AMITA HOLDINGS CO., LTD.

AMITA HOLDINGS CO., LTD.

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Corporate History

1977 April SUMIEITO KOSAN founded in Himeji.
1987 April Tokyo Office opens.
1989 April SUMIEITO KOSAN becomes SUMIEITO Co., Ltd. New offices completed in Himeji.
1992 July Industrial waste recycling facility (currently Himeji Resource Recycling Plant) completed in Himeji.
1994 April Chubu Office opens.
June NIKKA SUMIEITO, a 50/50 joint venture with Hitachi Chemical, established.
1995 May

NIKKA SUMIEITO completes Main Plant (now Ibaraki Resource Recycling Plant) in Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefectre.
September Corporate mission drawn up.
1996 December

SlurMix®, a method of recycling that turns industrial waste into alternative fuel,

successfully patented (No. 2594418).
1999 September FSC® certification service begins.
2000 April SUMIEITO Co., Ltd. becomes AMIT CORPORATION. A part of the Himeji Resource Recycling Plant becomes Sumieito Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of AMITA.
2001 October AMITA business initiatives win Good Design award.
November AMITA CORPORATION moves head office to Tokyo.
2002 June AMITA joins the UN Global Compact.
2003 July AMITA CORPORATION receives research commission from the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).
2004 January

West Japan office opens.
October Sumieito and the Himeji Resource Recycling Plant become part of AMITA CORPORATION.
2005 April AMITA CORPORATION absorbs Sumieito subsidiary.
July Institute for Sustainable Economies established.
August Kyotango Resource Recycling Plant established.
2006 June

AMITA CORPORATION listed on the Nippon New Market Hercules

(which became part of JASDAQ in July 2013)

September

 MSC certification service begins.
November Nikka Sumieito becomes wholly owned subsidiary of AMITA CORPORATION.
2007 April AMITA CORPORATION merges with (its subsidiary) Nikka Sumieito.
2009 February AMITA Institute for Sustainable Economies Co., Ltd./ AMITA Eco Brain Co., Ltd./ Tobimushi Inc. established.
2010 January AMITA HOLDINGS Co., Ltd. established

April

AMITA Institute of Environmental Certification Co., Ltd. established.

AMITA CORPORATION establishes Kawasaki Resource Recycling Plant.
June AMITA CORPORATION opens Kyushu Office and Kitakyushu Resource Recycling Plant.
September AMITA Institute of Environmental Certification becomes accredited MSC Chain of Custody certifying body.
2011 April AMITA CORPORATION merges with AMITA Eco Brain Co., Ltd.
July

AMITA CORPORATION opens Tohoku Office (in Sendai).
September Tobimushi Inc. stocks transferred to AMITA CORPORATION.
2012 January AMITA HOLDINGS main office moved to Kyoto,AMITA corporate mission revised.
March AMITA HOLDINGS opens Minamisanriku Office.
October

AMITA Institute of Environmental Certification becomes accredited ASC Chain of Custody certifying body.
2013 March

AMITA CORPORATION establishes Tokai cyclical resource generation centre.

(merged with Gamagori Office in 2014).
December

AMITA CORPORATION, the AMITA Institute for Sustainable Economies and the AMITA Institute of Environmental Certification move head offices from Sanbancho to Kudan-kita neighbourhood of Tokyo.
2014 January

AMITA HOLDINGS moves head office from Daimoncho to Akinonocho neighbourhood of Kyoto.
AMITA CORPORATION opens Kyoto Offices and new Head Office (Tokyo).
The AMITA Institute for Sustainable Economies opens Keihoku Office.
March AMITA CORPORATION opens Minamisanriku Office.
July Fudenkan (including AMITA Museum) opens.
September AMITA CORPORATION opens Gamagori Office.
December

The AMITA Institute for Sustainable Economies moves head office to Kyoto.
AMITA CORPORATION opens Niigata Branch Office.
2015 Januray The AMITA Institute for Sustainable Economies opens Himeji Office.
March

AMITA HOLDINGS and the AMITA Institute for Sustainable Economies officially move head offices from Tokyo to Kyoto.
April

AMITA CORPORATION absorbs the AMITA Institute of Environmental Certification.
October

AMITA CORPORATION established "Minamisanriku BIO"
2016 April

AMITA TAIWAN CORPORATION established Taiwan Resource Recycling Plant.
2017

May

AMITA starts recycle business in Malaysia.
2018

May

AMITA CORPORATION closes Kyotango Resource Recycling Plant.

November

AMITA CORPORATION closes Gamagori Office.
2020

April

AMITA CORPORATION closes Taiwan Resource Recycling Plant.

June

AMITA CORPORATION move head offices from Kudan-kita to Kanda kajicho neighbourhood of Tokyo.