history of the company
| July, 1954 | Ryoichi Takagi, the current chairman, starts a private wholesale business of marine products. |
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| May, 1967 | Ryoichi Takagi founded a sea vegetable processing business under the name Takagi Shoten at 1544 Sasahara-cho, Uto City, Kumamoto Prefecture. |
| May, 1967 | New factory and storage tank at 1544 Sasahara-cho, Udo-shi, Kumamoto |
| June, 1968 | Cold storage and storage warehouse added at the same location. |
| February, 1973 | New storage facility for raw algae was established in Udo City, Kumamoto Prefecture (capable of storing 250 tons of raw algae). |
| April, 1977 | Established Takagi Shoten Ltd. with capital of 3 million yen. |
| March, 1983 | Built a new low-temperature warehouse on the first floor and a new head office on the second floor. |
| February, 1984 | New purification facility (Capacity: 200 t/day). |
| May, 1984 | Expanded raw algae storage tank (capable of storing 600 tons of raw algae). |
| February, 1986 | Built a new sea vegetable processing plant for fresh sea vegetable. |
| February, 1986 | Expanded raw algae storage tank (capable of storing 500 tons of raw algae). |
| June, 1988 | Expanded the main plant and built a new sea vegetable drying and processing plant. |
| December, 1989 | Raw algae storage tanks were added (capable of storing 500 tons of raw algae), enabling a storage capacity of 3,000 tons of sea vegetable. |
| April, 1992 | Expanded purification facilities (treatment capacity of 400 tons/day). |
| May, 1993 | Low-temperature warehouse of 150 sq. meters added. |
| June, 1993 | Six-story head office building completed. |
| September, 1993 | KANERYO Sea Vegetable Co. was established. |
| September, 1995 | Sales support system Computerized. |
| June, 1997 | Refrigerated and frozen warehouses were completed. |
| February, 1998 | Automated cold storage warehouse completed. |
| June, 1999 | Seasoned mozuku seaweed production line expanded and put into operation. |
| November, 2001 | Sales Department CTI system introduced. |
| May, 2004 | Newly constructed and started operation of Mekabu production line. |
| March, 2011 | Sendai Plant begins operations. |
| August, 2011 | Tokyo Sales Office established. |
| September, 2011 | Osaka Liaison Office opened. |
| September, 2011 | President Ryoichi Takagi became Chairman and Yoshiki Takagi, who had been Senior Managing Director, became President. |
| March, 2012 | A Mekabu Joule machine (Takagi type heating and cooling machine) was introduced to the main factory. |
| September, 2012 | Sendai Sales Office opened. |
| September, 2013 | The headquarters plant has been certified by GFSI as a Safe Quality Food (SQF), which is the world’s highest level manufacturing system for producing safe and secure products. |
| September, 2013 | The Kaneryo Foundation was established. |
| October, 2013 | “Sanriku Miyagi Prefecture Mekabu” won the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award. |
| March, 2014 | The Sendai Freezing and Refrigeration Automated Warehouse went into full operation. |
| November, 2014 | “Churaumi Mozuku” won the Housewife’s Grand Prize at the 25th National Seafood Processed Product Quality Judging Contest. |
| January, 2015 | Start of Overseas Business |
| February, 2015 | “Churaumi Mozuku” was selected as one of the “30 Best Foods to Buy at Supermarkets 2015.” |
| December, 2015 | Additive-free “Ultimate Kombucha” was recognized as one of the 100 Best Culinary Kingdoms 2016. |
| June, 2016 | The additive-free “Ultimate Kombucha” was awarded two stars by the “iTQi (International Taste Quality Index),” which is also known as the Michelin star for beverages and seasonings. |
| September, 2016 | Started online store “Okagesama” |
| November, 2016 | “Takumi no mozuku (three-purpose vinegar)” won the Dainippon Fisheries Association Chairman’s Award at the 27th National Seafood Processed Products Total Quality Judging Contest. |
| December, 2016 | Additive-free “Ultimate Plum Kelp Tea” and “Happy Yellow Sugar (Organic Palm Sugar)” were recognized as one of the “100 Best Culinary Kingdom 2017. |
| February, 2017 | The industry’s first product certified by the National Cardiovascular Center, “Karushio Shizuku” is launched. |
| July, 2017 | The first private company to be certified by the Udo Wide-area Fire Department to sign the agreement. |
| September, 2017 | Kaneryo Group Takagi Shoten 50th Anniversary |
| October, 2017 | Recognized as a Kumamoto Bright Company. |
| October, 2017 | “Sea Vegetable Salad” was selected as the only Japanese manufacturer for the Taste Innovation Show at ANUGA (Germany), the world’s largest food industry trade fair. |
| November, 2017 | “Received the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Award at the Kumamoto Prefecture Statistical Merit Award. “ |
| December, 2017 | “Tsunagu Wakame” won both the Dainippon Fisheries Association Chairman’s Award and the Housewife’s Grand Prize at the 28th National Seafood Processed Products Total Quality Judging. |
| December, 2017 | The Sea Vegetable Granola was recognized as one of the 100 Culinary Kingdoms 2018. |
| March, 2018 | Released Japan’s first functional food “Kaichou mozuku” (sea vegetable with a high intestinal function) as a processed mozuku product. |
