mumbai, India.