1900	Onishi Hiromatsu began creating small wooden match boxes in the local area.
Dec.1923	Founded Nittosha Onishi Match Manufacturing
Apr.1948	Changed organization name to Nittosha Match Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Capital: 1,500,000 yen)
Nov.1955	Permission to display Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS)
Nov.1956	Began the manufacture of order matches
Apr.1965	Established print/paper articles department (Nitto Shiko Co., Ltd.)
Jan.1969	Established (Ltd.) Nagoya Nittosha
Mar.1969	Company name change to Nittosha Co., Ltd.
Mar.1970	Increase of capitol to 36,000,000 yen
Aug.1973	Memorial ceremony for the 50th anniversary held in Hong Kong
Nov.1973	Began production of book matches
Sep.1975	Established Tokyo Nittosha Co., Ltd. and Nitto Shoji Co., Ltd. (Currently Kyushu West Japan Nittosha Co., Ltd)
Jul.1977	Lighter department established
Aug.1980	Himeji Tennis Club established (Currently Noah Indoor Stage Co., Ltd.)
Aug.1982	Established integrated production system for pocket tissues
Oct.1982	Established Osaka Nittosha Co., Ltd.
Dec.1983	Memorial ceremony for the 60th anniversary held at the head office factory
Feb.1984	Changed organization name of Nitton Shoji Co., Ltd. to West Japan Nittosha Co., Ltd.
Feb.1986	Established Kyushu Nittosha Co., Ltd.
Sep.1989	Established integrated production system for wet paper towels.
Apr.1991	Introduced manufacturing equipment for memo notes. Begun production and sales of stick and general notes.
Mar.1993	Absorbed Manufacturing Group Co., Ltd. (Currently Kolin Co., Ltd.) and Asahirinsun Co., Ltd.
Nov.1994	Memorial ceremony for the 70th anniversary held in Hong Kong
May.1998	Introduced the N-memo print machine
Sep.1998	Change the name of Himeji Tennis Club to Noah Indoor Stage Co., Ltd.
Apr.2001	Introduced oil-absorbent paper manufacturing machine
Apr.2001	President Onishi Akira awarded the Yellow Ribbon Medal
Jun.2003	Began sales of the N-lighter (import lighters)
Aug.2003	Memorial ceremony for the 80th anniversary held in Hawaii
Jul.2005	Tissue factory acquired ISO9001/2000 quality management certification
Dec.2005	Tissue factory acquired ISO14001/2004 environmental management certification
Dec.2005	Completed expansion work for the wet paper towel factory
Jul.2007	Sequential renovation of the wet paper towel factory based on HACCP (hygiene management technique for food)
Aug.2007	Moved Osaka Nittosha from the Fukushima office building to building no. 2 in front of Osaka station
Feb.2008	Introduced full color banner printing at the head office factory
Apr.2008	Switched the JIS standard at match factories to the new JIS standard
Jun.2008	Memorial ceremony for the 85th anniversary held in Hong Kong
Jul.2008	I aim at the health code of the food factory class by the refresh construction of the hand towel factory
Dec.2008	Held the "85 year Meeting of Gratitude" inviting OBs at Himeji Castle Hotel
Mar.2009	Published the "Gratitude -85 Years of Progress-"85 year anniversary book. Delivered to the relevant parties
Aug.2009	Began sales of the "N Mask" advertisement mask
Nov.2009	Nitto Shoji Co., Ltd. chairman Onishi Nitto is awarded the Yellow Ribbon Medal
Jan.2010	Held a management presentation in 2010 at the Himeji Castle Hotel
Mar.2010	Additionally introduced the full-color banner printing machine
Sep.2010	Established Kyushu West Japan Nittosha Co., Ltd.
Oct.2010	Cooperated with data collection for Fuji Television's "FNN Super News" series
Jun.2011	Began sales of the "N Fan", a paper fan for advertising
Jul.2011	Began sales of the frozen wet towel "Mo Kootemasu (Already Frozen)"
Oct.2011	Began selling "N Hand Warmer", a hand warmer for advertising
Apr.2013	Moves Tokyo Nittosha to the Ginza Salice building in Ginza 3-chome
Jun.2013	Memorial ceremony for the 90th anniversary held in Singapore