ABOUT SUNUS
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. |