HISTORY
COMPANY HISTORY
COMPANY HISTORY
| 1907 | Initiation of the company by Yosuke Tanaka |  1951 Mar Foundation of TANAKAYA,Inc. |
| 1941 | Company succeeded by Tomoji Tanaka. Temporary discontinued the business due to war. | |
| 1951 Mar |
Foundation of TANAKAYA,Inc. |
|
| 1957 Feb |
Foundation of TANAKA Paper Package Co. Ltd (capital of 12million yen) in Uji, Kyoto, |
|
| 1962 Aug | Development of CREDAN | |
| 1964 Aug | Acquire utility model right for CREDAN. Until 1971 Spring, built offices and plants in Sapporo, Fukuoka, Tokyo, Nagoya, and created a production and sales locations of CREDAN throughout Japan |
|
| 1965 Feb | Acquire patent for CREDAN | |
| 1968 Oct |
Develop a corrugated fan, and acquired utility model right. |
|
| 1969 Dec |
Developed Packaging paper for delivering live flowers, and acquired utility model right |
|
| 1971 Jul |
Headquarter building is built at Bukkoji, Shinmachi-dori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto |
|
| 1972 Apr |
Introduction of computers, |
 1972 Apr Developed paper display system first in Japan, and commercialized |
| 1972 Aug | Installed machinery for production of presentation boxes (Printer, Sack machine, Die-cutting machine, etc), and began mass production of presentationbox. | |
| 1978 Aug | Acquired utility model right for paper display system | |
| 1979 Jul | Acquired utility model right for a paper fan | |
| 1980 Jan |
Foundation of 3T & Associates Inc, a company in Los Angeles, the United States. |
|
| 1990 Apr |
Headquarter moved to Takatsuji, Karasuma-dori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-city, Kyoto |
|
| 1994 May | Headuaqrter moved to Muromachi, Takatsuji-dori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-city, Kyoto | |
| 1996 Apr | Headquarter moved to Shinmachi, Takatsuji-dori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-city, Kyoto | |
| 1998 Jan | Completed construction of Ujidawara factory | |
| 2000 Apr |
Merged management and production function of TANAKA Paper Package Co. Ltd, |
|
| 2001 Mar | Ujidawara factory certified for ISO 14001(Environmental Management System) | |
| 2002 Jan | Keiji Tanaka is appointed for CEO | |
| 2004 Jan |
Headquarter factory is merged with and moved to Ujidawara factory |
|
| 2004 Oct | Changed company name from TANAKAYA,Inc. to TANAX,INC. |
 2004 Oct Changed company name from TANAKAYA,Inc. to TANAX,INC. |
| 2005 Dec | Increased capital to 182 million Yen | |
| 2006 May | Increased capital to 364 million Yen | |
| 2006 Jun |
Developed SHELFix system |
|
| 2007 Oct | 100th year anniversary from Company initiation | |
| 2008 Apr | Foundation of WARABI NO SATO, Inc. | |
| 2009 Mar | Introduced TANAX original "Chan-to Eco" system for environmental consideration |  2009 Mar Introduced TANAX original "Chan-to Eco" system for environmental consideration |
| 2010 Mar | "Chan-to Eco" label is registered under "environmental labeling data system" in Ministry of Environment Homepage |
|
| 2010 May | Certified by FSC CoC for forest certification system | |
| 2010 Aug |
Headquarter moved to Karasuma, Gojo-dori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-city, Kyoto |
|
| 2011 Oct |
ISO12647-2(International standard for offset printing)certification obtained for Headquarter Factory |
|
| 2011 Nov | Inaugurated "Drug Store Live" | |
| 2012 Oct | On-demand system introduced TANAX HK LIMITED established in Hong Kong |
|
| 2013 Oct |
ISO9001 (Quality Management System) certification obtained for Headquarter Factory |
|
| 2014 Jul | The company was appointed sales agent by PANOTEC SRL. | |
| 2014 Oct | Started to sell Just fit BOX, also started to manufacture and sell the fanfold cardboard sheet, “PATADAN®”. | |
| 2015 Apr |
ISO9001 (Quality Management System) certification obtained for all factories |
|
| 2015 June | CDP(Carbon Disclosure Project)participated | |
| 2016 Mar | ISO9001(Quality Management System)certified for Headquarter,all branches,all sales offices | |
| 2016 June |
Sedex(Supplier Ethical Data Exchange)registered Headquarter Factory |
|
| 2017 Apr | Keiji Tanaka is appointed for chairman of the board Ippei Tanaka is appointed for CEO |
|
| 2017 Apr |
Keiji Tanaka is appointed for chairman of the board |
|
| 2018 Feb |
Develop the automatic three-dimension measurement, cutout, cartoning and sealing machine, “TXP-600”. |
|
| 2020 Mar | Introduced Komori Corporation's printing machine "LITHRONE G44" to Headquarter Factory | |
| 2020 Jun |
Jointly developed "Connected Shelf" with Ricoh Co., Ltd. |
|
Contact
Please feel free to contact us.
copyright(c)TANAX, INC. All rights reserved.