May 1966
Mr.Toshiro Nishimura, Chairman, has established NIHON SUPERIOR company to market the products of Superior Flux Mfg., & Co., Ohio, U.S.A., imported through Matsushita Electric Trading Co.,Ltd.
December 1966
Started distribution of the products (brazing alloys) of Unibraze, U.S.A.
1966
1967
February 1967
Started distribution of the products of Gasflux Co., U.S.A.
September 1969
Started distribution of the products of Multicore Solders Ltd., England.
November 1969
Completed construction of a new main office building at Mondo Okada-Cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture.
1969
February 1970
Concluded agency agreement with Matsushita Electric Trading Co.,Ltd. for distribution of the related products imported from overseas by it in the market of South East Asian countries including Japan.
1970
May 1971
Installed a new type of wire forming machine to produce brazing materials for gas brazing. The sales of formed brazing materials have increased.
1971
1972
November 1972
Completed the construction of company dormitory and warehouse in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture.
September 1974
Established Superior Kogyo Co.,Ltd. as a subsidary company in order to form brazing alloy.
1974
February 1977
Moved main office to Esaka Building of Matsushita Electric Trading located at Suita, Osaka. Completed construction of Distribution Center at Suita.
March 1977
Opened Tokyo Branch.
1977
1978
September 1978
Completed the construction of No.2 warehouse at the Esaka Distribution Center.
November 1981
Started distribution of Micro Welder of MIG.O.MAT Schweissmachinen GmbH, West Germany.
December 1981
Started distribution of Relmatic Torch of Sauvageau, France.
1981
April 1982
Completed Tsuyama Factory in Okayama Prefecture.
1982
1983
August 1983
Opened Nagoya Sub-branch.
1984
December 1984
Developed soldering materials with Cannon, Inc.
March 1985
Developed NS Brand Oxide-Free Solder Paste.
November 1985
Conpleted construction of R&D building at Tsuyama Factory.
1985
August 1987
Started to sell a patented low melting point alloy.
November 1987
Moved Distribution Center and Superior Kogyo Co., Ltd to Toyonaka-City to expand the activities.
1987
February 1988
Established NIHON SUPERIOR Trading (S) Pte. Ltd. in Singapore as a joint company with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
1988
May 1989
Completed construction of new main office building (NS Building) at Esaka, Suita.
1989
1990
May 1990
Completed construction of additions to Tsuyama Factory and company dormitory in Okayama Prefecture.
1992
October 1992
Started to sell a patented thermal fatigue resistant alloy.
January 1993
New no-clean flux developed in partnership with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Inc. called the NS-501 series. Marketing begins.
November 1993
Started to manufacture solder paste at NIHON SUPERIOR Trading (S) Pte. Ltd.
1993
October 1995
Established NIHON SUPERIOR (M) Sdn.Bhd. in Malaysia.
1995
1997
March 1997
Established Kyu Tai Industrial Co.,Ltd. in Taiwan as a joint company.
June 1998
Concluded license agreement with Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. for production of Lead-free solders(Sn-Ag-Cu) and started manufacturing & sales of SN96CI.
1998
March 1999
The VCR Division of Matsushita Electronic Industrial Co., Ltd. announced the adoption of NIHON SUPERIOR’s patented Lead-free solder SN100C for mass production.
1999
2000
October 2000
Established NIHON SUPERIOR (Thailand) Co., Ltd. in Thailand.
March 2001
Entered into a business arrangement for the manufacture of SN100C with Thailand Smelting & Refining Co., Ltd., a leading tin refiner.
October 2001
Established NIHON SUPERIOR (Suzhou) Co.,Ltd. in China and started manufacturing and sales of Solder Paste.
2001
February 2002
Agreement with Balver Zinn Josef Jost GmbH Co.KG (Germany) for the production and sales of Lead-free Solder SN100C.
May 2002
Agreement with DKL Metals Ltd. (UK) for the production and sales of Lead-free Solder SN100C.
August 2002
Certified to ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Standard in Japan.
2002
July 2003
Agreement with Florida CirTech Inc. (Colorado, U.S.A.) for the production and sales of lead-free solder SN100C.
August 2003
Set the arrangement to increase the capacity of manufacture of lead-free solder in NIHON SUPERIOR (M) Sdn. Bhd. by the joint venture with its partner, Balver Zinn Josef Jost GmbH & Co.KG.
December 2003
Established NIHON SUPERIOR (Taiwan) Co., Ltd. in Taiwan.
2003
January 2004
Established NIHON SUPERIOR (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in China.
June 2004
Mr. Tetsuro Nishimura took up the position of president, and Mr. Toshiro Nishimura took up the position of chairman.
June 2004
Opened a technical center at the Osaka Head Office.
August 2004
Certified to the ISO9001 Quality Management System Standard in Japan.
2004
2005
March 2005
Received the Excellence Award at the 15th New Business Awards.
February 2006
Established NIHON SUPERIOR USA,Llc. in the United States of America.
July 2006
Established NIHON SUPERIOR (Hong Kong) Ltd. in Hong Kong.
September 2006
Completed construction of Osaka Distribution Center, R&D Center, and Toyonaka Factory in Toyonaka.
2006
February 2010
Established NIHON SUPERIOR (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. Indonesia Representative Office in Indonesia.
May 2010
Established Representative of NIHON SUPERIOR (Thailand) Co., Ltd. in Hanoi in Vietnam.
2010
2011
June 2011
Established NIHON SUPERIOR (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Dongguan Branch in China.
July 2012
Established NIHON SUPERIOR Centre for Manufacture of Electronic Materials (NS CMEM) at University of Queensland.
2012
February 2013
NIHON SUPERIOR and University of Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) to cooperate on joint research of lead-free solder development.
September 2013
Established Research & Development (R&D) Center at NIHON SUPERIOR (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd.
2013
May 2014
Established NIHON SUPERIOR Asia Sdn. Bhd. (NSA) in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.
August 2014
The composition pf lead-free solder SN100C was registered in the ISO 9453 - Soft solder alloys.
2014
October 2016
President Tetsuro Nishimura received an honorary doctorate from University Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP).
2016
2018
June 2018
The high-strength, silver-free lead-free solder SN100CV developed by NIHON SUPERIOR received the Weldong Featured Invention Award from the Japan Welding Engineering Society.
2019
November 2019
Launching initiatives to achieve the SDGs.
June 2022
TempSave B37, low-melting point, lead-free solder, developed by NIHON SUPERIOR receives the Welding Featured Invention Award again from the Japan Welding Engineering Society.
2022
