Chronology (TOP Corporation)

1940	Watanabe Factory starts manufacturing syringes.
1948	Limited Partnership established. Sales of products bearing the TOP trademark begin.
1953	Incorporated as a joint-stock company. Allowed by the Ministry of Health and Welfare to use the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) mark.
1956	Construction completed on Head Office building.
1961	Builds a modern, partially automated glass syringe manufacturing plant at Koshigaya.
1962	Builds a second plant at Koshigaya. Company establishes a system for the mass production of interchangeable syringes, and achieves a solid reputation for excellent quality and national leadership in syringe production and sales.
1963	Company name is changed to TOP Corporation. Opens a branch office in the Hongo district in central Tokyo.
1965	Builds the Shimotsuma Plant for producing disposable medical equipment, and opens a branch office in Osaka.
1967	Establishes branch offices in the cities of Sendai, Sapporo and Fukuoka.
1968	Expands Shimotsuma Plant and sets up a branch Office in Nagoya.
1969	Opens a branch office in Hiroshima.
1970	Constructs the Iwase Plant to handle increased demand for glass syringes. Establishes the TOP KASEI Corporation in response to growing demand for disposable products.
1971	Builds the Oomasu Plant for syringe production.
1972	Construction completed on new six-story Head Office building. Branch offices opened in Takamatsu and Yokohama.
1973	Builds Ishige Plant to handle increased number of disposable product types.
1975	Branch office opened in Kanazawa.
1976	New branch offices opened in Kobe, Niigata and Kagoshima.
1977	Constructs an eight-story reinforced concrete building in Tokyo, transforming the Hongo branch office into sales and service headquarters for the Kanto area. Opens a branch office in Chiba.
1979	Branch offices are established in Kyoto and Shizuoka.
1980	Opens a branch office in the northern Kanto area.
1982	Constructs 3-story research and development laboratory on land adjacent to the Head Office.
1983	Completes a disposable products plant and establishes the TOP Surgical Corporation in Taiwan.
1985	Completes a new 7-story Head Office building at the current location.
1987	Regional offices are opened in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya.
1990	Completes a disposable products plant and establishes MEDITOP Corporation (M) SDN. BHD. in Malaysia.
1991	Builds new manufacturing facility next to Iwase Plant in response to rapidly rising demand for pre-filled syringes.
1995	Completes distribution center on grounds of Shimotsuma Plant.
1998	Receives ISO 9002 and EN 46002 certification.
2001	MEDITOP Corporation (M) SDN. BHD. receives ISO 14001 certification.
2002	Receives ISO9001 and ISO13485 ceritification.
2003	Completes second plant at MEDITOP Corporation.
2004	Electron-beam sterilization facility completed at MEDITOP Corporation. Osaka Service Center For repairing and servicing medical electronic devices opens.
2005	Fukuoka Service Center For repairing and servicing medical electronic devices opens.