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History
History
Established year
and 1970s
and 1970s
June, 1974
Commercialize dash drop. The factory was located in Yao City, Osaka Prefecture. At the same time, sales started mainly at restaurants such as yakiniku restaurants.
December, 1977
Factory relocation. Moved from Yao City to Hitotsuya 3-chome, Settsu City, Osaka Prefecture.
1980s
April, 1983
Establish a corporation under the name of Fine Chemical Research Institute Co., Ltd.
May, 1983
Tokyo sales office opened
October, 1983
Purchased a factory site of approximately 10,000 m2 in Kamigori-cho, Ako-gun, Hyogo Prefecture.
February, 1984
Kyushu sales office opened
October, 1984
Moved the factory from Hitotsuya, Settsu City to 6-32 Minamibefucho, Settsu City
September, 1985
Established Bio Foods International Co., Ltd., a factory specializing in PB, in Befu 3-chome, Settsu City, Osaka Prefecture.
October, 1986
Headquarters factory construction at 8-53 Minamibefucho, Settsu City, Osaka Prefecture.
February, 1987
Opened Nagoya Sales Office
March, 1987
Request for new product research at Kumamoto Institute of Technology (currently Sojo University)
September, 1988
Completed Kamigori Factory in Kamigori-cho, Ako-gun, Hyogo Prefecture
1990s
May, 1990
Kamigori factory expansion
August, 1994
Double the production capacity of the Kamigori factory
December, 1994
Settsu factory newly established
April 1996
Dispatched a researcher to Nagoya City University School of Medicine
November, 1997
Headquarters newly established in Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka City
May, 1999
Completion of soft drink manufacturing factory
2000s
November, 2001
Kamigori factory expansion
April, 2002
Changed company name to FINE JAPAN CO., LTD.
June, 2003
Obtained cosmetics manufacturing license
August, 2003
Obtained ISO9001 certification from Japan, the United States, and Europe
March, 2004
Matsuyama Liaison Office opened
March, 2004
Purchased approximately 6,000m² of land for a new factory in Noguwa, Kamigori-cho, Ako-gun, Hyogo Prefecture
February, 2005
Obtained organic JAS certification
April, 2005
Obtained a cosmetics manufacturing and sales license . Started joint research with Konan University Institute of Biotechnology.
May, 2005
Kamigori Techno Factory completed in Noguwa, Kamigori-cho, Ako-gun, Hyogo Prefecture
March, 2006
Established Hong Kong branch
June, 2006
Obtained GMP certification for dietary supplements
August, 2006
Established NANO FINE CO., LTD., for cosmetics manufacturing and sales business
November, 2006
Obtained a license for manufacturing quasi-drugs
April, 2008
FINE shop opened in Beijing
April, 2008
Established Los Angeles branch
October, 2009
Obtained a drug manufacturing license
October, 2009
Moved Tokyo branch from Edogawa-ku to Chuo-ku
2010s
May, 2010
Established Beijing branch
May, 2010
Established FINE Bioscience Research Center (FBRC) at Osaka University
August, 2011
Kyushu sales office relocation
October, 2011
Established a factory and office in Hanoi, Vietnam
October, 2011
Established Hiroshima branch office in Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture
November, 2011
Established “Medifine“, a brand dedicated to the medical food sector
December, 2011
Established office in the Philippines
January, 2012
Established Sapporo Sales Office
June, 2012
Opened “Fine Monitoring Salon” in Tomikuni Seimei Building in Umeda, Osaka
August, 2014
Established Matsuyama branch office in Matsuyama city, Ehime prefecture
April, 2015
Established Okinawa Fine Co., Ltd.
August, 2015
Established FINE Nutraceutical Material Research Lab Co., LTD
November, 2016
Established Harima Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center (HAMTC) in Tatsuno City, Hyogo Prefecture Harima Science Park City
December, 2017
Tokyo branch relocation
January, 2018
Harima Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center (HAMTC) Obtains GMP certification
January, 2019
Made All Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. into a subsidiary
February, 2019
Obtained license for drug saless (whole sales).
May, 2019
Obtained Cosmetics manufacturing and sales license
May, 2019
Established Hangzhou branch in China
May, 2019
Established CASON FINE JAPAN PTE. LTD., A joint venture between Hong Kong FINE GROUP LIMITED and Malaysian agency CASON INTERNATIONAL SDN.BHD. In Singapore.
August, 2019
Harima Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center obtains license for cosmetics manufacturing.
December, 2019
Obtained license for drug sales (store sales) for "Kusuri no FINE".
2020s
March, 2021
Kamigori Techno factory obtained license for manufacturing and seles of quasi-drugs.
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