1906	Founded in Kyoto by Narasaburo Maeda who was engaged in imports and sales at a German trading house in Kobe. Started the import and sale of industrial chemicals, dyes, and intermediates just before the dawn of Japan’s chemical industry.
1915	Became an agent of sodium silicate at the same time as the foundation of Nippon Seiren Co., Ltd. (currently Nippon Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd.).
1917	Opened the Osaka Satellite Office.
1927	Opened the Nagoya Satellite Office.
1934	Established a company named K.K.Maeda Narasaburo Shoten
1947	Changed the company’s name to Maeda Chemical Industry Co.,Ltd.
1950	Reopened the Osaka Branch.
1952	Increased capital to 6 million yen. Reopened the Nagoya Branch.
1960	Opened the Tokyo Branch.
1964	Increased capital to 15 million yen.
1971	Changed the company’s name to Maeda Chemicals Co., Ltd.
1976	Increased capital to 30 million yen.
1990	Increased capital to 60 million yen. Completed the Head Office building.
2002	Environmental management system ISO 14001 assessment and registration
2006	Marked the 100th anniversary of the foundation.
2018	Established Maedachemicals Philippine Holding Inc., a local company in the Philippines.
2019	Established Maeda and Leonardo Trading Co. Inc. (MLT) through a joint investment with a local representative in the Philippines.