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