History
Oct. 1, 2013 | UACJ Corporation established by merging the businesses of Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp. and Sumitomo Light Metal Industries, Ltd. |
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Dec. 2013 | UACJ Foil Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. established following the acquisition of aluminum foil manufacturing and sales company Hydro Aluminium Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. by consolidated subsidiary Nippon Foil Mfg. Co., Ltd. |
Jan. 2014 | UACJ Foil Corporation established by merging the businesses of consolidated subsidiaries Nippon Foil Mfg. Co., Ltd. and Sumikei Aluminum Foil Co., Ltd. |
May 2014 | Signed formal agreement with Constellium N.V. to establish a joint venture company and collaborate in Body-in-White business in the USA. |
Jul. 2014 | UACJ Trading (America) Co., Ltd. established by consolidated subsidiary UACJ Trading Corporation. |
Oct. 2014 | Automotive parts manufacturer and seller Iwai Metal Central Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (currently UACJ Metal Components Central Mexico, S.A. de C.V.) began operations. |
Dec. 2014 | “Global Step I” mid-term management plan announced. |
Aug. 2015 | Furukawa UACJ Memory Disk Co., Ltd., manufacturer and seller of materials for aluminum memory disk substrates established through a joint venture with Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., began operations. |
Aug. 2015 | Integrated production started at the Rayong Works of UACJ (Thailand) Co., Ltd. |
Jan. 2016 | UACJ ELVAL HEAT EXCHANGER MATERIALS GmbH, sales company of automotive heat exchanger materials for European markets, began operations in Germany. |
Feb. 2016 | Increased stake in RUYUAN DONGYANGGUANG UACJ FINE ALUMINUM FOIL CO., LTD., a supplier of automotive heat exchanger materials in China, and decision made to establish a joint-venture company, SHANGHAI UACJ DONGYANGGUANG ALUMINUM SALES CORPORATION, a sales company of heat exchanger materials in Shanghai, collaborating with the parent company of the aforementioned entity. |
Apr. 2016 | Acquired a leading company in the North American automotive aluminum structural materials/parts market and launched it under the name of UACJ Automotive Whitehall Industries, Inc. |
Apr. 2016 | Established UACJ North American Inc., a regional headquarters in the USA. |
Apr. 2016 | UACJ Metal Components Corporation formed by merging three group companies: Nalco Iwai,NIKKEI KAKOH Co., Ltd. and Nalco Ena. |
Mar. 2017 | Capital stock increased to ¥52.277 billion. |
Apr. 2017 | UACJ Marketing & Processing Mexico, S.A. de C.V. a sales company of automotive parts,established in Mexico. |
Apr. 2018 | Established R&D Division (North America), our first overseas R&D base, at UACJ North America, Inc. |
May 2018 | Second mid-term management plan announced. |
Oct. 2018 | UACJ Aluminum Center Co., Ltd. was established after the consolidation of the coil center business functions of cutting and machining aluminum coil materials. |
Oct. 2018 | Established R&D Division (Thailand), making this the third country where UACJ R&D facilities are located (following Japan and North America). |
Sep. 2019 | Formed a business alliance with subsidiaries of China's CITIC Group and established DICASTAL UACJ BOLV AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS CO., LTD. as a joint-venture company to manufacture and sell extruded and machined automotive parts. |
Oct. 2019 | Transferred shares of UACJ Copper Tube Corporation, a consolidated subsidiary, to Toyokawa Holdings Inc. Following this transfer, UACJ Copper Tube changed its name to NJT Copper Tube Corporation. |
Feb. 2020 | Established SHAOGUAN UACJ DONGYANGGUANG ALUMINUM SALES CORPORATION to sell automotive heat exchanger materials and aluminum foil for electrolytic capacitors and vehicle batteries in China. |
Jul. 2020 | Completed construction of a new factory wing at the Fukui Works for manufacturing automotive body sheet. |
Oct. 2020 | Integration of coil business companies into UACJ Aluminum Center Corporation |
Apr. 2021 | Merger of UACJ Color Aluminum Corporation into UACJ Aluminum Center Corporation Signing of the UN Global Compact, entry into the Global Compact Network Japan |
May 2021 | Announcement of the third mid-term business plan |