| Jul. 1968 | Established Kakizaki Manufacturing Co., Ltd., to manufacture and sell high-performance plastic products. |
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| Jan. 1969 | Succeeded in commercialization of silicon wafer cassettes made of fluorocarbon resin FEP for the first time in Japan, and constructed the Saitama Plant. |
| Jun. 1973 | Started full-scale mass production of silicon wafer cassettes made of fluorocarbon resin PFA. |
| Oct. 1981 | Increased production lines for silicon wafer cassettes in the Saitama Plant. Established the Osaka Branch (Osaka-shi, Osaka) and Kyushu Branch (Fukuoka-shi Fukuoka). |
| Jan. 1982 | Moved Head Office from Kyushu to Tokyo (Toshima-ku, Tokyo) |
| Apr. 1984 | Set up the Kumamoto Operations Office and constructed the Kumamoto Plant (currently Tominohara Plant) at Shisui-cho, Kikuchi-shi, Kumamoto. |
| Mar. 1989 | Added Plant No.2 at Kumamoto Plant (currently Tominohara Plant) in Kumamoto Operations Office. |
| Mar. 1991 | Plant No.3 added at Kumamoto Plant (currently Tominohara Plant) in Kumamoto Operations Office. |
| April 1994 | Set up Tokyo Sales Office (Toshima-ku, Tokyo), Tohoku Sales Office (Sendai-shi, Miyagi, closed in March, 2002), Kansai Sales Office (Ibaraki-shi, Osaka), and Kyushu Sales Office (Shisui-cho, Kikuchi-shi, Kumamoto) to strengthen the sales network |
| Feb. 1996 | Obtained ISO9002 (currently ISO9001) certification for Kumamoto Operations Office. |
| May 1996 | Established KAKIZAKI AMERICA INC. (Los Angeles, USA), as a wholly-owned subsidiary to gather information on semiconductors in the United States. |
| Oct. 1999 | Started sales of 300mm-silicon wafer shipping container, "FOSB." |
| Jan. 2001 | Constructed Sumiyoshi Plant (Plant No.1) at Kumamoto Operations Office (Shisui-cho, Kikuchi-shi, Kumamoto), specializing in manufacture of 300mm silicon wafer shipping containers. |
| Aug. 2002 | Optech Co., Ltd., is made a wholly owned subsidiary. |
| Aug. 2003 | Changed company name to Miraial Co., Ltd. |
| Oct. 2003 | Constructed Sumiyoshi Plant (Plant No.2) at Kumamoto Operations Office (Shisui-cho, Kikuchi-shi, Kumamoto), specializing in the manufacture of 300mm silicon wafer shipping containers. |
| Dec. 2003 | Closed Saitama Plant. |
| Jan. 2004 | Obtained ISO14001 certificate for the Kumamoto Operations Office. |
| Jun. 2004 | Closed KAKIZAKI AMERICA INC. (Los Angeles, USA). |
| Jan. 2005 | Closed wholly owned subsidiary Optech Co., Ltd. |
| Jul. 2005 | Listed stock on the Jasdaq Securities Exchange. |
| Jan. 2006 | Wholly owned subsidiaries Kakizaki America Inc., and Optech Co., Ltd., liquidated. |
| Dec. 2006 | Acquired 70% stake in Sanjo Seiki Co., Ltd., to make it a subsidiary. |
| May 2007 | Constructed Sumiyoshi Plant (Plant No.3) to specialize in the manufacture of 300mm silicon wafer shipping containers to meet increased demand. |
| Jul. 2007 | Relocated the Kumamoto Operations Office's administrative department and the Kyushu Sales Office from the Tominohara Plant to the Sumiyoshi Plant |
| Apr. 2010 | Listed stock on the JASDAQ Standard section of the Osaka Securities Exchange in conjunction with a merger between the securities exchanges |
| Mar. 2011 | Made Sanjo Seiki Co., Ltd. a wholly owned subsidiary |
| Nov. 2011 | Listed stock on the Second Section, Tokyo Stock Exchange |
Saitama Factory
Newly constructed Tominohara Plant
300 mm silicon wafer shipping container (FOSB)
Panoramic view of the Sumiyoshi Plant
