About Us

Our History

8th century: Related with the imperial family, Kiyomaro Wake received the order to found Kyoto.
9th century: Tokifuri Wake established Japanese medicine.
16th century: The emperor entitled Akihide Wake to carry the family name “Nakarai”.
1846: Mansuke Nakarai started his business for traditional Japanese and Chinese medicine.
1908: Mansuke Nakarai started to import chemicals from Germany.
1958: Narakai Chemicals Ltd was founded as a spin-off from Mansuke Nakarai.
1968: Storage - Dispatch facility in South-Kyoto was opened.
1983: New Kyoto Factory was opened.
1987: Research Institute was opened.
1988: The corporate name was changed to NACALAI TESQUE, INC. with the focus on Life Sciences.
1999: Kyoto Factory became ISO9002:1994 certified.
2002: Kyoto Factory became ISO9001:2000 certified.
2003: Kyoto South Office became ISO 14001 certified.
2004: Kyoto Factory became ISO 14001 certified.
2005: Nacalai USA was founded.
2006: Nacalai Tesque, Inc. celebrated its 160th anniversary.

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