Corporate History
| 1954 | Sale of plastic products is started by Sales Group of Daitetsu Sangyo Co., Ltd. |  |
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| 1955 | Himeji Plastic Inc. is established | |
| 1962 | Company is renamed Hime-Pla Co., Ltd. Kobe Sales & Distribution Office is established |
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| 1964 | Okayama Sales & Distribution Office is established | |
| 1968 | Kitakyushu Sales & Distribution Office is established | |
| 1969 | New building is completed as Head Office and Himeji Sales & Distribution Office 15th anniversary is celebrated at the Himeji Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
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| 1971 | Fukuoka Sales & Distribution Office is established | |
| 1972 | Hiroshima Sales & Distribution Office is established | |
| 1973 | Okayama Sales & Distribution Office is split into Okayama No. 1 & No. 2 Sales & Distribution Offices | |
| 1974 | Industrial Supplies and Equipment Sales Office and Furniture Sales Office are separated from Himeji Sales & Distribution Office and Himeji No. 2 Sales & Distribution Office is established |
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| 1977 | Higashi-Osaka, Kobe and Himeji No. 2 Sales & Distribution Offices and the Osaka Sales Office are merged into the new Hanshin Branch |  Hanshin Branch |
| 1980 | 25th anniversary celebration is held on board the Sunflower No. 7 | |
| 1982 | Sales Planning Dept . is formed at the Head Office | |
| 1983 | Industrial Supplies and Equipment building is newly built Hanshin Branch No. 2 Warehouse is newly built |
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| 1984 |
Tokyo Sales & Distribution Office is established New Head Office building is built CI is introduced |
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| 1985 | Tokyo Sales Planning Dept. is formed Okayama No. 1 & No. 2 and Hiroshima Sales & Distribution Offices are merged Hime-Pla Furniture Co., Ltd. is established |
 Head Office |
| 1988 | Hime-Pla Sangyo Shizai Co., Ltd. is established | |
| 1990 | 1990 Fukuoka and Kitakyushu Sales & Distribution Offices are merged into the Fukuoka Branch | |
| 1991 | Tokyo Sales & Distribution Office becomes the Tokyo Branch | |
| 1993 | Tokyo Branch is moved and becomes the newly established Kanto Branch |  Okayama Branch |
| 1995 | Kyushu Branch is moved and reopened Himeji Nichiyohin Sales & Distribution Office becomes the Himeji Branch |
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| 1996 | Kanto Branch and Tokyo Sales Planning Dept. are merged into the Kanto District | |
| 1997 | Hime-Pla Furniture Co., Ltd. is merged into the Furnishing Sales Dept. of Hime-Pla Inc. Kanto District becomes the Kanto Branch |
 Fukuoka Branch |
| 1998 | Logistics Division and Management Planning Dept. are newly established Kanto Branch Sugito Distribution Center (DC) is established |
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| 1999 | Furnishing Sales Dept. is merged into the Himeji Branch Aoyama DC is established |
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| 2000 | 5th anniversary is celebrated | * |
| 2001 | Hime-Pla Industrial Supplies and Equipment Inc. gains ISO 14001 certification | |
| 2002 | Company receives award of excellence, selected as top 100 Kansai firm utilizing IT | |
| 2003 | Sugito DC is moved and becomes Iwatsuki DC under the Kanto Branch |  |
| 2004 | Himeji Branch Housewares Division is shifted to the Hanshin Branch Interior Goods Division is transferred and merged into the Okayama Branch Centralized ordering system is instituted by the Logistics Division |
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| 2005 | Kanto Branch Iwatsuki DC is moved and becomes Kawasaki DC 50th anniversary of Hime-Pla Group is celebrated at the Kobe Portopia Hotel |
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| 2006 | International Trade Dept. become separated from Sales & Marketing Division and the International Trade Division is established Kanto Branch Kawasaki DC is moved and becomes Iwatsuki DC |
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| 2010 | Hime-Pla is recognized by METI for its implementation of information technology management at 2010 IT Management Awards for Small and Medium Enterprises | |
| 2011 | Hime-Pla Industrial Supplies and Equipment Inc. is merged into Hime-Pla Inc. Himeji Industrial Supplies and Equipment Sales Dept. is established Industrial Supplies and Equipment business is started at Kanto and Hanshin Branches Quality Control Committee is formed |
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| 2012 | Housewares Division and Industrial Supplies and Equipment Division are newly formed at Sales & Marketing Division Quality Control Office is established |
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| 2015 | 60th anniversary is celebrated at Hotel Nikko Himeji |
