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. |
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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). |
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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. | |
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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. |
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2014 | January |
AMITA HOLDINGS moves head office from Daimoncho to Akinonocho neighbourhood of Kyoto. |
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. |
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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. |
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April |
AMITA CORPORATION absorbs the AMITA Institute of Environmental Certification. |
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October |
AMITA CORPORATION established "Minamisanriku BIO" |
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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. |
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2020 |
April |
AMITA CORPORATION closes Taiwan Resource Recycling Plant. |
June |
AMITA CORPORATION move head offices from Kudan-kita to Kanda kajicho neighbourhood of Tokyo. |