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| 1946 | Showa 21 | The late Honorary Chairman, Tadashi Yamazaki, focused on the special product "Ojiya Soba" in his hometown of Ojiya, and manufactured "Boiled Soba" in Konosu-cho, Ojiya City.Started selling to each business office and government office in Nagaoka city. |
| 1947 | Showa 22 | A factory was built in Gofukumachi, Nagaoka City (currently the head office), which will be the current foundation. |
| 1951 | Showa 26 | Established a joint-stock company, Yamazaki Noodle Factory.The capital is 30 yen. Started manufacturing dried Noodles. |
| 1953 | Showa 28 | Manufacture of dried Noodles in snowy countries is unsuitable and abolished. Started manufacturing rice crackers this year. |
| 1957 | Showa 32 | The joint-stock company Yamazaki Noodle Factory was dissolved in a developmental manner. Established Echigo Seika Co., Ltd. |
| 1962 | Showa 37 | The rice cracker factory at the head office was destroyed by fire. |
| 1964 | Showa 39 | A raw noodle factory (3 stories of reinforced concrete) will be built at the head office to modernize the noodle making equipment. |
| 1967 | Showa 42 | Increased capital to 300 million yen. Received the designation of Niigata Prefectural School Lunch Consignment Processing Factory. |
| 1970 | Showa 45 | The head office noodle factory (5-story reinforced concrete) was expanded. Enhancing the production of raw Noodles. |
| 1972 | Showa 47 | Started acquisition of factory land in Takanashi-cho, Ojiya. |
| 1973 | Showa 48 | Merged with Hoshino Confectionery Co., Ltd. in Sanjo City under the first plan of the SME structure improvement project. Acquired 10,000 mXNUMX of factory land in Takanashi-cho, Ojiya City and established Takanashi Daiichi Factory. Started full-scale production of packaged rice cakes. |
| 1974 | Showa 49 | The second plan of the SME structure improvement project will further promote the acquisition of land for the Takanashi Plant. |
| 1975 | Showa 50 | Construction of Takanashi No. XNUMX Factory, a clean room factory, ahead of the industry to increase production of packaging cut rice cakes (structural improvement project completed). Increased capital to 2,500 million yen. |
| 1977 | Showa 52 | Released the "Clean Pack" series of sterilized packaging rice cakes.Brings a great response. Increased capital to 3,500 million yen. |
| 1978 | Showa 53 | Established Nagata Factory in Nagata-cho, Nagaoka City, and made it a factory specializing in "rice Noodles" and "yakiBuckwheat" to expand noodle products. |
| 1979 | Showa 54 | Acquired a factory in Kawaguchi-machi, Kitauonuma-gun, and established the Kawaguchi factory. Started increasing production of rice crackers and packaging rice cakes. Released "raw oyster rice cake".Started selling raw rice cake "Countryside Mochi".It attracts attention as a product ahead of the industry and pioneers the rise of raw cut rice cakes in the market. |
| 1980 | Showa 55 | Established Haramachi Factory in Haramachi, Nagaoka City. Reconstructed the head office noodle factory. Measure the enrichment of noodle products. Started construction of Takanashi No. XNUMX Factory in preparation for increased production of packaging rice cakes. Increased capital to 4,500 million yen. Released "Namamaru Mochi". |
| 1981 | Showa 56 | Increased capital to 9,000 million yen. |
| 1982 | Showa 57 | Received the transfer of business rights from a confectionery company in Nagaoka City and made it the Miyauchi Factory. The Tokyo office was promoted to the Tokyo sales office and opened in Soka City, Saitama Prefecture. Opened Nagano and Sapporo police boxes. |
| 1983 | Showa 58 | The Takanashi No. XNUMX Factory "Packaging Mochi Manufacturing Clean Room Factory", which introduced the latest technology, was completed. Increased capital to 18,000 million yen. |
| 1984 | Showa 59 | Received the transfer of business rights from a confectionery company in Ojiya City, established the Katakai Factory and Oguni Factory, and set up a system to increase production of rice cracker products. Opened Kansai Sales Office, Tohoku Sales Office, and Nagoya Sales Office. Promoted Sapporo representative office to Sapporo sales office.Set up offices in Aomori, Koriyama, Okayama, Fukuoka, Nagasaki, and Kagoshima. Full-scale release of the "Echigosei Ichiban" series of sterilized individual rice cakes. Increased capital to 23,400 million yen. |
| 1986 | Showa 61 | Expansion and renovation to double the production capacity of the Kawaguchi Factory. |
| 1987 | Showa 62 | The new series "Koshi no Densetsu", which is a direct delivery of freshly baked and fried rice crackers, has been released and has received a great deal of attention. Opened Koriyama Sales Office and Hiroshima Sales Office. |
