| Jun.1949 |
Established Showa Entetsu Industries for chemical equipment manufacturer. |
| Sep.1952 |
Entered into researching fab. applications for Titanium and Zirconium. |
| Jan.1956 |
Started production of Titanium Heat Exchangers. |
| Dec.1960 |
Succeeded in delivery of Vacuum Evaporation Unit (Trade Name "Return Liner"). |
| Mar.1963 |
Established new division for Tantalum and Hastelloy applications. Started researching Seam Cladding. |
| Mar.1966 |
Started manufacturing Sun-Z-R products and researching Platinum clad anodes. |
| Aug.1969 |
Established new division for Niobium applications. |
| Mar.1975 |
Approved by government to manufacture The Class 1 Pressure Vessel. (Aichi Labor Standards Inspection Office Approval Number 177) |
| Aug.1979 |
Sun-Z-R was patented and registered. |
| May.1980 |
Received "1980 Invention Prize" for Sun-Z-R by Aichi Prefectural Invention Association. |
| Feb.1981 |
Received an award for distinguished contrivance for Sun-Z-R in the 6th Invention Grand Prize by Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation. |
| Apr.1981 |
Obtained a patent for SR-A (Platinum-foil clad) in Germany, U.S.A. and U.K. |
| Sep.1981 |
Developed and started production of SR-8 electrode. |
| Mar.1982 |
Obtained the first order of large anodes (SR-A and SR-8) from a major steel maker. |
| May.1984 |
Licensed Sun-Z-R Technology to Pfaudler Company in U.S.A. |
| Nov.1985 |
Received Gold Award (Industrial Section) in the 1st Titanium Application Competition held by The Titanium Development Association (now International Titanium Association) of America. |
| Oct.1988 |
Received an Award for distinguished service by Japan Titanium Society. |
| Jul.1989 |
Established Showa International Europe b.v. (now SPF Europe b.v.) in The Netherlands. |
| Aug.1991 |
Established SPF Corporation of America in U.S.A. |
| Oct.1991 |
Established Taipei branch in Taiwan, R.O.C. |
| May.1994 |
Licensed Ti/Pb Anode Technology to Republic Anode Fabricators in U.S.A. |
| Jul.1994 |
Licensed Sun-Z-R Technology to Kemira Engineering OY (now Kemira Oyj) in Finland. |
| Oct.2002 |
Agreed cooperative work with NJPEC in Nanjing, China. |
| Nov.2004 |
Firm Name was changed to SPF Company Ltd. |
| Jan.2005 |
Reorganized R&D and Sales & Marketing Divisions. Increased the capability of technology improvement, new product development and market cultivation. |
| Jan.2006 |
Approved as Aichi Quality Company. (Approval Number 230) |
| Feb.2006 |
Held study tour to Hawaii as one part of training the employee's capability to cope with globalization. |
| Apr.2006 |
Started sales of newly developed Unit Heater and Titanium Filter, under the new R&D organization. |
| Feb.2008 |
Held study tour to the Netherlands. |
| Aug.2008 |
Set up 3 offices in the Asian countries(Shanghai, Thailand and VietNam) |
| Feb.2009 |
Received an award for the Unit Heater by the Nagoya Industrial Technology Grand Prix.
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| Feb.2010 |
Received an award for the Rare Metal Bellows by the Nagoya Industrial Technology Grand Prix. |
| Apr.2010 |
Energy saving new Fin Straight developed for sales. |
| Apr.2010 |
New Route Heat Exhanger with the descaling design developed for sales. |
| Mar.2011 |
Received an award for the Rare Metal Bellows by the 28th Nagai Science and Technology Foundation.
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| Sep.2012 |
Established SPF Beijing Special Metal Products Co., Ltd. |
| Apr.2013 |
Won the order for 600pcs niobium containers. |
| Sep.2013 |
Established SPF Thailand Co., Ltd. |
| Nov.2013 |
Won the order for 1000pcs titanium containers. |
| Jun.2015 |
Received the Contrivance Award for Zirconium Bellows by the Aichi Prefectural Invention Association.
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