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 | Expands Shimotsuma plant. |
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