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1944 ••••••••• Started the production of Arms Bronze® (copper alloy)
1961 ••••••••• Started the full-scale production of nickel alloy and BISHILITE :Mitsubishi Materials Hard-Facing Alloys (Cobalt alloy)
1965 ••••••••• Started the production of precision castings and precision die-forgings
1973 ••••••••• Started the production of Zircaloy nuclear fuel cladding tubing
1982 ••••••••• Started the production of Titanium Alloys for aircraft applications
1990 ••••••••• Mitsubishi Metal Corporation and Mitsubishi Mining & Cement Corporation merged to form Mitsubish Materials Corporation
1991 ••••••••• Started the production of evaporating materials for DV tape
1993 ••••••••• Registered ISO9002 (Welding cast Rods and Electrodes, sheets, strips and plates)
1997 ••••••••• Registered ISO14001 (Environmental Management system)
1998 ••••••••• Started the operation of PT.MMC METAL FABRICATION
Started the operation of SONA OKEGAWA PRECISION FORGING
2002 ••••••••• The R&D section in Central Research Institute related to Okegawa plant, became an independent division as Non-ferrous Alloys Research & Technology Laboratory
2004 ••••••••• Registered QS9100 & Nadcap
2009 ••••••••• Transferred Zircaloy nuclear fuel cladding tubing business to Mitsubishi Nuclear Fuel Corporation
2010 ••••••••• Discontinue prodution of precision castings
MMC Superalloy Corporation established