Chronology
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Chronology
1940 | Watanabe Factory starts manufacturing syringes. |
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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 certification. |
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 | 2010 |
Fukuoka(2005),Sapporo(2006),Sendai(2007),Hiroshima(2009),Nagoya(2010),Service Center for repairing and servicing medical electronic devices opens. |
2011 | Expands MEDITOP Corporation (M) SDN.BHD.Plant-2. |
2012 | Establishes a distribution center in Kobe. |
2013 | Establishes a distribution center in Fukuoka and Tsukuba Laboratory. |
2015 | Expands Iwase plant. |
2017 | Establishes a new distribution center in Shimotsuma city(1st Phase). |
2019 | Expands new Shimotsuma Distribution Center(2nd Phase). |
2020 | Establishes MEDIJOY INTERNATIONAL SDN. BHD. in Malaysia. 80th anniversary of the founding. |
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