| 1988 | Showa 63 | Addition of sterilization line for rice production. Started construction of Katakai factory equipped with a total direct delivery system in Katakai, Ojiya city. |
| 1989 | Heisei XNUMX | Completed the first phase of construction of the Katagai Factory. Opened Kanagawa Sales Office and Hokuriku Sales Office. |
| 1990 | Heisei 2 | Large-scale renovation work will be carried out to increase production at the Kawaguchi Plant. Opened Shikoku police box in Tokushima prefecture. Received the "Excellent Advanced Business Award" from Nihon Keizai Shimbun. |
| 1991 | Heisei 3 | Akira Yamazaki became president and representative director. Opened Matsue police box in Shimane prefecture. Opened a new Tokamachi factory in Tokamachi City to increase production of Kagami mochi. A line was added to the Takanashi Plant to increase the production of sterilized individually wrapped rice cakes. |
| 1992 | Heisei 4 | Opened the garden "Koshifuka" adjacent to the Katagai factory. Founded and established Echigo Tenfu Co., Ltd. to develop gift products. Completed a new side dish manufacturing factory at Echigo Foods Co., Ltd. Opened Kochi police box in Kochi city. Received the Nihon Keizai Shimbun "Excellent Advanced Business Award XNUMXth Anniversary Special Award". |
| 1993 | Heisei 5 | Expanded production line for sterilized individually wrapped rice cakes at Takanashi Factory. Introduced the world's highest level ultra-high pressure test equipment in the general research institute. |
| 1994 | Heisei 6 | Received the Niigata Prefecture Economic Promotion Award. Received the Honorary Governor's Award at the 22nd National Confectionery Expo. Expanded production line for sterilized packaged rice cakes at Takanashi Factory. Construction of a new head office building in Gofukumachi, Nagaoka City begins. Opened the Tokyo metropolitan area sales department in central Tokyo. |
| 1995 | Heisei 7 | Completed new construction of the new head office building. The second phase of construction of the Katagai Factory begins. An extremely rapid cooling line was set up at the Takanashi Factory to manufacture cold rice cakes. Numata factory opened. |
| 1996 | Heisei 8 | Established a rice milling plant at the Numata factory. Newly built Kagami Mochi base at Numata factory. |
| 1997 | Heisei 9 | Completion of the second phase of construction of the Katagai Factory. Released Kagami-mochi "Orange-tsuke 150g".From the following year onwards, 'daidai-tsuke' became the mainstream of kagami-mochi. |
| 1998 | Heisei 10 | Received the "Technology Award" from the Japan Society for Food Science and Technology.Opened Takamatsu Sales Office. |
| 1999 | Heisei 11 | CM broadcast started (Hideki Takahashi appeared). Numata Factory Rice line full-scale construction started. Opened Asahikawa Factory (in Nomura Confectionery). Opened Dazaifu factory. |
| 2000 | Heisei 12 | Numata Factory Started full-scale production of ultra-high pressure processed rice "Echigo rice". Opened Sanya factory. Awarded each award for ultra-high pressure processed rice "Echigo rice". Released "Rakuraku Ornament", a kagami mochi with individually wrapped mochi that has been assembled from Mikata and Suehiro. |
| 2001 | Heisei 13 | Received the "Entrepreneur Award Excellence Award" from the New Business Council. Received "New Technology / Food Development Award" selected by Japan Food Newspaper. Appointed Chairman of the Board, Akira Yamazaki, and President of Ichiro Hoshino. Obtained the industry's first quality system ISO9001 at the Takanashi Plant. |
| 2002 | Heisei 14 | Opened Okinawa police box in Okinawa prefecture. |
| 2003 | Heisei 15 | Transferred Takanashi Factory ISO9001 to 2000 version. Released aseptic packaging rice cake "Plump Master". |
| 2004 | Heisei 16 | Received the "Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award" as an IP Achievement Award for effective use of patents. Received the "Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award" from Chairman Akira Yamazaki for the development of high-pressure food processing technology. Received the "XNUMX Best IT Management Awards" from the IT Management Support Team of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. |
| 2005 | Heisei 17 | Held the first "Product Exhibition Information Session" in Tokyo and Osaka. Released rice cracker "Funwari Meijin Kinako Mochi". A plump cut is used for the aseptic packaging rice cake "Echigosei Ichiban" product. Ultra-high pressure aseptic packaging rice rice Korea business started. |
| 2006 | Heisei 18 | Obtained ISO9001 from Katagai Factory. Kagami mochi "Push only Pon 160g" released. Released rice cracker "Funwari Meijin Gomadare Mochi / Cheese Mochi". |
