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History
    Jul. 1968 Established Kakizaki Manufacturing Co., Ltd. to manufacture and sell high-performance plastic products.
    Jan. 1969 Succeeded in commercialization of silicon wafer cassette made of fluorocarbon resin FEP for the first time in Japan, and constructed Saitama Plant.
    Jun. 1973 Started full-scale mass production of silicon wafer cassette made of fluorocarbon resin PFA.
    Oct. 1981 Increased production lines for silicon wafer cassette in Saitama Plant.
Established 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 Kumamoto Operations Office and constructed Kumamoto Plant (currently Tominohara Plant) at Shisui-cho, Kikuchi-shi, Kumamoto.
Expanded silicon wafer cassette production.
    Mar. 1989 Added Plant No.2 at Kumamoto Plant (currently Tominohara Plant) in Kumamoto Operations Office.
Started mass production of office automation equipment parts.
    Mar. 1991 Plant No.3 added at Kumamoto Plant (currently Tominohara Plant) in Kumamoto Operations Office.
    Apr. 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) certificate at Kumamoto Operations Office.
    May 1996 Established KAKIZAKI AMERICA INC. (Los Angeles, USA), as a wholly-owned subsidiary.
    Oct. 1999 Started sales of 300mm-silicon wafer shipping box, "FOSB."
    Mar. 2000 Yukihiro Hyobu was appointed Representative Director and President.
    Jan. 2001 Constructed Sumiyoshi Plant (Plant No.1) at Kumamoto Operations Office (Shisui-cho, Kikuchi-shi, Kumamoto), specializing in manufacture of 200mm/300mm related products.
    Mar. 2002 Closed Tohoku Sales Office.
    Jul. 2003 Started sales of 300mm silicon wafer in-process containers, "FOUP."
    Aug. 2003 Changed company name to Miraial Co., Ltd.
    Nov. 2003 Constructed Sumiyoshi Plant (Plant No.2) at Kumamoto Operations Office (Shisui-cho, Kikuchi-shi, Kumamoto), specializing in the manufacture of 300mm silicon wafer related products.
    Dec. 2003 Closed Saitama Plant.
    Jan. 2004 Obtained ISO14001 certificate at Kumamoto Operations Office.
    Jun. 2004 Closed KAKIZAKI AMERICA INC. (Los Angeles, USA).
    Jul. 2005 Listed stocks on Jasdaq Securities Exchange, Inc.
 
       











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