Kyowa Hakko Europe : History



  • 1949 Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd. established

  • 1956 Invention of the L-Glutamic acid production process by fermentation as the first industrial manufacturing process world-wide

  • 1969 Kyowa Hakko U.S.A., Inc. established

  • 1973 Kyowa Hakko Europe GmbH established

  • 1982 Kyowa Italiana Farmaceutici  S.R.L. established

  • 2007 Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd.  acquires Daiichi Fine Chemical Co., Ltd.

  • 2007 Strategic alliance between Kyowa Hakko Group and Kirin Group

  • 2008 Kyowa Hakko Europe GmbH and Daiichi Fine Chemical Europe GmbH joined  forces in a shared office

  • 2008 Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. established

  • 2008 Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd. established,  taking over the Bio-Chemical business from Kyowa Hakko Kogyo

  • 2009 Kyowa Hakko Europe GmbH and Daiichi Fine Chemical Europe GmbH merged

  • 2010 Kyowa Hakko Bio Italiana S.R.L. established as wholly owned subsidiary of Kyowa Hakko Europe GmbH