San-Ai Corporation, Japan | Company History

April 9, 1983

Established San-Ai Corporation with 5 million yen in capital at 1-20-9 Nishi-shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo.
Started to introduce plastic raw materials and products, and petrochemical products.

Sep. 1984

Moved to a new office at 3-3-7 Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo for expansion.

Aug. 1987

Increased capital to 10 million yen.

Jul. 1992

Moved to a new office at 3-3-13 Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo for expansion.

Feb. 1994

Increased capital to 12 million yen.

Jun. 1996

Moved to a new office at 5-23-7 Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo for expansion.

Nov. 1997

Participated in the exhibition “Hotel and Restaurant Exhibition” held at Tokyo Big Sight.

May. 2000

Concluded an agreement of sole distributorship with ECI to expand the sales of freshness keeping products for Japanese market.

Sep. 2000

Participated in the exhibition "Food Technology 2000" held at Tokyo Big Sight.

Nov. 2000

Participated in the exhibition "Environmentally Friendly Agriculture 2000" held at Makuhari Messe International Convention Complex.

Jul. 2001

Participated in the exhibition "High-Tech Agriculture Expo 2001" held at Sun Messe Kagawa.

Aug. 2001

Extended an agreement of sole distributorship with ECI to Asian market.

Dec. 2001

Increased capital to 20 million yen.

Jun. 2002

Participated in the exhibition "Flower Exhibition and Conference" held at Yokohama Industry & Trade Center.

Jul. 2002

Participated in the exhibition "High-Tech Agriculture Expo 2002" held at Grand Messe Kumamoto.

Nov. 2002

The largest agricultural organization in Japan, Zen-Noh, adopted our machine to their state-of-the-art facility to keep their produces fresh longer.

Jul. 2003

Participated in the exhibition "High-Tech Agriculture Expo 2003" held at Yume Messe Miyagi.

Aug. 2003

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Maritime Institutions adopted our freshness keeping products officially.

Nov. 2003

Established San-Ai Corporation, USA located in Fresno, California, as a base for the U.S. market.

Dec. 2003

Moved to a new office at 3-8-3 Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo for expansion.

Mar. 2005

Expanded the sales network of agricultural materials and packaging materials.

Aug. 2006

Education Bureau of Hokkaido Government and Fisheries High Schools around Japan adopted our freshness keeping products and they have been spreading to the market.

Jan. 2007

Launched eco-friendly film products with lower greenhouse gases. Concluded an agreement of distributorship of small turbine wind power generator.

Mar. 2007

Obtained ISO14001 for environmental management systems.

Jun. 2008

Concluded an agreement of sole distributorship with AAL to expand material handling equipments for Japanese market.

Jan. 2009

Participated in the exhibition "Internepcon Japan" held at Tokyo Big Sight.

Feb. 2009

Participated in the exhibition "World Ag Expo" held at International Agri-Center in California, USA and our Produce Wrapping Machine was chosen from all participated products and awarded "Top 10 New Products" of this expo.