About Us

History

1869
The business was established by FUJITA Densaburo in Osaka.
September 1884
The Meiji government sells the Kosaka mine to Fujita Gumi, the forerunner to DOWA.
May 1899
Fujita Gumi begins a land reclamation project in Kojima Bay in Okayama.
June 1902
Fujita Gumi beings operation of black ore flash smelting in Kosaka.
April 1915
Fujita Gumi acquires the Hanaoka mine in Akita.
September 1916
Fujita Gumi acquires the Yanahara mine in Okayama.
December 1945
Corporate name changed to DOWA MINING CO., LTD.
December 1952
DOWA MINING discovers New iron sulfide ore deposit in Yanahara.
August 1953
DOWA MINING establishes OKAYAMA WORKS. (now DOWA ELECTRONICS MATERIALS OKAYAMA CO., LTD.)
November 1965
DOWA IRON POWDER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. (now DOWA IP CREATION CO., LTD.) established in Okayama, commences Electronics Materials business.
October 1973
YOKOSAWA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. (now DOWA HIGHTECH CO., LTD.) became a subsidiary.
August 1982
Semiconductor Materials Laboratory is established in Akita.
June 1983
NIHON BENGARA KOGYO CO., LTD. (now DOWA F-TEC CO., LTD.) became a subsidiary.
September 1983
Production of Magnetic Recording Materials is started in OKAYAMA WORKS. (now DOWA ELECTRONICS MATERIALS OKAYAMA CO., LTD.)
June 1988
Completed construction and started operation of the Akita LED plant.
April 1993
Established DOWA SEMICONDUCTOR. (now DOWA SEMICONDUCTOR AKITA CO., LTD.)
April 2000
Introduced the company system.
March 2006
Relocated the head office to Akihabara.
October 2006
Changed to the Holdings system.
Established DOWA ELECTRONICS MATERIALS CO., LTD.
(Spun off from DOWA MINING CO., LTD., as an electronics materials businesses company.)
February 2019
An advanced fine material building was completed in Okayama.