History and Development

1951 Established with a capital of 10,000,000 yen.
Production of carbon black started using natural gas.
1963 Capital increased to 100,000,000 yen.
1964 Devastated during the Niigata Earthquake.
Bulk product transportation by freight car started.
1965 Soft carbon black technology supplied to Nitetsu Kagaku Kogyo (now Shin Nitetsu Kagaku).
1968 Bulk product transportation by bulk truck started.
1971 Contract signed with Poland to export technology.
1972 Contract signed with Rumania to export technology.
1973 Tokyo branch was opened.
Contract signed with Rumania to export technology for additional installations.
1974 Capital increased to 200,000,000 yen.
Raw material oil storage tank installation in Niigata East Industrial Port (East Port Oil Tank Facility) was completed.
1975 Hard carbon black technology supplied to Nitetsu Kagaku Kogyo.
1976 Capital increased to 220,000,000 yen.
1981 The Shin Aitoku Maru, a new energy-saving sail-powered ship was charted to transport raw material oil.
1982 Asahi Thermal Pellet Brand product was completed.
1987 Electric power plant first station was completed.
1995 SA Carbon Co. Ltd. (a company merged with Shin Nitetsu Kagaku) was established.
Number of raw material oil tanks in Niigata East Industrial Port increased.
1996 Desulphurization equipment was installed.
1997 Line 8 was completed.
1998 Special carbon plant (Line S) was completed.
Asashi Carbon Co., Ltd became a consolidated subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation.
1999 Power plant's second station was completed.
2000 Certificated ISO 9001.
2002 Capital increased to 1,720,000,000 yen.
2003 Line 9 was completed.
2004 Power plant's third station was completed.
BRIDGESTONE CARBON BLACK (THAILAND) CO., LTD. (BSCB) opening ceremony.
2005 New office and laboratory block were completed.
Awarded ISO 14001certification.
2007 Became first corporation in Niigata Prefecture to be approved by NEDO to receive a subsidy for green logistics.
2008 MEXICO CARBON MANUFACTURING SA DE CV (MXCB) opening ceremony.
2009 Asahi Logistics Co. Ltd was inaugurated as the result of subsidiary unification.
As an environmental measure, a high stack was completed inside the facility.
2010 Became first corporation in Niigata Prefecture to be approved for a Development Bank of Japan subsidy.
2011 Additional raw material oil tanks were installed at the east port tank yard and shipment equipment for lorries was reinforced.
2013 A raw material oil ISO container acceptance equipment was completed.
2015 Electric power plant first station was suspended.
2016 Tokyo branch was consolidated into Niigata headquarters.
2017 SA Carbon Co., Ltd. (the company merged with Nippon Steel Chemical Co., Ltd.) was ended.
2019 Two connected vehicle by Carbon black transportation by large container was started operation.
Transportation by large container started for customers in Kyushu district.