Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd
Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd is a chemical manufacturing company headquartered in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. The company provides laboratory chemicals, specialty chemicals, and clinical diagnostic reagents for scientists, medical professionals, and industrial applications. It is a ISO9001 and ISO141001 certified company.
History
The company was founded in 1922 as the chemicals department of Takeda Chobei Shoten, known as Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited at present. The department separated in that year and established as an independent company. It was named Takeda Pure Chemicals Ltd. The company opened an office in Tokyo in 1935 and opened its Osaka and Tokyo plant in 1940 and 1944 respectively. In 1947 the name of the company was changed to Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd. In 1952 the company headquarter was moved to its current location at Chuo-ku, Osaka.
Locations
The Wako chemicals headquarter is located at 1-2 Doshomachi 3-Chome, Chūō-ku, Osaka 540-8605, Japan. It has a Tokyo office located at Chūō, Tokyo. Its 10 regional offices are located at Hokkaido, Tohoku, Tsukuba, Koshin-etsu, Fujisawa, Shizuoka, Tokai, Hokuriku, Chugoku and Kyushu. It has chemical plants at Tokyo, Ohita, Aichi, Mie, Osaka and Harima.
Laboratories
Wako Chemicals has laboratories for Reagent Research, Chemical Products Research, Diagnostics Research and Life Science Research.
Products
The company provides various special drugs, chemicals for laboratory research and highly purified chemicals for diagnosis test. It also provides variable standards for bio-drugs, certificated standard materials for food medicine analysis and pesticide.
Clinical Diagnostic reagents
The company is a manufacturer of Clinical Diagnostic reagents which they are manufacturing for about 90 years.
Research reagents
The company has been manufacturing chemistry reagents worldwide to the field of laboratory science and research development for over 90 years. Their product line consists of over 35,000 unique antibodies, enzymes, molecular biology kits, organic/inorganic chemicals and analytical standards.
Specialty chemicals
The company manufactures specialty chemicals for industries related to pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and photographic.
Automation
The Wako Automation company develops and markets proprietary automated systems and workstations for the [...] discovery and life science industries.
Milestones
- In 1964 Tokyo Plant of the company was moved to the its current site.
- In 1967 The research Laboratories of Tokyo and Osaka was completed. Harima Plant and an office in Paris Liaison was opened in 1968 (until 1970).
- In 1970 Dusseldorf Liaison Office opened (until 1983).
- The construction of Head Office building completed in 1972.
- The subsidiary Wako Chemicals GmbH established in Dusseldorf under 100% capital ownership in 1974.
- In 1978 Dallas Liaison Office was opened (until 1989).
- Another subsidiary Wako Chemicals USA, Inc. was founded in in 1981 in Dallas, Texas under 100% capital ownership.
- Uedesheim Plant of Wako Chemicals GmbH was completed in 1983. An office in Neuss Liaison was also opened in that year.
- In 1988 a plant in Mie opened.
- In 1989 a Distribution Center in Tobu was opened and Wako Chemicals USA, Inc. moved to Richmond, Virginia. An office in Richmond Liaison was also opened.
- In 1990 Miyazaki Plant was opened which is the present Wako Chemicals, Ltd. Head office. The Richmond Plant of Wako Chemicals USA, Inc. was also completed in this year.
- In 1991 Seibu Distribution Center and Matumoto Plant was opened.
- In 1994 Hafen Plant of Wako Chemicals GmbH was completed.
- In 1995 Wako Chemicals obtained ISO9002 certificate of registration for its quality management system of the domestic operation.
- In 2000 Wako obtained ISO 14001 certificate of registration for its environment management system.
- In 2001 Tokyo and Osaka Plants were approved as official testing laboratories based on ISO/IEC 17025 Obtained ISO9001 certificate of registration for its quality management system
- In 2004 Aichi Plant opened their Los Angeles Sales Office and the Wako Chemicals USA, Inc. opened their Diagnostics Division and obtained ISO13485 certificate of registration for its quality management system.
- In 2005 Boston Sales Office of Wako Chemicals USA, Inc. was opened. The Tokyo Plant obtained thr JCSS certificate of registration. An R&D Center at Mountain View was also opened in this year.
- In 2007 Tokyo, Osaka and Mie Plants Obtained new JIS certificate of registration.
- In 2008 Tokyo Plant Obtained ISO Guide 34 certificate of registration.
- In 2010 Shanghai Representative Office was opened.
- In 2012 four new subsidiaries Wako Holdings USA, Inc., Shanghai Wako Chemical Co., Ltd., Wako Life Sciences, Inc., and Wako USA Automation, Inc. were founded under 100% capital ownership.
See also
- List of companies of Japan