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199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012Overview4LINTEC INTEGRATED REPORT 2019LINTEC’s HistoryAchieving Steady Growth by Meeting the Needs of the TimesIn 1990, a vertical integration was implemented by three companies—a manufacturer with advanced adhesive technologies, a manufacturer with papermaking technologies for release base papers, and a manufacturer with production technologies for release papers and films. This significant initiative resulted in the foundation of LINTEC Corporation. At the same time, the merger of those three companies was also the start of LINTEC’s subsequent global business initiatives.In 1927, we were established as a company engaged in the manufacturing and sales of gummed tape for packaging. In the 1960s, we started to manufacture and sell adhesive papers and films, which are currently mainstay businesses for the Company. We subsequently expanded the scope of our adhesive operations to industrial fields, such as automobile-related areas. In 1986, we made a full-scale entry into the field of semiconductor-related products. The merger of three companies in 1990 established the foun-dation for our current position as a leading company in various adhesive products, specialty papers, release papers and films, and other products.Gummed tapesPT. LINTEC INDONESIANet Sales¥102.6 billion1927EstablishmentFSK CORPORATION+SHIKOKU PAPER CO., LTD.+SOHKEN KAKO CO., LTD.April 1990Foundation of LINTEC CorporationIn 1991, we made a full-scale entry into the liquid crystal display (LCD) related products field. In 1994, we established a production subsidiary in Indonesia for adhesive papers and films for labels. In the following year—1995—we advanced the globalization of our business with the estab-lishment of sales subsidiaries in Singapore and the Netherlands. In Japan, in 1995, we acquired a manufac-turer of adhesive materials and constructed a new building at our Research Center. In these ways, we worked to fur-ther strengthen our business foundation.1960sStarted production and sales of adhesive papers and films for labels1970sExpanded adhesive operations to industrial fields, such as automobile-related products1986Made full-scale entry into the semiconductor-related field1990sUp to 1990