for painted surface of automobiles. 1994 Forms Nitto Denko (Shanghai Pu Dong New Area) Company, Limited 1995 Forms Nitto Denko (Shanghai Songjiang) Company, Limited 1996 Onomichi plant begins operation ; Forms Nitto Medical Corporation ; Begins production of printed wiring material for HDD (use for wireless suspension) ; Forms Nitto Lifetec Corporation; Receives Miles prize. 1997 Forms Nitto Denko Material (Thailand) Company, Limited and P.T. Nitto Materials Indonesia; Forms Nitto Shinko Corporation and Saitama Nitto Denko Corporation. 1998 Begins production of Polarization Conversion Films (NIPOCS) 1999 Forms Nitto Denko Packaging System Corporation, Nitto Denko Vietnam and Korea Nitto Optical Company, Limited. 2000 Forms Mie Nitto Denko Corporation, Korea Nitto Denko., Limited; Forms Regional holding company, Nitto America, Inc.; Forms Nitto Denko Himawari Corporation, and Nitto Denko Technical Corporation. 2001 Forms Nitto Denko Tape Materials (Vietnam) Company, Limited, Nitto Denko Philippines Corporation and Nittos Denko (Suzhou) Company, Limited 2002 Forms Nitto Electronics Kyushu Corporation, Aichi Nitto Denko Corporation; Forms Regional holding company, Nitto Denko (China) Investment Company, Limited; Acquires Acoustiseal in the US, and the company changed name to Permacel Automotive Inc.. 2003 Forms Taiwan Nitto Optical Company, Limited. 2004 Forms Kinovate Life Sciences, Inc. Nitto Denko Packing System is changed name to Nitto Denko CS System Corporation. Forms Nitto Denko (Tianjin) Company, Limited and Nitto Fine Circuit Technology (Shenzhen) Company, Limited. 2005 Forms Shanghai Nitto Optical Company, Limited; An invention of the method of manufacturing wide-view-angle birefringent film for LCDs receives the Prime Minister Prize. 2006 Head Office is relocated to Osaka. 2007 Kyoshin Corporation and Nitto Denko Matex Corporation are consolidated into Nitto Denko Corporation. 2008 High performance reverse osmosis (RO) membrane element for seawater desalination "SWC5" receives 2007 Nikkei Superior Products and Services Awards for Excellence ; Forms Nitto Denko Asia Technical Center in Singapore. 2009 Forms Nitto Denko India Private, Limited in Manesar, India. 2011 Acquires Avecia Biotechnology Inc.. 2012 Forms Nitto Denko Europe Technical Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland (Closed 2017) 2014 Forms Nitto (Qingdao) Technology Research Institute, Co., Ltd. 2016 Acquires Irvine Pharmaceutical Services and Avrio Biopharmaceutical From 2017, Nitto became the main sponsor of the year-end tennis event ATP Finals in London. Products Reverse osmosis membranes for desalination of water, a 4", 8" or 16" diameter elements Vertical filter film and horizontal filter film for liquid crystal display Products being utilized in various areas of the automotive industry and housing Transdermal Therapeutic patches Surgical tapes and