| Feb. 1948 | Established with a capital of 180,000 yen. |
Head office at the time of founding |
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| Jul. 1949 | Designated as an agent of Nagoya Rubber Co., Ltd. (currently Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.) | ||
| Oct. 1949 | Designated as an agent of Nihon Shokuhin Kako Co., Ltd. | ||
| Feb. 1952 | Opens a branch office in Hamamatsu. | ||
| Feb. 1956 | Starts an import/export business with China. | ||
| Jun. 1960 | Ichiei Industrial Co., Ltd. established under the auspices of Nagoya Rubber Co., Ltd. Opens an office in Tokyo. |
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| Feb. 1961 | Establishes Tokai Toyota Agricultural Machinery Sales Company (currently Unica Co., Ltd.) as a joint venture with Toyoda Automatic Loom Works (currently Toyota Industries Corporation) to expand the farming equipment business. | ||
| Dec. 1961 | Designated by China as a China-Japan Friendly Trading Company. | ||
| Aug. 1963 | Starts handling imported liquor. | ||
| May. 1964 | Opens the Kariya Office. | ||
| Apr. 1967 | Moves the head office to current location (Honjin-tori, Nakamura-ku). | ||
| Sep. 1967 | Opens the Nishizakai Office (currently the Nagoya Plant). | ||
| Jan. 1968 | Becomes a distributor of metals for Toyota Tsusho Corporation. | ||
| Feb. 1972 | Starts handling beans produced in Japan and abroad. | ||
| Aug. 1980 | Establishes Nakanihon Nousan Kaisha, Ltd. to expand and reinforce the grain business. | ||
| Jul. 1988 | Receives Minister's Award from the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). | ||
| Apr. 1990 | Succeeds the business of Little Princess Inc. to advance into a new business field. | ||
| Sep. 1996 | Opens a rice mill for Nakanihon Nousan Kaisha, Ltd. in Amagun Sayacho (currently Aisai City). | ||
| Dec. 1997 | Succeeds the business of Wine Food Co., Ltd. in the Export Processing Zone of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. | ||
| Feb. 1998 | Succeeds the business of Chuoh Shokuryo Co., Ltd. | ||
| Jun. 2000 | Increases capital by 103 million yen for a total of 303 million yen. | ||
| Oct. 2001 | Establishes the Food Manufacturing Department (Nagoya Plant) within the Nishizakai Office. | ||
| Dec. 2001 | Acquires ISO 14001 certification at the Kariya Office. | ||
| Mar. 2005 | Divests Unica Co., Ltd. to Toyota Industries Corporation. | ||
| Jul. 2007 | Acquires ISO 22000 certification (Food Safety Management Systems) at the Food Manufacturing Department. | ||
| Sep. 2007 | Acquires ISO 14001 certification at the Metals and Food Manufacturing Departments. | ||
| Aug. 2010 | Opens the Obu Office. Relocates the Metals Department from the Nishizakai Office. |
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| Apr. 2011 | Opens a staple rice plant for Nakanihon Nousan Kaisha, Ltd. in Tsushima City. | ||
| Nov. 2014 | Establishes Sora, Co., Ltd. | ||
| Dec. 2015 | Acquires ISO 9001 certification at the Hamamatsu Auto Parts Department. | ||
| Jun. 2016 | Acquires FSSC 22000 certification at the Food Manufacturing Department. | ||
| Jul. 2016 | Succeeds the business of Meisei Kohan Co., Ltd., converting the facilities into the Ichinomiya Plant for the Metals Department. | ||
| Dec. 2018 | Succeeds the business of Shirakawa Rice Co., Ltd. | ||
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