History
| Umekichi Ito opened a wholesale business for herbal medicines in Doshomachi, Osaka (present-day Chuo Ward, Osaka City). | |
| Closed due to war | |
| Yukichi Ito revitalizes the Chinese herbal medicine wholesale business in Kamikosaka, Higashi-Osaka Started manufacturing and selling healthy tea while wholesale of crude drug raw materials |
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| Moved to Wakae Higashimachi, Higashi Osaka City due to business expansion | |
| The company was reorganized into Ito Kanpo Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (capital: 800 million yen) and simultaneously began manufacturing pharmaceuticals. | |
| Business Headquarters (Head Office: Nishi-Iwata, Higashi-Osaka City) established. | |
| Increased the capital to 2400 million yen. | |
| Mizuhashi Plant (Mizuhashi, Higashi-Osaka City) opened. Started integrated production of Chinese herbal extracts and food extracts |
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| We opened the Ikeshima Plant (Shin-Ikeshima, Higashi-Osaka City). Started integrated production of crude drugs |
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| Logistics center (Kano, Higashi-Osaka City) opened. | |
| Kano Factory (located in the Kano Industrial Park, Higashi-Osaka City) opened. Started integrated production of various bath salts |
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| Relocation of the logistics center (Kano, Higashi-Osaka City) | |
| Started manufacturing soft capsules at Mizuhai Factory | |
| Established Hangzhou Ito Chinese Health Foods Co., Ltd. in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China Started manufacturing soft capsules |
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| Opened the Higashi-Osaka Plant (Aramoto-Nishi, Higashi-Osaka City) Partially relocated the equipment of the Mizuhai factory and started manufacturing soft capsules, cosmetics, and soft drinks. |
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| Expanded the Kano Factory (Kano, Higashiosaka City). The Mizuhashiri, Wakae and Ikeshima factories were relocated and consolidated, and operations began as a comprehensive factory for the integrated production of herbal medicines, herbal extract preparations, health foods, tea, quasi-drugs and cosmetics. |
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| Started manufacturing hard capsules at Higashi Osaka Factory | |
| Hangzhou Ito Chinese Health Food Co., Ltd. was relocated and started operation as a general factory that produces health foods, quasi-drugs and cosmetics. | |
| Headquarters moved to Nagatahigashi XNUMX-chome, Higashi-Osaka | |
| The Kano Plant and Higashi-Osaka Plant have obtained ISO 9001 certification for their quality management system. | |
| Increased capital to 20 yen | |
| Our Higashi-Osaka factory has obtained GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) certification for health foods (Japan Health Food Standards Association). | |
| The Kano factory has obtained GMP certification for health supplements (Japan Health and Nutrition Food Association). | |
| Started manufacturing denture cleaner at Kano Factory. | |
| Started manufacturing pills and sugar coating at Kano factory | |
| "Vineful Pomegranate Black Vinegar Drink" and "Vineful Blueberry Black Vinegar Drink" win gold awards at the Monde Selection. | |
| Reduced capital to 9900 million yen | |
| "Oysters with Shijimi, Turmeric + Ornithine" and "Metapro Green Juice" won gold medals at the Monde Selection | |
| Comprehensive cooperation agreement concluded with Higashiosaka City | |
| We will be exhibiting at the official virtual pavilion of the "Osaka Healthcare Pavilion" at the Osaka-Kansai Expo. | |
| We have acquired all shares of Harvest Season Co., Ltd., making it a group company. | |
| Certified as a "Three-Star" (highest rank) health management certified business by Higashi-Osaka City. | |
| We have obtained SBT certification from the SBTi, an international organization that certifies greenhouse gas reduction targets. |
