History

Establishment – 1990
1975.09 Kohichi Nakayama establishes Chemitox, Inc.
1977.05 Begins application service for UL 746D Molder Program
1977.06 UL94 Flammability Testing is started.UL94 Testing
1979.01 Long Term Thermal Aging Test for plastic materials (UL746B) is started.Long Term Thermal Aging Test for Plastic materials
1989.05 Begins application for UL's PWB Certification Program (UL796)
1991 – 1999
1991.03 Environmental testing services (including Vibration and High-Temperature
1994.02 UL CAP Administrative is certified.
(Later renamed from CAP to DAP)
1994.10 UL CAP Engineering for plastic materials is certified.
1998.07 Accredited by A2LA as a testing laboratory in accordance with ISO Guide 25
2000 – 2010
2000.04 Yamanashi Testing Center is opened.
2003.03 Director of Kanto Bureau of Telecommunications as a first-class 1 testing company for communication equipment is certified.
Technical Standards Conformity Certification of specified radio equipment as designated certification authority is certified.
2004.12 Environmental Newsletter is started.
2005.01 Chemical analysis service for RoHS Environmentally Hazardous Chemical Substances is started.
2005.06 Tokyo Head office Bldg. 2 (a 5-story building) is purchased.Chemitox
2005.08 Subsidiary company: Keihin Chemitox, Inc. (80% owned affiliate)
which designs and mold plastic products, is established.
2006.02 Tokyo Head office Bldg. 1 (a 4-story building) is purchased.
2006.10 Technical Standards Conformity Certification of Ultra Wide Band (UWB) Radio System is certified.
2008.09 Photovoltaic testing service is started.photovoltaic testing service
2008.10 Business tie-up with ReachLaw Ltd. (Helsinki, Finland) regarding EU chemical regulations (REACH) is agreed.
Consulting services for EU REACH registration is started.Consulting services for  EU REACH registration
Photovoltaic Testing Lab 1 (Fire tests) in Yamanashi Testing Center is opened.
2009.01 PV EXPO 2009 is participated.
2009.04 Photovoltaic Testing Lab 1 (Fire tests) is opened in Yamanashi Testing Center
2010.09 Mini-seminars are started.
2011 – present
2011.02 Photovoltaic Testing Lab 3 (Tests used Solar Simulator) is opened in Yamanashi Testing Center
2011.03 Certification work for wireless and wired communication devices is closed.
2011.04-07 Head office is temporarily relocatedfrom Tokyo to Yamanashi to reduce risks from nuclear power plant accident
2011.07 Photovoltaic Testing Lab 4 (Radiant Panel Test) is opened in Yamanashi Testing Center
2011.08 Seminar and lab tour on photovoltaic testing labs with Hokuto-city in Yamanashi is held.
2011.09 Mini-seminars on Various themes is conducted at Head office Bldg. 2Chemitox
2011.10 Construction of the Yamagata Test Center is started.
2011.11 PID evaluation of photovoltaic modules is started.
2012.12 Snow loading test of photovoltaic modules is started in Yamagata.Evaluation of Photovoltaic modules
2014.05 Solar cell angle variable business in joint with NEDO is started.
2014.11 3D printer is introduced at Keihin Chemitox, Inc.
2015.01 Hhandbook for Long Term Thermal Aging Test (UL 746 B) and
Printed Wiring Boards (UL746E, UL796, UL746F, UL796F) is published.
2015.01 Manufacturing module for evaluation of Photovoltaic modules is started.Evaluation of Photovoltaic modules
2015.03 Seminar on safety assessment of railway vehicles with EXOVA (UK company) is held.safety assessment of railway vehicles with EXOVA (UK company )
2015.07 ISO 17100 in translation work for the first in Japan is certified.
2016.01 Smoke Chamber for evaluation of materials used for Rolling stocks is introduced.
2016.02 E-mail Newsletter services for Photovoltaics is started.
2016.04 Certification for NADCAP is obtained.
2016.09 Mobile PV Lab is introduced.Mobile PV Lab
2016.09 Latest IEC 61730 standard series seminar is conducted.
2017.07 Large chamber for VW-1 flame test is introduced.
2017.10 Seminar for fire protection standard of Rolling stock is held.
2018.10 Testing and evaluation of power devices for the electric vehicle field is started.
Eevaluation for Vibration Testing and Testing for In-vehicle equipment is started.
Cone Calorimeter test, Flame Propagation Test, and Tubular Furnace Toxicity Test targeting railways and automobiles is started.
2018.04 Power Cycle test equipment is introduced in Tokyo.
2018.05 Mini-seminars for year 2018 is started.
2019.05 Mini-seminars for year 2019 is started
2019.12 Thermal shock chamber (elevator type) is introduced.