| 2007 | Heisei 19 | Supporting Albirex BB, which belongs to the Japan Professional Basketball League, as OFFICIAL UNIFORM SPONSOR The Toen F & B Asan Plant (Korea), which provided technology for a high-pressure cooked rice plant based on the development of free-piston technology, started full-scale operation. "Development of basic technology that contributes to high added value of food" was adopted by the Japan Science and Technology Agency's "Regional R & D Program" (development and commercialization of food processing technology using ultra-high pressure). Funwari Meijin ・ Received the Hot Pepper Special Award at the MXNUMXFXNUMX Grand Prix (planned by Media Shakers Co., Ltd.) in the second half of XNUMX. ・ Received the "Excellent Hit Award" "Confectionery / Bread Category" at the XNUMXth Food Hit Award (established by Japan Food Newspaper). |
| 2008 | Heisei 20 | "Funwari Meijin Kinako Mochi" No. XNUMX in the confectionery category of the new product popular contest. (Sponsored by Summit, Inc.) Obtained ISOXNUMX from Numata Factory. Ingestion safety was confirmed in a human intake test of hypoallergenic Wheat. Released aseptic packaged rice cakes "cheese rice cakes" and "just like fresh rice cakes". |
| 2009 | Heisei 21 | Opened Ojiya factory. (Site area XNUMX mXNUMX). Chairman Akira Yamazaki received the "Food Industry Achievement Award" (supported by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries). "Funwari Meijin Kinako Mochi" was selected as one of the "XNUMX World-Recognized Promising Export Processed Foods" (sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries). Received the "Excellence Award" at the Food Industry CO2 Reduction Award (subsidized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries). Obtained ISOXNUMX from Kawaguchi Factory. Released rice crackers "Echigo Awayuki" and "Delicious! Hard-baked". Miyauchi Factory Rice Rice Line Certified as an organic JAS factory. |
| 2010 | Heisei 22 | Ojiya factory started rice line. Miyauchi Factory Operates Wheat allergen reduction equipment. A monument to the Sanbokujin was erected on the premises of the Takanashi factory. Released rice crackers "Kachiwari no Seed" and "Korokoro Milk". Started selling low-allergenic Wheat bread, Noodles, and confectionery. Kagami mochi "Zodiac" and "Maneki Neko" have been renewed from the filling type to the round mochi individually packaged. |
| 2011 | Heisei 23 | Mitsutoshi Ito became president. Ojiya Factory Started trial sales of Japanese rice. Renewal of raw Ichiban "Individual packaging type with ageless". Released rice cracker "Konbu and Kuromame Megumi".Nitto Arare Shinsha's "Salad Seven," "Hinaarare," and "Ajisenryo" are produced and sold at Echigo Seika. Released emergency / stockpiled rice and cut rice cake (best-by date XNUMX years). |
| 2012 | Heisei 24 | Ojiya Factory Completed expansion work for the second line of Japanese rice. Obtained ISOXNUMX from Tokamachi Factory. The Best Before of individually wrapped rice cakes has been extended to XNUMX years after production. |
| 2013 | Heisei 25 | Ichiro Hoshino became president. "Japanese rice" won the XNUMXth "New Technology and Food Development Award" established by Japan Food Newspaper. "Japanese rice" is certified as the first Eco Mark product as packed rice. (Japan Environmental Association Eco Mark Secretariat) The XNUMXth National Confectionery Expo is held in Hiroshima. "Kachiwari Seed" and "Konbu and Black Bean Megumi" won the All Confectionery Honor Award and Gold Award. |
| 2014 | Heisei 26 | CM of "Japanese rice" started broadcasting nationwide. (Co-starring Hideki Takahashi and Maasa Takahashi) All employees participate in the "Fukushima Hama Kaido / Sakura Project".Thousands of cherry tree saplings were planted. |
| 2015 | Heisei 27 | Established "High-Pressure Support Co., Ltd." Introduced double barrier packaging for "Echigo Seiichi Ichiban". Introduced a biomass container whose main ingredient is "corn starch" in the individual packaging of Kagami mochi. |
| 2016 | Heisei 28 | Received transfer of trademark rights such as "Togarashi Seed" from Minagawa Confectionery Co., Ltd. Delivered 48,000 packed meals to support the disaster of the Kumamoto earthquake. Kagami mochi with zodiac figures supervised by Hitomi Okada is on sale. |
| 2017 | Heisei 29 | Echigo Seika's Kirimochi has been certified as "Space Japanese Food" by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). We sell "Togarashi seeds, Wasabi seeds, Sansho seeds" that inherited the product brand from Minagawa Confectionery Co., Ltd. Introducing "Fluffy Extreme Master Kuromitsu Kinako," which is coated with rich-tasting black honey chocolate. |
| 2018 | Heisei 30 | The former Nakako factory was closed due to the Omotesawa River improvement project.Moved Kagami Mochi production line to Takanashi Factory. Katagai Factory conforms to JFS-B standard of food safety management standard. |
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