| 1832 | Mr. Sahei Kunieda opens "Nankin Store," manufacturing cotton bedding in Higashi-ku, Nagoya. |
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| 1916 | The company was renamed Kunieda Shouten. |
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| 1917 | Manufacture of absorbent cotton was started. |
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| 1835 | Full scale manufacture and sale of absorbent cotton was started at what is now the location of the Nagoya Head Office. |
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| 1958 | Company incorporated as Kunieda Company Limited |
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| 1958 | Company name changed to Kunieda Sanitary Goods Company Limited. |
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| 1961 | Kansai Kaishinsha Company Limited is incorporated in Itami. (Company name changed to Suzuran Sanitary Goods Co., Ltd. in 1968). |
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| 1962 | Tokyo office established. |
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| 1962 | Development, production and sale of "Suzuran" sanitary napkin. |
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| 1963 | Suzuran establishes a factory dedicated to only manufacturing activities. |
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| 1966 | Sapporo office established. |
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| 1970 | Automatic refinement and bleaching equipment for gauze and bandages installed at Nishio factory. Allows integrated production system from unwoven fabric to finished products. |
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| 1971 | New equipment allows the production of the cotton pads "New Puff" and "Cool Puff." |
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| 1974 | Tohoku factory and Tohoku office were established in Fukushima Prefecture. |
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| 1975 | Kyushu office was established in Fukuoka. |
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| 1979 | Kunieda Sanitary Goods Co., Ltd. merges with subsidiary Suzuran Sanitary Goods Co., Ltd. and takes the new company name Suzuran Sanitary Goods Co., Ltd. |
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| 1982 | New facilities for continuous automatic absorbent cotton refining and bleaching. |
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| 1984 | Finished installation of equipment to produce cleaning cotton wipes. |
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| 1984 | Introduction of sterilization equipment. |
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| 1985 | Manufacture and sale of "Opex" gauze with x-ray detectable thread. |
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| 1986 | Tokoname factory starts producing gauze. |
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| 1987 | The cotton opening and picking factory is expanded to two floors. |
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| 1991 | Construction complete on new head office building. |
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| 1991 | Kyushu factory and Kyushu office are established in Fukuoka Prefecture. |
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| 1991 | Production of Kansai factory was shifted to the Kyushu factory. |
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| 1991 | New factory was founded in Shanghai, China. |
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| 1992 | Tokoname factory was closed and the equipment shifted to Shanghai. |
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| 1997 | New factory was founded in Suzhou, China. |
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| 2000 | Tokyo office moved to Heiwajima, Tokyo. |
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| 2000 | Shanghai factory acquired certification of ISO 9002. |
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| 2002 | Cosmetic brand "LilyBell" registered and launches in Japan. |
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| 2003 | Suzhou factory acquired certification of ISO 9001. |
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| 2004 | Nishio factory was closed. |
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| 2004 | Tohoku factory was closed. |
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| 2005 | Shanghai factory and Suzhou factory acquired certification of ISO 13485. |
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| 2008 | Eiichi Kunieda becomes Chairman of the Board. Yasuhiro Kunieda becomes President and CEO. |
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| 2009 | Tokyo Office moved to Hamamatsu-cho. |
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| 2011 | Kyushu plant closes. |
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| 2011 | Signed a capital and business tie-up with Osaki Medical. |
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| 2012 | Factory founded in Changzhou, China. |
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| 2013 | Integrated the Kansai office into the Sales Division at the Head Office. |
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| 2013 | Tokyo Office moved to Kanda, Tokyo. |
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| 2017 | New factory was founded in Hanoi , VietNam. |
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