FUJI OIL CO., LTD. | Corporate Information | History of the Fuji Oil Group

1950	FUJI OIL CO., LTD. is established on October 9 Initial Capital: 3 million yen
1951	First successful industrial scale copra crushing in Japan
1953	Head Office is moved from Osaka Plant to Azuchimachi, Higashi-ku, Osaka Tokyo Office is opened
1954	Start of first palm kernel crushing in Japan
1955	Kobe Plant begins operation Solvent fractionation line for oils and fats begins operation at Osaka Plant Start of first production of hard butter in Japan
1960	TORAKU CO., LTD. is established
1961	Company shares are listed on the Second Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange
1963	Production of coating chocolate is begun
1967	Production of whipping cream is begun Production of soy protein isolates is begun
1969	Hannan Business Operations Complex begins operation Production of margarine is begun
1971	Sakai Plant begins operation
1972	HANNAN TANK TERMINAL CO., LTD. is established
1973	Listing of company shares is changed to the First Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange FUJI FRESH FOODS CO., LTD. is established Production of "Kyofu Ganmo" (soy protein food product) is begun
1974	Head Office is moved to 2-1-5 Nishishinsaibashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka
1977	FUJI PROTEIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. is established
1978	Company shares are listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
1980	FUJISUNNY PLAZA HANNAN is opened
1981	FUJI OIL (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. is established
1982	Fuji Oil assumes management of FUKUSHIYOKU CO., LTD.
1985	Kumatori Training Center is opened PALMAJU EDIBLE OIL SDN. BHD. is established
1987	FUJI VEGETABLE OIL, INC. is established
1988	WOODLANDS SUNNY FOODS PTE. LTD. is established
1989	F&F CO., LTD. is established
1990	Tsukuba Research and Development Center is opened
1991	Ishikawa Plant begins operation
1992	FUJI OIL EUROPE is established
1994	JILIN FUJI PROTEIN CO., LTD. is established Kanto Cream Plant begins operation NEW LEYTE EDIBLE OIL MFG. CORP. is established
1995	PT. FREYABADI INDOTAMA is established SHANDONG LONGTENG FUJI FOODSTUFFS CO., LTD. is established FUJI OIL (ZHANG JIA GANG) CO., LTD. is established
1998	Center Building at Hannan Business Operations Complex is completed
2000	WALTZFANCY CO., LTD. is established Fuji Oil assumes management of FUJI BUTTER CO., LTD.
2001	Kanto Chocolate Plant begins operation Protein Foods Tsukuba Plant begins operation Soybean oil extraction operations in Japan are discontinued FUJISUNNY PLAZA SINGAPORE is opened New plant at PT. FREYABADI INDOTAMA begins operation KP SHOKUHIN CO., LTD. is established
2002	Copra crushing operations in Japan are discontinued and production capacity is increased at NEW LEYTE EDIBLE OIL MFG. CORP.
2003	New "SOYAFARM" brand is launched FUJI SUNNY FOODS CORP. PTE. LTD. is established Chocolate plant is constructed at FUJI OIL (ZHANG JIA GANG) CO., LTD. New plant for specialty and functional foods begins operation at Hannan Business Operations Complex A majority equity share is bought in SHANGHAI XUYANG FOOD CO., LTD. (CHINA)
2004	New plant for soy peptides begins operation at Sakai Plant New plant for soy protein foods begins operation at SHANDONG LONGTENG FUJI FOODSTUFFS CO., LTD. Production line for hard butters for chocolate begins operation at FUJI VEGETABLE OIL, INC. in Savannah, Georgia SOYA FARM USA. is established TIANJIN FUJI PROTEIN CO.,LTD. is established
2005	Fuji Oil assumes management of IMAGAWA CO., LTD. Rinku plant begins operations CHIBA VEGOIL TANK TERMINAL CO.,LTD. is established
2006	Chiba plant begins operations FUJI OIL EUROPE's new chocolate filling plant begins operations
2007	Tokyo Branch Office is upgraded to Tokyo Regional Office SHENZHEN XUYANG FOOD CO., LTD. is established Yoshitaka Ebihara is appointed president and CEO Hirokuni Kawabe is appointed executive vice president SOYAFARM CO., LTD. is established FUJI OIL (BEIJING) TECHNOLOGY TRADING CO., LTD. is established
2008	The "Innovation and Action 2010" medium-term business plan (2008-2010) is established