Company
Our History
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Events related to organizational changes and new establishment
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Events related to our products
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1917
Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd. founded on June 25.
Head Office and Osaka Plant established in Osaka. -
1919
Started manufacturing cans with automatic can-making equipment
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1935
Listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange.
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1944
Head Office relocated to Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
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1949
Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
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1958
Sendai Plant established in Sendai, Miyagi.
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1958
Production of beer cans started
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1960
Ibaraki Plant established in Ibaraki, Osaka.
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1961
Yokohama Plant established in Yokohama, Kanagawa.
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1969
Production of retortable pouches started.
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1970
Production of Toyo Seam Can started
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1971
Saitama Plant established in Hiki-gun, Saitama.
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1972
Chitose Plant established in Chitose, Hokkaido.
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1973
Hiroshima Plant established in Mihara, Hiroshima.
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1974
Osaka Plant relocated to Izumisano, Osaka.
Kiyama Plant established in Miyaki-gun, Saga. -
1974
Production of DWI cans started
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1977
Ishioka Plant established in Ishioka, Ibaraki.
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1979
Kuki Plant established in Kuki, Saitama.
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1980
New head office building (Saiwai Building) completed in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
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1982
Production of beverage PET bottles started.
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1983
Sendai Plant relocated from Saiwai-cho, Miyagino, Sendai to Minato, Miyagino, Sendai.
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1990
Production of Stay-On-Tab (SOT) ends started.
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1991
Production of TULC started
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1993
Toyohashi Plant established in Toyohashi, Aichi.
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1994
Production of Oxyguard (for cooked rice) started
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1995
Production of Diamond-Cut Can started.
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2000
Shizuoka Plant established in Makinohara, Shizuoka.
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2001
Production of aTULC started
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2004
Technical Headquarters (currently Technical Center) building completed in Yokohama, Kanagawa.
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2009
Shiga Plant established in Higashiomi, Shiga.
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2009
Operation of NS (Non-Sterilant) System* started.
*A new beverage PET bottle filling system that enables aseptic filling at ambient temperature without using sterilant for cleaning bottle inside. -
2011
Osaki Forest Building completed.
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2012
Head Office relocated to Shinagawa, Tokyo.
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2013
Following a shift to a holding company structure as of April 1, 2013, Toyo Seikan Kaisha changed its name to Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. and transferred all operations except for group management operations to newly established Toyo Seikan Spin-off Preparation Co., Ltd., which changed its name to Toyo Seikan Co., Ltd. as of the same date.
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2013
Production of foamed PET bottle Fi-Cell started
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2014
Production of OXYDEC started
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2017
The 100th anniversary of establishment.
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2018
Transferred plastic bottle business mainly for non-beverage applications to Mebius Packaging Co. Ltd., which started operations on April 1.
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2018
Production of bottle cans started.
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