History | About Musashi Paint Group

An introduction to the half century long history of Musashi Paint since its foundation in 1958.
From here onward, we will treasure each step of our journey as a group in hopes of continuing it for another 100 or 200 years to come.

Year	Important Events	Major Products	Group Changes and Growth
1958	Founded by Toshio Fukui in Kosuge, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo Startup Building Toshio Fukui The founder	NITORON	Start with just 8 members
1959	Relocated to Honden Shibue-Machi, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo; land acquisition in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture; construction of Kawaguchi plant	MELARL UREX BE.NITRON
1960	Sales headquarters relocated to Zoshigaya, Toshima-ku Formation of the "Musashikai" Tokyo Dealers Association Formation of the Musashi Paint Cooperative (Materials Supplier)		JPY 100 million 42 employees
1961	Formation of the Empitsu Musashikai
1962	Relocation to the Saitama Bldg. (Minami-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku) Entrance into the Japan Paint Manufacturers Association Saitama Bldg	RYLCON FUTALBET EPONICE
1963	Kawaguchi Plant Expansion Formation of the Paint Colloquium (Later the Kanto Paint Manufacturers Association) Kawaguchi Plant
1964	Formation of "Munikai"
1965	Founding member of the Kanto Paint Manufacturers Association	Hi JET PUTTY
1966		PLA-ACE 713 (Pioneered use of plastic grain paints) PLA-ACE 716 Chakuron (Light alloy plating for auto emblems, consumer electronics. etc.)
1967		NEO CHAKURON
1968	Celebration of 10th anniversary of founding
1969	Osaka branch office established	PLA-ACE WW(Pioneered wiping technology)
1970	Completion of the Iruma No. 1 Plant, and beginning of operations the Iruma Plant	Hi MELARL BYTARON	JPY 500 million 59 employees
1971		MOKUMERON (Pioneered water transfer technology)
1972	Sales partnership with Du Pont, USA
1973	Celebration of 15th anniversary of founding Completion of the second Iruma plant Celebration of 15th anniversary	ZERON MM
1974	Relocation to Minami-Ikebukuro 2-30-16, Toshima-ku (current location)
1975	Musashikai expands into a nationwide association
1976		HITOMAC
1977	Relocation to the Iruma plant completed Relocation of the Osaka office to Genjigaoka		JPY 1 billion 69 employees
1978	20th anniversary celebration of founding Construction of main headquarters complete (Guriggu Bldg.) Completion of Iruma plant research facility
1979		Bonrezar

Advanced R&D in special materials for use with metals, plastics, and more

Made trail-blazing advancements in the automotive field

Increased the name recognition of Musashi Paint, established a firm position in the industry

Year	Important Events	Major Products	Group Changes and Growth
1980		NEO CHAKURON PLA-ACE A HAIUREX M
1981		HAI UREX-P	Strong exports to Korea, Hong Kong
1982	Relocation of the Osaka office to Amagasaki Establishment of the Seibu Musashikai		JPY 2 billion 78 employees
1983	Celebration of 25th anniversary of founding	BONSUEDE PLA-ACE PP
1984	First foreign technological collaboration (Sam Young Ink, South Korea) Technological collaboration with Great Century Paints, Taiwan
1985	Partnership with BDI, Singapore Osaka office elevated to its own plant and relocated to new facilities in Kawada, Higashi-Osaka	COMPIX
1986
1987	Acquisition of Elecoat One (company's first acquisition)
1988	「MPC Assosiation」established	MECKYANTEX
1989	Second president, Hide Akiyama, assumes office Chairman Toshio Fukui honored with the Fifth Order of the Sacred Treasure	Rubbersan
1990	Chairman Toshio Fukui dies Provision of technology to U.K. company, Sonneborn & Rieck
1991		SUPER PRIMER
1992	Order center established	PEACHSKIN
1993	Establishment of the Kemisanku Corporation
1994	Third president, Shuhei Fukui, assumes office First exhibition at Paint Show '94 Death of President Hideo Akiyama Construction of multi-level storage facility completed	Registered purchase code for Rubbersan, peach skin IBM components
1995		QUARTER MAN
1996	Ten-year long term plan established
1997		ULTRA VIN (Advancements in UV curing, mobile phones)
1998	Exhibition at Paint Show Construction of new color mixing plant completed	PANUCO MG (magnesium primer)
1999	Founding of Musashi Paint Zhongshan Founding of Musashi Paint Hong Kong

Catchphrase Technology, Sincerity, and Ideas

Moved away from large scale (metal) toward small scale (plastic) computers

Established an organizational vision toward proactive global expansion

Rapid sales growth in the mobile phone field (initially with car phones, PHS, etc.)

Year	Important Events	Major Products	Group Changes and Growth
2000	Founding of Musashi Paint Korea Founding of Musashi Paint Malaysia (Johor Bahru)	ARMOR TOP (mobile phone painting)	JPY 3 billion 111 employees
2001	Five-year plan established (group sales of 10 billion yen)		JPY 4 billion 116 employees
2002	Exhibition at Paint Show Founding of Musashi Paint Suzhou	ECO PLA-ACE ECO HAIUREX
2003	ISO14001 certification Founding of Musashi Paint Kunshan Founding of Musashi Paint Intl. Hong Kong	KING	JPY 5 billion 125 employees
2004	Founding of Musashi Paint Tianjin Founding of Musashi Paint Trading Company (Shanghai) Founding of Musashi Paint Color Development Center (Beijing)	NEOUREX	JPY 8 billion 154 employees
2005	New five-year plan established (group sales of 40 billion yen) Founding of Musashi Paint Manufacturing Co. ISO9001 certification	NEORABASAN NEOPEACHSKIN	JPY 9 billion 164 employees
2006	Exhibition at Paint Show Founding of Hungary Musashi Paint Founding of California Musashi Paint Founding of Musashi Unified Paint Trading Company (Shanghai) Founding of Musashi Paint Color Development Center (Shanghai)	HAIUREX P	JPY 10 billion 190 employees
2007	Celebration of 50th anniversary of founding
2008	Founding of Musashi Paint Thailand		JPY 12 billion 250 employees
2009	Osaka Plant relocates to Mizuhai, Higashi-Osaka Founding of Musashi Paint U.K. Founding of Vietnam Musashi Paint
2010	Founding of Musashi Paint India
2011	president, Hideki Sato, assumes office Death of Chairman Shuhei Fukui Founding of Musashi Paint Manufacturing (Thailand) Co. Capital investment in U.S. Paint Corporation, inclusion into the Musashi Group
2013	3 Years new MUSASH GROUP plan start
2014	President, Yumiko Fukui, assumes office
2015	Adopted a holding company structure through a company split.
2018	Founding of PT Musashi Paint Indonesia
2020	Founding of Vietnam Musashi Paint Co., Ltd.　Ha Noi Branch Founding of Chongqing Musashi Paint Co., Ltd.

Successive establishment of overseas production bases (joint ventures)