September 1919 Dainippon Celluloid Company Limited, with plants in Sakai, Kanzaki, Aboshi, and Tokyo, created through the merger of eight celluloid producers.
July 1927 Mikuni Celluloid Co.,Ltd.(Mikuni Plastics Co.,Ltd.)
established and begins celluloid processing operations.
January 1934 Photographic film operations are spun off to form Fuji Photo Film Co.,Ltd.
Septembar 1935 Arai Plant established in Niigata Prefecture and begins acetylene-type organic chemical operations.


January 1954 The Kawachi Plant (presently the Harima Plant) established and begins the manufacture of smokeless gunpowder.
September 1956 Dainippon Plastics Co.,Ltd. established and begins plastics processing operations.
March 1959 Nagoya Office (presently Nagoya Sales Office) established.


January 1961 Dainippon Kasei Co.,Ltd. established and begins petrochemical operations.
May 1964 Polyplastics Co.,Ltd. established and begins producing polyacetal resin.
February 1966 Corporate name changed to Daicel Co.,Ltd.
June 1968 Dainippon Kasei Co.,Ltd. is acquired and Daicel begins operating that company's Ohtake Plant.


July 1970 Daicel-Huls Ltd. (presently Daicel-Evonik Ltd.) established and begins marketing polyamide12 resin.
July 1977 Kyodo Sakusan Co.,Ltd. established.
September 1979 Begins production of acetic acid using the methanol carbonylation process.
October 1979 Corporate name changed to Daicel Chemical Industries,Ltd.


November 1980 Research Center constructed in Aboshi (Japan).
December 1982 Kyodo Polymer Co.,Ltd. established.
April 1984 Daicel (U.S.A.),Inc. established in Los Angeles.
November 1984 Daicel (Europa) GmbH established in Dusseldorf.
September 1986 Daicel Finance Ltd. established.
May 1988 Daicel-UCB Company,Ltd. (presently Daicel-Cytec Company,Ltd.) established.
October 1988 Daicel Safety Systems Inc. established.
May 1989 Daicel Chemical (Asia) Pte.Ltd. established in Singapore.


November 1990 Chiral Technologies, Inc. established in U.S.A..
October 1991 Dainichi Chemical Corp. established.
July 1992 Xi'an Huida Chemical Industries Co.,Ltd. established in China.
November 1992 Daicel (Hong Kong) Ltd. established in Hong Kong.
June 1993 Himeji Works Hirohata Plant established in Himeji (Japan).
May 1994 Daicen Membrane-Systems Ltd. established.
November 1994 Shanghai Daicel Polymers,Ltd. established in Shanghai.
October 1995 Chiral Technologies-Europe SARL (presently Chiral Technologies Europe S.A.S.) established in France.
April 1998 H.R. Training Center established in Hyogo (Japan).
April 1999 Toyo Styrene Co.,Ltd. established.


December 2000 Daicel Safety Systems America,LLC established in Kentncky.
January 2001 Daicel Polymer Ltd. established.
January 2001 Daicel Packsystems Ltd. established.
October 2001 Daicel FineChem Ltd. established.
October 2001 Daicel Novafoam Ltd. established.
September 2002 Daicel Nanning Food Ingredients Co., Ltd. established in China.
September 2002 Daicel Safety Systems (Thailand) Co., Ltd. established in Thailand.
March 2004 Daicel Safety Systems Europe Sp. z o. o. established in Poland.
April 2004 Daicel Value Coating Ltd. established.
July 2004 Daicel Chemical (China) Investment Co., Ltd. established in China.
December 2004 Daicel Safety Systems (Jiangsu) Co.,Ltd. established in China.
March 2005 Ningbo Da-An Chemical Industries Co.,Ltd. established in China.
January 2006 Acquisition of Ticona's cyclic olefin copolymer business and start of operations of Topas Advanced Polymers
August 2007 Daicel Chiral Technologies (China) Co.,Ltd. established in China.
March 2008 Consolidated subsidiaries Dainippon Plastics Co.,Ltd. majority share transferred to Takiron Co.,Ltd
April 2008 Daicel Chiral Technologies (India) Pvt.Ltd. established in India.
October 2008 The business of Mikuni Plastics Co.,Ltd. transferred to Aronkasei Co.,Ltd.