History
Nomura Chemical has been producing Develosil HPLC columns since 1979. Our rich history shows we are in constant development in improving your HPLC separations.
1979
March. The company is formed.
April. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil 100” filler for high-performance liquid chromatography began.
August. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil 60” filler for high-performance liquid chromatography.
December. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil 30” filler for high-performance liquid chromatography.
1980
March. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil ODS” filler for high-performance liquid chromatography.
June. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil C8” filler for high-performance liquid chromatography.
August. Manufacturing and sale of”Develosil TMS” filler for high-performance liquid chromatography.
November. Manufacturing and sale of packed columns for high-performance liquid chromatography started.
1981
March. Manufacturing and sale of columns for preparative chromatography started.
1982
October. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil Ph” and “Develosil PhA”.
1984
March. Manufacturing and sale of preparative columns (20 φ) started.
1985
March. Manufacturing and sale of glass columns started.
July. Manufacturing and sale of reverse phase wide pore columns started.
September. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil NH 2” and “Develosil CN”.
1987
June. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil ODS-K”, “Develosil ODS-T”, “Develosil ODS-N”, “Develosil ODS-P”.
Novemebr. Manufacturing and sale of large-volume preparative columns (50 φ) and micro/semi-micro columns (0.3 to 1.5 φ).
1988
February. Manufacturing and sale of large-volume preparative columns (100 φ).
1991
January. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil Diol” column for gel filtration chromatography.
1992
July. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil ODS-HG” (0.3 φ ~ 20 φ).
1993
July. Manufacturing and sale of (0.3 φ ~ 20 φ) of “Develosil ODS-UG”, “Develosil 300 ODS-HG”, “Develosil 300 C 8-HG”, “Develosil 300 C 4-HG”, and “Develosil 300 TMS”.
1996
July. Validation test applied to “Develosil ODS-HG” and “Develosil ODS-UG”.
1997
March. Manufacturing and sale of (0.3 φ ~ 20 φ) of “Develosil C8-UG”, “Develosil TMS-UG”, “Develosil Ph-UG”, “Develosil CN”.
October. Manufacturing and sale of packing columns with an inner diameter of 3.0 mm.
1998
June. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil ODS-MG” (0.3 φ ~ 20 φ).
September. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil C30-UG” (0.3 φ ~ 20 φ).
1999
April. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil RPAQUEOUS”, “Develosil RPFULLERENE”, “Develosil Combi-RP” (0.3 φ ~ 28 φ).
2000
July. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil ODS-SR” (0.3 φ ~ 100 φ).
September. Manufacturing and sale of the concentrated column “Develosil ERP 20” started.
2001
April. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil PAHS”.
July. Manufacturing and sale of 0.15 mm inner diameter nanocolumns.
November. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil RPAQUEOUS-AR” (0.15 φ ~ 28 φ).
2002
April. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil PAHS”.
July. Manufacturing and sale of 0.15 mm inner diameter nanocolumns.
November. Manufacturing and sale of trace aluminum measurement reagent kit “Alumeasure” and special column “Develosil LAL”.
2003
April. Import and sales of ZIC-HILIC column manufactured by Se Quant (Sweden).
2005
May. Head office relocated to Seto-shi Hinode-cho15.
2007
October. Manufacturing and sale of column “Develosil ANIDIUS” for HILIC.
2008
August. Se Quant (Sweden) ZIC-HILIC column import and sales finished.
2010
January. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil XG-C18M-5”.
July. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil XG-C18M-3”.
October. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil XG-C30M-5” and “Develosil XG-C30M-3”.
2010
January. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil XG-C18M-5”.
July. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil XG-C18M-3”.
October. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil XG-C30M-5” and “Develosil XG-C30M-3”.
2011
May. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil XG-CN-5” and “Develosil XG-CN-3”.
September. Manufacturing and sale of UPLC compatible column “HB series (3 um)” (2.0 Ø).
2013
January. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil XG-C1-5” and “Develosil XG-C1-3”.
December. Added 5 µm particle size to HB series.
2014
September. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil XG – C18 LC – 5” and “Develosil XG – C 18 LC – 3”.
2015
January. Commissioned analysis of “Column selection service”.
September. Commissioned analysis of “Method development plan”.
December. Manufacturing and sale of trace aluminum measurement reagent kit “Alumeasure” and exclusive column “Develosil LAL” is completed.
2016
June. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil HSR C18”.
2017
February. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil HSR AQC18” and “Develosil HSR C1”.
June. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil HSR AQC18, 2 µm”.
December. Opening of Develosil USA office in San Diego, CA.
2018
March. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil HSR C18 Peptide”.
2019
June. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil FlexFire Series”.
2020
January. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil FlexFire C8”.
February. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil FlexFire WP C4”.
March. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil FlexFire WP C18”.
August. Manufacturing and sale of “Develosil FlexFire mAb-RP”.