Started research and pilot production of duralumin.
1933
Completed construction of plant for manufacturing aluminum plate in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture.
1961
Completed construction of general extrusion plant in Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture.
1964
Dec.
Established SKY Aluminum Co., Ltd. through a joint venture of Showa Denko K.K. (currently Resonac Corporation), Kaiser Aluminum Corporation (USA), and Yawata Steel Works (currently NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION).
1967
Apr.
Completed construction of rolling plant in Fukaya, Saitama Prefecture.
1968
Jul.
Completed construction of plant specializing in extrusion in Omihachiman, Shiga Prefecture.
1983
May
Completed construction of strip rolling factory in Mikuni, Fukui Prefecture.
The Fukui Works at the time of completion
1998
Jan.
Initiated aluminum business tie-up between Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. and Sky Aluminum Co., Ltd.
Mar.
Established PT. Furukawa Indal Aluminum in Indonesia.
2000
Apr.
Established Unifus Aluminum Co., Ltd. through merging the aluminum business sales divisions at Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. and Sky Aluminium Co., Ltd.
2003
Oct.
Established Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp. through merging the companies’ aluminum businesses.
Dec.
Established ACE Corp. by combining three coil center plants.
2004
Oct.
Started operation of 15,000 ton hot-forging press, one of the largest of its kind in Japan.
15,000 ton hot-forging press
2005
Apr.
Acquired Unifus Aluminum Co., Ltd.
May
Established Furukawa-Sky Aluminum (Tianjin) Corp., a locally incorporated subsidiary in China.
Dec.
Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
2006
Jan.
Established Furukawa-Sky Aluminum (Vietnam) Inc.
2007
Feb.
Jointly established AFSEL S.A. (currently UACJ ELVAL Consulting S.A.) , in Greece.
2008
Oct.
Capital participation in Korea’s Choil Aluminum Co. Ltd.
2009
Mar.
Capital participation in UK’s Bridgnorth Aluminium Ltd.
2010
Jan.
Capital participation in China’s Ruyuan Dong Yang Guang Fine Foil Co., Ltd.
Feb.
Established Furukawa-Sky Aluminum (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Aug.
Established Furukawa-Sky (Shangai) Aluminum Corp., in China.
New plant in Thailand
2011
Aug.
Jointly acquired shares with five companies including Sumitomo Light Metal Industries, Ltd. in U.S. rolled aluminum sheet manufacturer and supplier Tri-Arrows Aluminum Inc.
Dec.
Established Furukawa-sky (Wuxi) Aluminum Products Co., Ltd., in China.
2012
Mar.
Began construction of aluminum rolling factory in Thailand.
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