| 1997 |
- Established Shinto Herberts Automotive Systems Co., Ltd., a 50/50 joint venture in coatings for automobiles between Herberts (Germany) and SHINTO PAINT CO., Ltd.
- Started to market the lead-free cathodic electro-deposition coatings.
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| 1998 |
- Introduced the water-borne base coat/clear coat/ primer surfacer technology of Herberts, Germany
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| 1999 |
- DuPont, US took over Herberts. Herberts then changed its name to DuPont Performance Coatings.
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| 2000 |
- Adopted water-borne base coats and clear coats in domestic automobiles lines.
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| 2002 |
- Adopted water-borne base coats and clear coats for bumpers in the domestic automobiles lines.
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| 2003 |
- Registered ISO14001 company-wide certification
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| 2004 |
- On the occasion of the take-over of Herberts by DuPont, US, the company name of Shinto Herberts Automotive Systems Co., Ltd. was changed to DuPont Shinto Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
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| 2005 |
- DuPont, US established the Aichi Laboratory in Miyoshi City, Aichi Prefecture.
- A research base for top coatings for automobiles of DuPont Shinto was set up in this laboratory.
- Started the marketing of super-high throwing power, lead-free and tin-free type cathodic electro-deposition coatings
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| 2006 |
- Acquired all shares of Taiwan Shinto Chemical Co., Ltd., a coating manufacturer in Taiwan, and made it a subsidiary.
- Acquired 30% shares of SHINTRA, a Malaysian coating manufacturer.
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| 2007 |
- Changed the name of Taiwan Shinto Chemical Co., Ltd. to DuPont Shinto Taiwan Co., Ltd.
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| 2008 |
- Completed the overseas development of lead-free cathodic electro-deposition coatings.
- Started to sell new water-borne top coatings to the global market in all 25 lines in Europe, South Africa, Russia, Southeast Asia, North America and Central America.
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| 2013 |
- DuPont Performance Coatings was acquired by The Carlyle Group. DuPont Performance Coatings then changed its name to Axalta Coating systems.
- DuPont Shinto Automotive systems has changed its name to Axalta Shinto Coating Systems, DuPont Shinto Taiwan changed its name to Axalta Shinto Coating Systems Taiwan.
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| 2014 |
- Acquired 60% shares of PT. Shinto Paint Indonesia, a coating sales company in Indonesia, and made it a subsidiary.
- Axalta becomes publicly traded on The New York Stock Exchange.
- Axalta Shinto Coating Systems Taiwan Co., Ltd. acquired 60% shares of Shinto Paint Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. a coating sales company in China, and made it a subsidiary.
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