2002
Valqua America, Inc. moved its headquarters from New York to Santa Clara in
California.
Received 2002 Plunkett Award from DuPont for 'Electrode Membrane for Electric Double
Layer Capacitor (EDLC)'.
2001
Established a business tie-up with Vacuumvalves AG (VAT) of Switzerland.
Nara Factory received ISO 14001 certification.
"ARCURY SERIES", which had high resistance to harsh wet process, was released.
"FLUORITZ-SB" (perfluoroelastomer) was released.
2000
Valqua America, Inc. opened Texas sales office.
1997
High purity fluoro rubber, "ARMOR SERIES" was released.
Valqua America, Inc. was established in New York.
1996
Started production and sales of anti-ozone rubber materials.
1992
Received 1993 Plunkett Award from DuPont for 'PTFE BAR CODE' for semiconductor
wafer carriers
1991
American Bureau of Shopping approved 'NON-AS JOINTING SHEET (No. 6500 and 6501)'
1979
Started production and sales of PFA wafer carriers, tools and immersion heaters for the
semiconductor industry
1975
Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
1961
All types of O-rings produced at Atsugi plant met JIS specification.
1957
MITI approved its industrialization technology of PTFE product manufacturing process.
1954
Started production and sales of O-rings.
1944
Moved its head office from Osaka to Tokyo.
1932
Incorporated and changed its name to Nippon Valqua Industries, Ltd.
1927
Founded as Nippon Brakelinings Seisakusho in Osaka for the purpose of manufacturing
brakelinings.