Company History
1914
Establishment of Parent Company, K.Sakai & Co. LTD., in Osaka, Japan
1937
Opened offices in Shanghai, Dalian and Qingdao, China
1953
Opened Tokyo Office
1966
Opened Los Angeles Liaison Office
1972
CALSAK CORPORATION is established, in Los Angeles, CA
1974
Established Sister Company, AMSAK CORPORATION, in New Jersey
1986
Calsak Corporation opens sales offices in Houston, Texas
1990
Established a Joint Venture Company for manufacturing Acrylic Sheets in Mexico (Plastiglas de Mexico)
K. Sakai & Co. LTD., centralizes China Operations to Shanghai, China
1994
Established a Joint Venture Company for manufacturing Color Concentrate and Masterbatch in Torrance, California (OK Color America)
1997
Established a Joint Venture Company for manufacturing Acrylic Sheets in Guangzhou, China (Cho Chen China)
1998
Calsak Corporation opens sales offices in Seattle, Washington
2005
Divested Semi-Finished Plastic Shapes Business to focus greater attention to the growth of our core business; Polymers, Colorants, Chemicals and Specialty Materials
Grew our distribution centers in Los Angeles, CA, Seattle, WA, Greater Chicago Area, Dallas, Texas, El Paso, Texas, and Tijuana, Mexico
2014
Parent Company, K. Sakai & Co. LTD., celebrates 100 years
2018
Calsak Corporation obtains ISO 9001:2015 Certification
K. Sakai & Co. LTD., opens Liaison Office in Pune, India
2021
Relocated Calsak Corporation HQ to Torrance, California
2022
Calsak Corporation celebrates 50 Year Anniversary
2023
Yuji Sakai appointed President of Calsak Corporation
2024