1910: The first
president, Genkichi Asami, founded the company in Minami
Inari-cho, Shitaya-ku, Tokyo (now Higashi-Ueno, Taito-ku,
Tokyo).
1941: Due to wartime
controls, businesses from all over the country joined forces
to form the Japan Solder and Tin Manufacturing Association.
The second president, Minosuke Asami, became the
association's chairman.
1944: Due to changes
in the Enforcement Regulations of the Commerce and Industry
Association Law, the association was dissolved, and Nihon
Handa Industry Co., Ltd. was established.
1952: The company
began manufacturing RAPIDSOL (patented flux cored wire
solder).
1965: The company
became a Defense Agency-certified factory for MIL-STD
(United State Military Standard) solder and flux.
1966: Became a
factory authorized to display JIS standards for all types of
solder and flux cored wire solder.
1977: Constructed a
new factory in Narashino, Funabashi City.
Started mass
production and sales of DG solder (vacuum degassed solder).
1983: Constructed a
second factory. Started manufacturing and selling solder
paste.
1989: Name changed to
"Nihon Handa Co., Ltd."
1993: Started
manufacturing and selling conductive adhesive ‘DODENT’.
1995: Received the
"Tanabe Invention Achievement Award" at the 20th Invention
Grand Prize for the development of vacuum degassed solder.
Established
joint venture Malaysian Fine Material Sdn. Bhd. in Penang,
Malaysia.
1996: Received
the
Director General of Science and Technology Agency Award
Science for the development of vacuum degassing solder.
ISO 9001: 1994
quality system registered.
2002: Malaysian Fine Material Sdn. Bhd.
became a wholly owned subsidiary and changed its name to
Nihon Handa Manufacturing (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
Established Nihon
Handa Manufacturing (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., a joint venture,
in Shanghai, China.
2004: ISO14001:
Environmental management system registered.
2005: Opened Hong
Kong sales office.
2007: Established
Electronic Materials Research Laboratory at Anesaki-Kaigan,
Ichihara City.
2008: Received new
JIS certification for solder.
Started manufacturing
and selling sintered bonding materials (MAX series).
2010: Made Nihon
Handa (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. a 100% subsidiary.
100th anniversary of
founding.
2015: Established the
Shenzhen branch of Nihon Handa (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
2018: Head office
relocated.
2019: Funabashi
factory IATF16949 certified.
2020: 110th
anniversary of founding.
2021: Established
Nihon Handa (Hubei) Electronic Materials Co., Ltd.