History
1936 | Began manufacturing sweet potato starch at seven factories in Kagoshima Prefecture |
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1938 | Began manufacturing glucose syrup using sweet potato starch as the raw material |
1948 | Began manufacturing starch vermicelli (HARUSAME) that made use of the special characteristics of sweet potato starch |
1955 | Succeeded in industrializing powdered syrup by spraying |
1959 | Began manufacturing glucose using the enzymatic method |
1969 | Began manufacturing High Fructose Corn Syrup(42) |
1972 | Relocated the Head Office and saccharification factories to Kagoshima Prefecture’s Coastal lndustrial Zone Began manufacturing pickled vegetables using dried radishes, Kagoshima’s local specially |
1975 | Began manufacturing High Fructose Corn Syrup(42) by the immobilized enzyme |
1978 | Began manufacturing maltose for medical use |
1979 | Began manufacturing kudzu starch noodles |
1980 | Succeeded in developing fructose separation technology Began manufacturing High Fructose Corn Syrup(55) |
1982 | Corn starch factory completed; made inroads into the corn industry sector |
1986 | 50th anniversary; TPM activities launched |
1987 | Private power generation facility completed |
1988 | Began manufacturing dry corn starch |
1989 | Received the PM Excellent Plant Award |
1990 | Nichiden Tsukemono no Sato opened |
1991 | Began manufacturing Crystalline Dextrose |
1992 | Began operations at First Food Factory [for producing starch vermicelli (HARUSAME) and kudzu starch noodles] |
1993 | Began manufacturing modified starch |
1998 | Obtained a pharmaceutical manufacturing license (Pharmaceutical GMP) |
1999 | Changed the corporate brand from TakaraBoshi to SUNUS |
2000 | Obtained ISO 9001 certification (Head Office Factory and Second Kagoshima Factory) |
2001 | Created the Hakubi Jissen Juku, an in-house school for learning manufacturing skills as a means of passing down technologies |
2003 | Head Office Factory’s Distribution Center completed (shipping and distribution yards) |
2004 | Fukuoka Distribution Center completed |
2006 | Obtained ISO 9001 certification (Branch Offices, Business Office, First Food Factory,Second Food Factory) Returned ISO9001 certification in 2021 |
2007 | Obtained certification by Kagoshima City as an Environmentally Managed Business Office Began manufacturing and marketing Anhydrose, a new type of corn syrup |
2009 | Received the Award of Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing as an outstanding food industry corporation Received Kagoshima Industrial Technology Award’s Special Prize |
2010 | Business Process Management (BPM) activities launched |
2012 | Made ASAHI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY Co., Ltd and THAI-ASAHI Co., Ltd into a subsidiary. |
2013 | Awarded the Minister’s Award for Human Resources Development from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (Superior Skills Testing Workplaces) for FY2013 |
2014 | Obtained FSSC22000 certification (Head Office Factory,Second Kagoshima Factory,First Food Factory,Fukuoka Distribution Center) |
2016 | 80th anniversary Completion of new head office building |
2017 | Changed company name from Nihon Starch Co., Ltd. to SUNUS Co., Ltd. |