History
Journey of the Musashi Paint Group
| 1958 | Founder, Toshio Fukui, established Musashi Paint Co., Ltd. in Kosuge (Katsushika-ku, Tokyo) (Capital of 2.5 million yen) |
| 1959 | Relocated office to Honden-shibue-cho (Katsushika-ku, Tokyo) in anticipation of expansion |
| 1960 | Capital increase (8 million yen in new capital) Relocated factory to Kami-aoki-cho, Kawaguchi (Saitama) Separated the sales division of the head office and relocated it to Zoshigaya (Toshima-ku, Tokyo) |
| 1962 | Relocated the head office to Minami-Ikebukuro (Toshima-ku, Tokyo) |
| 1965 | Capital increase (11.5 million yen in new capital) |
| 1968 | Built a new plant in Musashi Industrial Complex in Iruma-shi (Saitama) Capital increase (23 million yen in new capital) |
| 1969 | Opened the Osaka Business Office |
| 1970 | Finished construction phase 1 and started operations of the Iruma Plant |
| 1973 | Finished construction phase 2 of the Iruma Plant, which becomes the main factory |
| 1974 | Relocated head office to current location (2-30-16 Minami-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku) |
| 1978 | Constructed the Glick Building (head office building) at the same location |
| 1985 | Osaka Business Office becomes the Osaka Office and relocated office Kawada (Higashi-Osaka, Osaka) |
| 1989 | Hideo Akiyama appointed as President |
| 1994 | Shuhei Fukui appointed as President |
| 1997 | Established MUSASHI PAINT CORP.SDN.BHD., a joint venture in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 1998 | New color mixing factory constructed at the Iruma Plant |
| 1999 | Established Zhongshan Musashi Paint Co.,Ltd. in Zhongshan, China Established Musashi Paint (Hong Kong) Corporation, a joint venture in Hong Kong |
| 2000 | Established KOREA MUSASHI PAINT CORPORATION in Gunpo, Korea New technology and research building constructed at the Iruma Plant |
| 2002 | Established Suzhou Musashi Paint Co.,Ltd. in Suzhou, China Established a manufacturing site in Johor Bahru, Malaysia |
| 2003 | Established Musashi Paint Trade (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd. in Shanghai, China Established Musashi Paint International (H.K.) Ltd. in Hong Kong Established Musashi Paint (Kunshan) Corporation, a joint venture in Kunshan, China |
| 2004 | New quality control building constructed at the Iruma Plant Established Tianjin Musashi Paint Co.,Ltd. in Tianjin, China |
| 2005 | Split up the Iruma Plant and established Musashi Paint Manufacturing Corporation, a 100% subsidiary Established Musashi Paint General Trade (Shanghai) Corporation in Shanghai, China. |
| 2006 | Established HUNGARY MUSASHI PAINT KFT. in Hungary Established MUSASHI PAINT CALIFORNIA CO.,LTD. in California, U.S.A. |
| 2008 | Established MUSASHI PAINT(THAILAND) CO.,LTD., a joint venture in Thai |
| 2009 | Established MUSASHI UK LTD. in England Established VIETNAM MUSASHI PAINT CO.,LTD. in Vietnam Opened the China R&D Center at Zhongshan Musashi Paint |
| 2010 | Established MUSASHI PAINT INDIA PRIVATE LTD. in Chennai, India |
| 2011 | Hideki Sato appointed as President Established MUSASHI PAINT MANUFACTURING (THAILAND) CO.,LTD. in Thai Investment in and the inclusion of U.S. Paint Corp in the U.S.A. |
| 2014 | Yumiko Fukui appointed as President |