Introduce the company's history.
1940s
- Oct. 1949
- Founded in the Shimizu district of Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, with a capitalization of 500,000 yen
Began the sale of agricultural chemicals and agricultural materials
1950s
- May 1953
- Built a factory in Ogori-cho, Yoshiki-gun, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and began producing agricultural chemicals
- Apr. 1955
- Transferred corporate headquarters to the site of Ogori factory
1960s
- Feb. 1962
- Increased capitalization to 20.5 million yen
- Dec. 1965
- Constructed Kanto Factory in Koga city, Ibaraki prefecture and began producing agricultural chemicals
- Nov. 1969
- Constructed Izumo Factory in Izumo city, Shimane prefecture and began producing agricultural chemicals
1970s
- Nov. 1974
- Increased capitalization to 41 million yen
- Jun. 1976
- Moved corporate headquarters to a new building in Yamatekami, Ogori-cho, Yoshiki-gun, Yamaguchi Prefecture
- Oct. 1978
- Increased capitalization to 52.0 million yen
1980s
- Dec. 1980
- Increased capitalization to 72.384 million yen
- Dec. 1983
- Acquired 24,100m2 of land in the Setowara Industrial Park in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture
- Dec. 1984
- Began first phase construction of the Ube factory
- Mar. 1985
- Increased capitalization to 83,603,500yen
1990s
- Jan. 1998
- Increased capitalization to 91,963,850 yen
- Jun. 1999
- Began the business of recycling toner cartridges
2000s
- May 2003
- Used our ultrafine grinding technology to establish a presence in the food product industry
- Oct. 2004
- Celebrated our 55th anniversary
- Nov. 2005
- The Ube Factory and PS Business Division obtained ISO-9001 certification
- Nov. 2008
- Opened Yamaguchi vegetables processing factory
- Aug. 2010
- Kanto Factory for the design and manufacture of recyclable toner cartridges obtained ISO-9001 certification
- Nov. 2010
- The Yamaguchi Factory obtained ISO 22000 certification. (Production of powder, dried flakes, and dried chips from such agricultural products as root crops, fruit vegetables, leaf vegetables, grains, and citrus fruits)