沿革
| Feb. 1986 | Established as Nihon Ugimag Corp, joint venture between Kawasaki Steel Corp. and Aimants Ugimag S.A.(France) with the capitalization of 200 million yen. |
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| Dec. 1986 | Start of hard ferrite production at Chiba prefecture in Japan. |
| Sep. 1988 | Terminated joint venture agreement and 100% owned by Kawasaki steel group. |
| Jul. 1989 | Company name changed to Kawatetsu Magnex Corp. |
| Oct. 1990 | Start of soft ferrite core production at Kurashiki factory, located in the area of Kawasaki Steel Mizushima work. (Capacity; 70ton/month) |
| Oct. 1991 | Capacity increased to 150ton/month. (by new sintering furnace No.3) |
| Jul. 1993 | Withdrew from hard ferrite core business. |
| Sep. 1993 | Established Kawatetsu Ferrite Corp. ('KFC')with the capitalization of 100 million yen. |
| Dec. 1993 | Transferred soft ferrite core business from Kawatetsu Magnex Corp. to KFC. Capital increased to 300 million yen. |
| Apr. 1994 | Capacity increased to 220 ton/month. (by new sintering furnace No.4) |
| May. 1994 | Capital increased to 490 million yen. |
| Jan. 1996 | Capacity increased to 255 ton/month. (by equipment improvements) |
| Aug. 1996 | Established Kawatetsu Ferrite(Hong Kong) Limited.("KFH"; Sales and Marketing company) |
| Oct. 1996 | Established Kawatetsu Ferrite (Thailand) Co.,Ltd. ("KFT") |
| Mar. 1997 | KFC certified ISO9001 |
| Dec. 1997 | Start of production at KFT. |
| Oct. 1999 | KFC merged with Saikai Industry Co. KFC increased capital to 1,224 million yen. |
| Oct. 2000 | KFC increased capital to 1,300 million yen. |
| Apr. 2002 | Start of grinding process at Shenzhen factory (China). |
| Apr. 2003 | KFC merged with Irox-NKK Co., Ltd. (Established JFE Ferrite Corp.; "JFC") |
| May. 2004 | Start of production at JFE Jiangmen Ferrite Co.,Ltd.("JJF" ;Joint venture with JPMF Guangdong Co.,Ltd.)
Closed Shenzhen Factory. |
| Oct. 2005 | Reorganization of Ferrite group company under Parent company, JFE Chemical Corp. |
| Feb 2011 | Start of material production at J Ferrite Powder(Thailand) Co.,Ltd. ("JFP"; 100% subsidiary company of JFT) |
| Mar 2011 | Start of new sintering furnace at JJF. |