- In 1903
- Established as a silent partnership Shimada Shoten in Osaka City, the company mainly imports pulp, Germany’s sulfuric acid vulcanizato, Germany’s Thomas Ashoferi, Chilean Glass, ammonia sulfate, Pine Resin, caustic soda, etc., and exports. Japanese handmade paper.
- In 1910
- A local office is established in Tokyo.
- In 1916
- SHIMADA&CO.,LTD will be reorganized into 250000 yen in capital.
Since then, with the start-up of a domestic chemical industry company, it becomes one distributor of many products such as carbide, lime nitrogen, ammonium sulfate, caustic soda, bleached powder, etc. produced by them. From the beginning of the Showa period, the company established local offices in Dalian and Tianjin in the former Manchukuo, and a subsidiary in Fengtian, aiming to expand the scope of its business. However, the company lost its overseas offices due to the outbreak of World War II and the end of World War II.
- In 1948
- Local offices are established in Tokyo and Hiroshima. Capital shall be ¥2 million.
- In 1951
- Capital shall be ¥8 million.
- In 1957
- Capital shall be ¥20 million.
- In 1960
- The Nagoya sub-branch is established.
- In 1961
- Capital shall be ¥50 million.
- In 1963
- The Tokyo sub-branch and the Hiroshima sub-branch shall be branch offices.
- In 1967
- The Fukuoka Office is established.
- In 1969
- Capital shall be ¥100 million.
- In 1974
- Capital shall be ¥150 million. The Fukuoka Office shall be the Fukuoka Branch Office. The Sakurajima Warehouse Sales Office is established.
- In 1976
- The Hiroshima Branch shall be the Hiroshima Sales Office and the Nagoya Local Office shall be the Nagoya Sales Office.
- In 1981
- Established a new development department and began full-fledged sales of electronic materials-related products.
- In 1991
- The Sakurajima Warehouse Office is abolished.
- In 1993
- Implement the sales division system to strengthen the sales system.
- In 2000
- A management headquarters will be established to unify the structure of the management divisions.
- In 2003
- Shanghai representative Office is established.
- In 2005
- The Taipei Representative Office is established.
- In 2011
- Acquire ISO14001 (Environmental Management Systems) certification.
- In 2013
- Hong Kong Shimada Co., Ltd. is established.
- In 2018
- A subsidiary in Singapore is established.
- In 2019
- The Shanghai representative is closed in May.
The Shenzhen Representative is established in November.