April 1977
Founded as SUMIEITO KOSAN in Himeji.
Employees on a company trip in the 1980s.
1979
Starts offering solid waste as alternative materials for natural resources.
1986
Starts recycling metal-containing solid waste into usable resources.
April 1989
SUMIEITO KOSAN changes its company name to SUMIEITO Co., Ltd.
April 1987
Opens a sales office in Tokyo.
April 1994
Opens a sales office in Nagoya.
June 1994
Jointly establishes NIKKA SUMIEITO with Hitachi Chemical.
December 1996
Acquires a patent for SlurMixR, a technology for recycling industrial waste into alternative fuel.
(No. 2594418)
September 1999
Launches an FSCR certification service.
July 1992
A recycling facility for industrial waste, currently the Himeji Resource Recycling Plant, becomes operational in Himeji.
1992
The first issue of WIEDER, a pioneering magazine on environmental information, published.
May 1995
NIKKA SUMIEITO's main plant, currently the Ibaraki Resource Recycling Plant, becomes operational in Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture.
September 1995
Unveils the corporate mission.
1997
The second Himeji Resource Recycling Plant becomes operational.
October 2001
Wins a Good Design award.
June 2002
Signs the UN Global Compact.
July 2003
Wins a commissioned research project from the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).
July 2005
The Institute for Sustainable Economies established.
June 2006
Company stock becomes listed on the OSE Hercules Market, currently the Growth Market on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
2007
Launches a telemarketing service focused on CSR and environmental solutions.
2008
Launches an informational website for CSR and environmental tips for businesses.
February 2009
AMITA Institute for Sustainable Economies Co., Ltd., AMITA Eco Brain Co., Ltd., and Tobimushi Inc. established.
April 2000
SUMIEITO Co., Ltd. changes its company name to AMITA CORPORATION.
November 2001
Relocates its head office to Tokyo.
2002
Assists in establishing an environmental education facility in Kyoto.
January 2004
Open a West Japan sales office in Osaka.
August 2005
The Kyotango Resource Recycling Plant becomes operational.(Closed in May 2018)
September 2006
Launches an MSC certification service.
2007
Launched the forest dairy farming business.
(Business sold in 2011)
2009
Releases the e-Waste Management System, currently Smart Management.
April 2010
AMITA Institute of Environmental Certification Co., Ltd. established.
The Kawasaki Resource Recycling Plant becomes operational.
（Closed in December 2022）
April 2011
AMITA CORPORATION acquires AMITA Eco Brain Co., Ltd.
July 2011
Opens the Tohoku Office in Sendai.
(Closed in December 2018)
2011
Provides waste-recycling programs in areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake.
March 2012
AMITA HOLDINGS opens the Minamisanriku Office.
December 2013
Relocates the Group head office to Kudan-Kita in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
March 2012
AMITA HOLDINGS opens the Minamisanriku Office.
December 2014
AMITA CORPORATION opens a branch office in Niigata.
March 2015
AMITA HOLDINGS and AMITA Institute for Sustainable Economies relocate their head offices from Tokyo to Kyoto.
July 2015
AMITA CORPORATION establishes AMITA ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIC SUPPORT（MALAYSIA）SDN. BHD. (AESS for short)
December 2015
AESS establishes AMITA KUB-BERJAYA KITAR SDN.BHD. jointly with KUB BERJAYA ENERGY SDN.BHD.
(Company name at the time of establishment)
March 2016
AMITA CORPORATION becomes the first Japanese company to be designated as a certifying body for the ASC aquaculture farm certification.
May 2017
Launches the resource-recycling business in Malaysia.
The AKBK Sustainable Resource Management Centre, currently AMITA BERJAYA Sustainable Resource Management Centre, becomes operational.
January 2010
AMITA HOLDINGS Co., Ltd. Established.
June 2010
AMITA CORPORATION opens the Kyushu Sales Office and the Kitakyushu Resource Recycling Plant.
September 2010
AMITA Institute of Environmental Certification is designated as a certifying body for the MSC chain-of-custody certification.
June 2011
AMITA CORPORATION establishes AMITA TAIWAN CORPORATION.
September 2011
Tobimushi Inc. sells its stock to AMITA CORPORATION.
January 2012
AMITA HOLDINGS relocates its head office to Kyoto.
The Group's corporate mission updated.
October 2012
AMITA Institute of Environmental Certification is designated as a certifying body for the ASC chain-of-custody certification.
January 2014
AMITA HOLDINGS relocates its head office to Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto.
AMITA CORPORATION opens the Kyoto Office and a new head office in Tokyo.
AMITA Institute for Sustainable Economies opens the Keihoku Office.
July 2014
Opens the Fudenkan museum in Kyoto.
September 2014
AMITA CORPORATION opens the Gamagori Office. (Closed in November 2018)
April 2015
AMITA CORPORATION acquires AMITA Institute of Environmental Certification.
October 2015
AMITA CORPORATION establishes Minamisanriku BIO.
February 2016
AMITA CORPORATION launches the Sustainable Stage service to assist businesses in achieving sustainable growth.
April 2016
AMITA TAIWAN CORPORATION establishes the Taiwan Resource Recycling Plant.
(Decision to close the plant is made in April 2019)
November 2018
AMITA CORPORATION launches the AMITA Smart Eco service to assist businesses in streamlining environmental management.
June 2020
AMITA CORPORATION relocates its head office to Kanda in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
April 2021
Launches the Cyano Project to assist corporate clients in developing circular business models.
March 2022
AMITA HOLDINGS establishes Codo Advisory, Inc. jointly with MCP Japan Holdings Limited.
January 2023
AMITA CORPORATION changes its trade name to AMITA CIRCULAR CORPORATION.
Part of the business of AMITA CIRCULAR CORPORATION was transferred to newly established company AMITA CORPORATION through spin off company.
AMITA HOLDINGS establishes AMIDAO CORPORATION.
The AMITA group implements 32-hour work week to enhance value creation by improving employees' well-being.
April 2024
AMITA HOLDINGS Tokyo Office,
AMITA CORPORATION Head Office,
AMITA CIRCULAR CORPORATION
Head Office,
relocate to Kanda-Surugadai in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
AMITA ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIC SUPPORT (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.
changes its company name to
AMITA CIRCULAR DESIGN
SDN. BHD.
AMITA HOLDINGS establishes
Circular LinX CO., LTD.
jointly with
SMFL MIRAI Partners Company, Limited
January 2021
The AMITA Group announces its commitment to becoming a Future Design Company.
Launches the Social Design Business to achieve the Group's mission.
November 2021
AMITA CORPORATION acquires AMITA Institute for Sustainable Economies Co., Ltd.
November 2022
The AMITA Group announces an Ecosystem Society by 2030 (AMITA Vision 2030).
December 2023
AMITA CORPORATION launches RFM certification audit service.
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