History
1918–1948 Formative years
| 1918 | May | Company founded in Kanzaki, Amagasaki with 500,000 yen in capital |
| 1920 | August | JAPANITE introduced and registered as the Company's first patent (patent no. 39623, August 1921, for method of manufacturing varnish) |
| 1926 | August | CELVA, the first lacquer produced in Japan, successfully introduced |
| 1927 | November | SABINAITE, a specially formulated oil-based rust-prevention coating, introduced (patent no. 76819, May 1928) |
| 1933 | May | Tokyo Office opened |
| June | New Tokyo Plant (now Tokyo Office) opened in Ota-ku, Tokyo |
1949–1986 Postwar growth
| 1949 | May | Shares listed on the Osaka, Tokyo, and Kobe stock exchanges |
| 1950 | April | New head office building built in Higashi-ku (now Chuo-ku), Osaka |
| 1955 | September | Multicolor ZOLACOAT coating introduced |
| 1960 | November | Hiratsuka Plant (now Hiratsuka Office) opened in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture |
| November | Began production of CANCOAT can coating | |
| 1961 | November | Nagoya Plant (now Nagoya Office) opened in Nishikamo (now Miyoshi), Aichi Prefecture |
| 1965 | April | Technical Research Center (now R&D Center) opened in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture |
| July | Invested in Kansai United Paints Pte. Ltd. (now Kansai Paint (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.) in Singapore | |
| 1967 | January | Corporate creed established to mark 50th anniversary of Company founding |
| 1968 | October | Acquired shares in Sanpo Paint K.K. (now KAT Co., Ltd.) |
| November | Funds invested to establish Thai Kansai Paint Co., Ltd. (Thailand) | |
| 1971 | April | Kanpe Decorative Coatings (now Kanpe Hapio) established with the merger of the Osaka, Nagoya, and Tokyo Kanpe Decorative Coating businesses |
| June | Kanuma Plant (now Kanuma Office) opened in Kanuma, Tochigi Prefecture | |
| 1983 | February | RETAN PG80 automotive refinish coating introduced |
| 1985 | April | Acquired shares in Kanpe Trading Co., Ltd. |
| October | Initial sales of FANTAC adhesive coating marking film | |
| November | Funds invested to establish Taiwan Kansai Paint Co., Ltd. | |
| 1986 | September | Sonne EDUV electrodeposited photoresists for printed circuit boards introduced |
| September | Invested in Goodlass Nerolac Paints Pvt Ltd (India) (now Kansai Nerolac Paints Limited) |
1987–2010 Global expansion
| 1987 | February | Kansai Paint (America), Inc. (USA) established |
| September | New corporate brand ALESCO introduced | |
| 1988 | January | ESCO penetrating epoxy anticorrosion coating introduced |
| September | Funds invested to establish Kanpe Kyohan Osaka K.K. | |
| September | Joint venture KDK Automotive Coatings Co., Ltd. established in South Korea (now KNK Coatings Co., Ltd.) | |
| 1989 | April | Funds invested to establish Kanpe Kyohan Tokyo K.K. |
| 1990 | April | Kansai Paint Europe Limited (with head office in London and branch in Hamburg) established |
| 1992 | January | Joint venture Tianjin Kansai Paint Co., Ltd. established in Tianjin, China (now Cosco Kansai Paint & Chemicals (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.) |
| November | Ono Plant (now Ono Office) opened in Ono, Hyogo Prefecture | |
| December | Kitakyushu Office opened in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture | |
| 1994 | April | Joint venture Kansai Paint (Shenyang) Co., Ltd. established in Shenyang, China |
| September | Kanpe Auto Refinishing Center (ARC) opened at Technical Research Center | |
| 1995 | January | Funds invested to establish Kansaipaint Resin (Thailand) Co., Ltd. |
| February | Joint venture Tianjin Beacon Kansai Paint & Chemicals Co., Ltd., established in Tianjin, China (now Tianjin Winfield Kansai Paint & Chemicals Co., Ltd.) | |
| March | Joint venture Hunan Kansai Automotive Coatings Co., Ltd., established in Changsha, China (now Hunan Xiangjiang Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.) | |
| April | Joint venture Chongqing Kansai Paint Co., Ltd. established in Chongqing, China | |
| December | Shanghai Kansai Paint & Chemicals Co., Ltd. established (now Cosco Kansai Paint & Chemicals (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.) | |
| 1996 | October | Acquired shares in Sime Kansai Paints Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia) |
| September | KP Pearl microbial carrier beads developed for use in advanced wastewater treatment | |
