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Company History

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1940s

Oct. 1949 In Shimizu, Yamaguchi City, it is capital 500,000 yen Masao Saeki established Mikasa Sangyo. And he started sale agrochemicals and agricultural materials.

1950s

May 1953 Mikasa Sangyo built the Ogori Factory in Ogori Town, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and started the production of agrochemicals there.
Apr. 1955 Mikasa Sangyo moved its head office into the site of Ogori Factory.

1960s

Feb. 1962 Mikasa Sangyo increased capital to 20.5 million yen.
Dec. 1965 Mikasa Sangyo established Kanto Factory in Koga City, Ibaraki Prefecture and started the production of agrochemicals there.
Nov. 1969 Mikasa Sangyo established Izumo Factory in Hikawa District in the suburbs of Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture and started the production of agrochemicals there.

1970s

Nov. 1974 Mikasa Sangyo increased capitalization to 41 million yen.
Jun. 1976 Mikasa Sangyo moved its head office to a new building in Ogori town, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
Oct. 1978 Mikasa Sangyo increased capital to 52.0 million yen.

1980s

Dec. 1980 Mikasa Sangyo increased capital to 72.384 million yen.
Jul. 1983 Izumo Factory started the production of monochrome toner.
Mar. 1985 Mikasa Sangyo increased capital to 83,603,500 yen.
Sep. 1986 Mikasa Sangyo established Ube Factory in Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture and started the production of monochrome toner there.

1990s

Mar. 1993 Mr. Makoto Saeki was appointed as President & CEO.
Jan. 1998 Mikasa Sangyo increased capitalization to 91,963,850 yen.
Jun. 1999 Kanto Factory started recycling business of the toner cartridge.

2000s

May 2003 Mikasa Sangyo went into the field of food processing by applying a fine grinding technology to vegetables.
Oct. 2004 Mikasa Sangyo held the 55th anniversary of founding ceremony on October 15, 2004.
Nov. 2005 Ube Factory and PS Division acquired ISO 9001 certification.
Nov. 2008 Mikasa Sangyo constructed the Yamaguchi Factory in Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and started the production of vegetables powder there.
Oct. 2009 Mikasa Sangyo held the 60th anniversary of founding ceremony on October 15, 2009.

2010s

Aug. 2010 Kanto Factory acquired ISO 9001 certification in the design of the recycling toner cartridge and the production.
Nov. 2010 Yamaguchi Factory acquired ISO 22000 certification in production of dehydrated vegetables powder, dehydrated vegetables flakes and dehydrated vegetables chips.
Jun. 2012 Mikasa Sangyo promoted the INF department to “Ai-Sai Division”.
Note: INF is an abbreviation of Ideal Natural Foods.
Note: The “Ai-Sai” represents the meaning of “Love Vegetables”.
Aug. 2013 Mikasa Sangyo opened a print shop “Combo” in Ube-shi.
Aug. 2013 Functional Foods Division (Ai-Sai Division) was certified to ISO 22000.
Sep. 2015 Yamaguchi Factory was certified to FSSC 22000.
Jan. 2017 Mikasa Sangyo relocated the print shop combo to Yamaguchi-shi Shimogo, and at the same time we set up “Twinkle House Mikasa Kan”.
Dec. 2018 Mikasa Sangyo constructed the Miyazaki Factory in Saito City, Miyazaki Prefecture, and started production of dried vegetable flakes.

2020s

Feb. 2023 Mr. Hiroshi Karasawa was appointed as President & CEO.

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Mikasa Sangyo Co., Ltd.
1-10 Ogori-Yamatekami-machi Yamaguchi-shi 754-0005, Japan
Phone:+81-83-973-0731 Fax:+81-83-973-0780