Corporate history
| October,1918 | Established as Krosaki Corporation (now Krosaki Harima Corporation) for the sales of refractory bricks. |
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| June,1919 | Kiln unloaded for the first time and full-fledged operation started. |
| May,1949 |
Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Stock Exchange. (December,2003 De-listed from the Osaka Stock Exchange.) |
| June,1953 | Krosaki Furnace Corporation (now the Furnace Division) established. |
| October,1956 | Capital participation from Yahata Steel Corporation (now Nippon Steel Corporation). |
| October,1956 |
Ohoshi Plant split off as Krosaki Rozai Corporation. (March,2009 Dissolve Krosaki Rozai Corporation) |
| April,1985 | Fine Ceramics Division established. |
| May,1986 | Ceramics Development Center established jointly with Nippon Steel Corporation. |
| October,1989 | Acquisition of Aristegui Material Refractarios,S.A. of Spain. New subsidiary named AMR Refractarios,S.A. |
| January,1995 | Certified under ISO9002 for flow control refractories |
| December,1995 | Joint venture Wuxi Krosaki Sujia Refractories Co.,Ltd. established in China. |
| April,1999 | Krosaki Furnace Corporation (now the Furnace Division) absorbed. |
| April,2000 | Merger with Harima Ceramics Corporation. Name changed to Krosaki Harima Corporation. |
| May,2002 | Acguired the stocks of Kyushu Refractories and made it the subsidiary. |
| August,2002 | Sales company for refractory products, Krosaki USA Inc., established in USA |
| January,2003 | Sales company for refractory products, Krosaki Harima (Shanghai) International Trading Co.,Ltd.,established in China. |
| November,2003 | Certified under ISO9001 for flow control refractories (replacing ISO9002 with ISO9001, version2000) |
| January,2004 | SN Refratecture Tokai Co.,Ltd. established, joint venture with Toshiba Ceramics (now called Covalent Materials Corporation) (Located on the Kariya Site (now called Kariya Facility) of Toshiba Ceramics (now called Covalent Materials Corporation)) |
| January,2005 | Joint venture, Qinhuangdao Shougang Krosaki Refractories Co.,Ltd., established in China. |
| April,2005 | K&K CORPORATION established, joint venture with Kikutake Sangyo Corporation. |
| March,2006 | Assignment to Krosaki Harima of the SG business of Sumitomo Heavy Industries, HIMATEX Co.,Ltd., for continuous casting. |
| April,2007 | Made SN Refratecture Tokai Co.,Ltd the Subsidiary |
| August,2007 | Kyushu Refractories Co.,Ltd. made full subsidiary |
| July,2009 | Acquisition of the stocks of Shin-Nippon Thermal Ceramics Corporation. |