| 1997 | June | First corporate pamphlet on global environmental initiatives published |
| 1998 | April | Kanpe Auto Refinishing Center (ARC) West Japan opened at Amagasaki Office |
| 1999 | September | Sonne LDI adopted for use in plasma displays |
| October | Developed technology for recycling PET bottles into raw materials for paint | |
| October | Funds invested to establish PT Kansaipaint Indonesia (Indonesia) | |
| October | Goodlass Nerolac Paints Pvt Ltd (India) made subsidiary (now Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd.) | |
| 2000 | January | Developed Japan's first waterborne basecoat for automotive refinishing |
| February | Developed biosynthesis technology using interface bioreactor | |
| 2001 | October | Nichiyu Kansai Marine Coatings Co., Ltd. established as joint venture (now Kansai Paint Marine Co., Ltd.) |
| 2002 | April | Kansai Paint Philippines, Inc. established |
| July | Kanpe Kyohan Tokyo K.K. renamed Kansai Paint Sales Co., Ltd. | |
| 2004 | November | PPG Kansai Automotive Finishes (PKAF) established as joint venture with PPG in North America and Europe |
| 2006 | February | Funds invested to establish Cosco Kansai Paint & Chemicals (Zhuhai) Co., Ltd. |
| April | Malaysia's Sime Coatings Sdn Bhd joins the Group and is renamed Kansai Coatings Malaysia (now Kansai Paint Asia Pacific Sdn. Bhd.) | |
| 2007 | October | Acquired shares in Akzo-Nobel Endustri ve Otomobil (Turkey) (now Kansai Altan Boya Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.) |
| 2008 | February | Head Office relocated to Chuo-ku, Osaka |
| 2010 | January | Established Kanpe Ako Co., Ltd. in Ako, Hyogo Prefecture |
| April | Made Kansai Paint (Shenyang) Co., Ltd. a consolidated subsidiary | |
| September | Funds invested to establish Kansai Paint (China) Investment Co., Ltd. |
2011–2018 Accelerating globalization
| 2011 | April | Acquired shares in Freeworld Coatings (South Africa), making it a subsidiary (now Kansai Plascon Africa Ltd.) |
| December | Joint venture Kansai-Alphanam Paint Co., Ltd. established in Vietnam | |
| 2012 | April | Made Kansai Paint Sales Co., Ltd. a wholly-owned subsidiary |
| April | Acquired shares in PT. Kansai Prakarsa Coatings (Indonesia) | |
| May | Cosco Kansai Paint (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. established | |
| 2013 | April | Kanpe Color Center Kashiwa opened in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture |
| June | DNT Kansai Mexicana established as joint venture with Dai Nippon Toryo | |
| 2014 | April | Kanpe Color Center Amagasaki opened |
| 2015 | January | Kuboko Paint establishes Japan Powder Coating Manufacturing Co., Ltd. with Dai Nippon Toryo |
| 2016 | February | Ales Mushiyoke Clean insect-repellent coating wins top Nikkei Business Daily prize |
| August | Acquired shares in U.S. Paint Corporation (USA), making it a subsidiary | |
| October | Kansai Paint Asia Pacific Sdn. Bhd. acquires shares of Sancora Paint Industries Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia) | |
| December | Acquired shares in Polisan Kansai Boya Sanayi (Turkey) (now Polisan Kansai Boya Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.) | |
| 2017 | January | Acquired shares in the Sadolin Group, a coatings manufacturer in the East African Community (now Kansai Plascon East Africa Ltd.) |
| February | Project to promote coatings to counter infectious disease chosen as a JICA private-sector technical cooperation project | |
| March | Acquired shares in Helios Group (Austria) (now Kansai Helios Coatings GmbH) | |
| 2018 | May | Centenary of Company founding |
| October | Kansai Paint Group integrated corporate brand introduced |
2019–Present Building the foundations for our future
| 2020 | October | Demonstrated how plaster coating deactivates COVID-19 (SARS- CoV-2) |
| 2022 | April | Shares transferred from the First Section to the Prime Market in reorganization of the Tokyo Stock Exchange market classifications |
| December | Powder coatings business reorganized; Kuboko Paint establishes new company KANSAI Powder Coatings Co., Ltd. | |
| 2023 | February | European subsidiary Kansai Helios Coatings GmbH acquires CWS Group in the powder coatings and synthetic resins business |
| December | Head Office relocated to Umeda and Shin-Osaka, Osaka-city. | |
| 2024 | May | European subsidiary Kansai Helios Coatings GmbH acquires WEILBURGER, an industrial coatings manufacturer. |
