History
1900 |
Onishi Hiromatsu began creating small wooden match boxes in the local area. |
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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 |