Business History
July 1947 | Inauguration |
March 1948 | Established Taiyo Bussan Corporation in Kinugasa-cho, Kita-ku, Osaka City; Capital: 180,000 yen |
July 1951 | Changed name to Taiyo Corporation |
November 1956 | Opened Tokyo Business Office |
December 1957 | Head Office moved and re-constructed (present location) |
February 1960 | Merged with the Maruoka Bussan Corporation (coming Taiyo Shokuhin Corporation) |
March 1964 | Taiyo Shokuhin Corporation Okayama Factory moved and re-constructed (present location) |
September 1964 | Laboratory construction completed in Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka City |
April 1968 | Tokyo Business Office (coming Tokyo Office) moved and re-constructed in present location |
September 1969 | Construction of Taiyo Shokuhin Corporation Saitama Factory completed |
September 1971 | Began manufacturing flavors |
June 1981 | Food Laboratory completed in Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka City |
August 1987 | The Research Departments of Taiyo Corporation ,and Taiyo Shokuhin Corporation were integrated |
November 1992 | Construction of a new building for the laboratory completed in Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka City |
December 1993 | Merged with Taiyo Shokuhin Corporation; Capital: 95 million yen |
December 2000 | HACCP accommodation related facilities were extended at the Okayama and Saitama factories |
October 2003 | Construction of a new building for the laboratory completed in Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka City |
August 2004 | Opened Shanghai Office in Shanghai, China |
March 2008 | Hosted 60th Anniversary Ceremony |
March 2009 | Opened Tokyo Laboratory in the Tokyo Branch |
March 2012 | Saitama Plant received FSSC22000 certification |
January2016 | Okayama Plant received FSSC22000 certification |
March 2018 | Hosted 70th Anniversary Ceremony |