| Mintech Japan K.K.: History |
| Year | Month | |
| 1970 | 4 | The Quigley refractories unit of Pfizer Inc., a major U.S. pharmaceuticals firm, launches sales of monolithic refractories in Japan. |
| 1974 | 12 | Production of monolithic refractories begins in Kobe under a manufacturing contract with Taito Co., Ltd. (now Mitsui Sugar Co., Ltd.) |
| 1982 | 4 | Research on monolithic refractories begins in Toda, Saitama Prefecture. |
| 1986 | 4 | Magnetic iron oxide plant remodeled into monolithic refractories manufacturing plant; facilities consolidated in Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture together with Research & Development. |
| 1992 | 11 | Minerals Technologies Inc. (head office: New York City) established with the spin-off of Pfizer's metals and minerals units. The company becomes the Japanese subsidiary of Minerals Technologies (Mintech Japan K.K.). |
| 2000 | 1 | Specialty Minerals FMT Ltd. established to produce and sell light carbonate calcium (a monolithic refractory material used by paper manufacturers) through a three-way joint venture with Fimatec Ltd. and Mitsubishi Corp. |
| 2002 | 4 | Thermoradiometry K.K., the Japanese subsidiary of Swedish firm Spectra-Physics A.B., which manufactures laser measurement instruments for use in steelmaking, is acquired and renamed Visiontech K.K. |
| 2003 | 9 | Visiontech K.K. is merged into Mintech Japan K.K., a new Ferrotron (Laser) Division is established, and joint sales begin of laser measurement instruments in Japan with Minteq International GmbH Ferrotron Technologies Division in Germany, a subsidiary of the U.S. parent company. |
