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History

1948 Dohkai Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. established as a fully owned subsidiary of Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. for the manufacture and sale of C-type zeolite studied by Asahi Glass
1951 Began trial production of dried silica gel
1959 Began manufacture and sales of sodium silicate
1967 Began manufacture and sales of methyl bromide
1968 Began manufacture and sales of sodium metasilicate
1985 Began manufacture and sales of M.S.GEL
1988 Began manufacture and sales of M.S.GEL ODS products
1990 Began manufacture and sales of SUNSPHERE
1998 Began manufacture and sales of SUNLOVELY
1999 Established the Fine Particle Processing Center
2002 Established Tokyo Sales Branch (now Tokyo Branch)
2003 Obtained ISO 9001 certification
2004 Established the Technical Center
2006 Changed company name to Asahi Glass SI-Tech Co., Ltd.
Obtained ISO 14001 certification
2007 Company renamed AGC Si-Tech Co., Ltd.
2010 Obtained OHSAS 18001 certification (relinquished in April 2014)
2014 Began manufacture of SUNSPERA
2019 Increased production of SUNSPHERE
2021 Obtained FSSC 22000 certification
2022 Launched the shared (integrated) RESIFA silica brand