| November 1918 | Tokyo Blanket Co., Ltd., that was predecessor of Ichikawa Co., Ltd. was established on the old premises of our former Ichikawa mill. |
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| October 1942 | The company was merged with Nippon Felt Co., Ltd. and became the Ichikawa Mill of Nippon Felt. |
| November 1949 | Separated from Nippon Felt Co., Ltd. under the Corporate Recovery and Reorganization Act and established as Ichikawa Co., Ltd. (Head Office:Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture with Capital JPY 10 million). |
| May 1950 | Developed felt with nylon mixed weave. |
| May 1951 | Company shares listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| August 1960 | Established subsidiary as Tomobe Industrial Co., Ltd. |
| December 1961 | Established subsidiary as Ichiron Service Co., Ltd. |
| November 1963 | Head Office moved from Ichikawa City, Chiba to Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo (present location). |
| July 1964 | Kashiwa Mill (Kashiwa City, Chiba) newly established and commenced the manufacture of needle felt. |
| April 1968 | Established subsidiary as Ichike Processing Co., Ltd. partnership. |
| July 1970 | Bought out the felt operations of the Nerima Mill of Kanegafuchi Spinning Co., Ltd. |
| October 1974 | Bought out and took over the Tomobe Industrial Co., Ltd. and named their mill the Tomobe Mill (now Kasama City, Ibaraki). |
| April 1975 | Merged around our sales operations, a felt sales agency operations to established a subsidiary known as Ichikawa Commercial Co., Ltd. |
| October 1975 | Established subsidiary as Kashiwa Processing Co., Ltd. as a limited partnership. |
| January 1976 | Established subsidiary as Tomobe Processing Co., Ltd. partnership. |
| March 1977 | Established subsidiary as Ichike Real Estate Co., Ltd. |
| December 1982 | Established subsidiary as IK Distribution Center Co., Ltd. |
| November 1984 | Established Ichikawa America Inc. as a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Ichikawa Commercial Co., Ltd. |
| June 1986 | Merged IK Distribution Center Co., Ltd. with Ichiron Service Co., Ltd. to form the subsidiary IK Service Co., Ltd.(currently consolidated subsidiary). |
| April 1988 | Exported to the U.S. the first belt made expressly for use in shoe presses. |
| May 1991 | Ichikawa America Incorporated changed name to Ichikawa North America Corporation (currently consolidated subsidiary). |
| April 1993 | Took over and merged the subsidiary Ichikawa Commercial Co., Ltd. |
| April 1994 | Merged “Ichike Processing Co.”, “Kashiwa Processing Co.” and “Tomobe Processing Co.” limited partnerships to form the subsidiary “IK Processing Co., Ltd.” partnership (currently consolidated subsidiary). |
| April 1996 | New inception of Iwama Mill (Kasama City, Ibaraki). |
| August 1996 | The subsidiary Ichike Real Estate Co., Ltd. changed its name to IK Agency. |
| October 1997 | Established representative's office in Düsseldorf, Germany. |
| July 1998 | Awarded the “Sasaki Prize” for commendable development work in the manufacture of belts for shoe presses used in the paper manufacturing industry. |
| October 1998 | Closed the Ichikawa Mill and focused production at the Kashiwa and Iwama Mills. |
| March 2000 | Kashiwa Mill received ISO 14001 certification. |
| October 2000 | Established the Shanghai (China) Representative Office. |
| October 2001 | Converted the Düsseldorf Representative Office to a local incorporated legal entity as Ichikawa Europe GmbH (currently consolidated subsidiary). |
| March 2003 | Secured certification for ISO 9001. |
| June 2003 | Introduced new corporate governance system and Executive Officer Systemand reduced the number of directors, shortened term of office. |
| April 2004 | Established Laboratory for Research and Development (Kasama City, Ibaraki) by putting Research Department and Development Department together. |
| May 2004 | Sales Department, integrated sales operations and technical services, and moved onto the ground of Kashiwa mill from Headquarters. |
| April 2005 | Ichikawa China Co., Ltd. (now a consolidated subsidiary) established in Shanghai to strengthen Group structures for orders receiving and provision of technical services in China. |
| July 2005 | The business name of the company changed to “Ichikawa Co., Ltd.” |
| July 2005 | Established subsidiary as Ichikawa Techno Fabrics Co., Ltd. (now a consolidated subsidiary) for industrial operations. |
| April 2008 | Two subsidiaries, “IK Service Co., Ltd.” and “IK Agency Co., Ltd.” combined under the name “IK Service Co., Ltd.” |
| April 2018 | Asian Bissiness Division established. |
| July 2018 | Ichikawa Asia Co., Ltd. established in Thailand. |
| May 2019 | Iwama Mill received ISO 14001 certification. |
