1869  Mr. Yuteki Hayashi established Maruya Trading Company in Yokohama
71  Osaka Branch of the above company opened with Bookstore and Pharmacy (Sakai-suji Nishiiru, Minami-kyuhoji-machi, Osaka)
Mr. Isohachi Suga joined Tokyo Office
80  Company name changed to Maruzen Trading Limited
93  Company name changed to Maruzen Co., Ltd.
95  Maruzen Pharmacy went independent by resolution at AGM of Maruzen Co., Ltd.
1916  Eldest son of Isohachi Suga, Saburo Yanagihara inherited the Pharmacy
38  Restructured to become Maruzen Pharmacy Co., Ltd.
with 450000yen capital
Saburo Yanagihara succeeded as President.
43  Company name changed to Maruzen Chemicals Co., Ltd.
47  Ryohei Yanagihara became Director/President
Temporary office opened in Kumamoto
51  Pesticide Section created
53  Temporary office in Fukuoka, Representative office in Nagoya
58  Tokyo and Fukuoka promoted to branch offices
59  Opened representative office in Sapporo, promoted Nagoya to Branch office, created Chemical/Processed Product Section
61  Created Trading Section
63  Opened representative office in Sendai
72  Sapporo, Sendai, and Kanazawa upgraded to Sales offices
79  President Ryohei Yanagihara awarded the Order of Ranju for his contribution to the industry
84  Ryohei Yanagihara became Chairman of Osaka Pharmaceutical Industry Health Insurance Society and Osaka Pharmaceutical Industry Welfare Fund
87  Ryoichi Yanagihara became President/ Ryohei Yanagihara became Chairman
88  Established Hiroshima Representative Office
89  10th capital increase - the total capital now reached 330 million yen
Established Takamatsu Representative Office
94  New Main Office Building completed
(Maruzen Doshomachi Building)
95  100th Anniversary of the founding
97  Created Food Division
Matec, Inc. established in Oregon, U.S.A.
2000  Created Construction Division
01  Yejing Technologies, Ltd. established in Taiwan
Created Electronic materials Division
02  Maruzen Chemicals Singapore Pte. Ltd. established in Singapore
03  We have been certified the ISO 14001 at our Osaka and Tokyo head offices and also at Nagoya and Fukuoka branch offices.
Sales Administration Division created
04  Maruzen chemicals Taiwan Co.,Ltd.established in Taiwan
05  Mobara Sales office established
07  Maruzen Chemicals (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. established in China
Fine Materials Division established
Kanazawa Sales Office certified underISO 14001
Showroom established on the first floor of Osaka head office
08  Sales offices established in the cities of Sakai, Toyama, and Fukuyama
AdvancedElectronics Divisions created
Technology Development Office created
Mobara Sales Office certified under ISO 14001
Taisho Logistics Center established
Malaysia office established in Kuala Lumpur
09  Suminoe Logistics Center established
11  Keiji Sales Office established
Vietnam Office established in Ho Chi Minh City
Technical Business Headquarters created


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