History of ytc
| 1918 | Sakuzo Yamamoto established Yamamoto Shoten in Kitakyuhojimachi, Higashi-ku, Osaka-shi, to commence sales of dyestuffs for textile industry. Concluded special agent contract with Hoechst Japan Ltd., sole agent of Hoechst AG in Japan. |
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| 1953 | Founded Company Limited. Began selling pigments and specialty chemicals in such non-textile fields as paints, printing inks, plastics, and stationery. |
| 1959 | Concluded special agent contract with BASF Japan Ltd., sole agent of BASF AG in Japan. |
| 1961 | Concluded special agent contract with Ciba-Geigy Japan Limited, sole agent of Ciba-Geigy AG in Japan. |
| 1962 | Concluded special agent contract with ICI Japan Ltd., sole agent of Imperial Chemical Industries PLC. in Japan. |
| 1964 | Set up Tokyo branch office. |
| 1965 | Concluded special agent contract with Bayer Limited, sole agent of Bayer AG in Japan. |
| 1967 | Set up Nagoya branch office. |
| 1971 | Concluded special agent contract with Merck Japan Ltd., sole agent of E. Merck AG in Japan. |
| 1976 | Concluded special agent contract with Degussa Japan Ltd., sole agent of Degussa AG in Japan |
| 1980 | Was appointed as sole distributor of Eckart Werke in Japan. |
| 1982 | Concluded special agent contract with Goldschmidt Japan Ltd., sole agent of TH.Goldschmidt AG in Japan. |
| 1988 | Concluded special agent contract of measurement instruments with Minolta Camera Sales Co.,Ltd. |
| 1992 | Concluded agency contract with American Chrome & Chemicals lnc., U.S.A.. |
| 1993 | Zeneca Ltd., divided from ICI Japan Ltd., Concluded special agent contract with them. Concluded agency contract with Sterling Industrial Colours Ltd, UK. |
| 1994 | Was appointed as special agent of Mettler-Toledo Ltd., sole agent of Mettler-Toledo AG in Japan. Was appointed as special agent of Shinagawa Fuel Co.,Ltd. |
| 1995 | Was appointed as special agent of Nikkiso Co.,Ltd. Was appointed as special agent of Iwasaki Electoric Co.,Ltd. |
| 1997 | Established Yamamoto Trading (Thailand) Co.,Ltd. |
| 1998 | Concluded agency contract with Nisshinbo Industries Inc. Color Systems Dept. Concluded special agency contract with Wacker Asahikasei Silicolle Co.,Ltd., sole agent of Wacker Chemie GmbH in Japan. |
| 2000 | Concluded agency contract of Dromont s.p.a Concluded specisl agent contract with Air Products Japan, Inc., sole agento of Air Products and Chemicals,Inc. in Japan. |
| 2002 | Concluded specisl agent contract with Cognis Japan Ltd. sole agent of Cognis Deutschland GmbH Co.& KG in Janan. |
| 2004 | Concluded special agent contract with Lubrizol Japan Ltd. sole agent of Lubrizol Ltd. in Japan. Concluded special agent contract with Arch Chemicals Japan Ltd. sole agent of Arch Chemicals Inc. in Japan. |
| 2005 | Concluded agency contract with Sensient Colors Inc., U.S.A.. Concluded special agent contract with Buhler Japan Ltd. sole agent of Buhler AG in Japan. Acquired ISO14001 certification. |
| 2007 | Concluded sole agent contract with Buhler PARTEC GmbH. Concluded sole agent contract with Degussa Coatings & Colorants Pty Ltd.. Established Yamamoto Trading Korea Co.,Ltd. |
| 2008 | Established Yamamoto Trading(China)Co.,Ltd. |
| 2011 | Established Yamamoto Trading(Taiwan)Co.,Ltd. Established Yamamoto Trading(Hong Kong)Limited. Established Yamamoto Trading Malaysia Sdn.Bhd. |
| 2016 | Established Yamamoto Trading Co.,Ltd.Jakarta Office. |
| 2018 | ytc Headquarters transferred. |
