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 |
| Apr. 2024 | Joint venture between UACJ Metal Components Corporation and NALCO Koriyama Co., Ltd. |
| Oct. 2024 | Through a partial reorganization of the UACJ Group, UACJ Corporation integrated the operations of former subsidiaries UACJ Extrusion Corporation, UACJ Extrusion Nagoya Corporation (including Nagoya Works), UACJ Extrusion Oyama Corporation, and UACJ Foundry & Forging Corporation |
