History
- 1949s
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- March
- The 1st President, Kenji Ao established Mokuken
Chemical Industry Co.,Ltd. as a manufacturer and retail sales for industrial detergents.
- 1949s
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- June
- The manufacturing division becomes independent in Hanaten, Joto-ku, Osaka.
- 1969s
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- July
- Mokuken Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. established in Miyakojima-ku, Osaka.
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1974s
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- July
- A new Tokyo Sales Office is opened in Funado, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo.
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1976s
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- August
- A second factory is newly built in Hanaten, Joto-ku, Osaka.
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1983s
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- January
- Kenshi Ao, the President and Representative Director, passes away in December 1982. Hirokazu Ao assumes the position of Representative Director.
- November
- A new Tokyo Sales Office is built in Daimon, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo.
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1986s
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- December
- Cosmetics Department inaugurated within Mokuken Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. in Oyodo Kita-ku, Osaka. Cosmo Beauty LLC established.
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1989s
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- June
- A new Tokyo Sales Office and Kanto Factory are built in Ogawa-machi, Hiki-gun, Saitama.
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1991s
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- July
- Cosmo Beauty LLC converted to Cosmo Beauty Co., Ltd.
- 1992s
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- May
- “New head office built to integrate the office and Kansai manufacturing plant. Trade name Mokuken Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. changed to Mokuken Co., Ltd.”
- May
- The head office and manufacturing division are relocated to Konohana-ku, Osaka, for consolidation.
- 1996s
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- April
- Mokuken Co., Ltd. opens an office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
- 1997s
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- September
- VINA COSMO CO., LTD. is established in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, as a 100% subsidiary of Mokuken Co., Ltd.
- 1999s
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- November
- A new head office factory is built next to Mokuken Co., Ltd. in Konohana-ku, Osaka.
- 2001s
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- October
- Shigei Co., Ltd. opens a Shanghai office.
- October
- The Tokyo Sales Office and Kanto Factory are newly built and relocated to Namegawa-machi, Hiki-gun, Saitama (within the Higashimatsuyama Industrial Park).
- 2004s
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- May
- Shimaya Trading International Trading Co. is established in Shanghai, China.
- May
- The Tokyo Sales Office and Kanto Factory are expanded. A factory with the same environment as pharmaceutical manufacturing, with a clean-controlled area of 804.1㎡, is installed.
- 2005s
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- February
- Yoshiharu Yamakawa is appointed as Representative Director.
- 2006s
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- June
- A Tokyo Sales Office is opened in Minato-ku, Tokyo.
- 2007s
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- April
- The head office is relocated from Konohana-ku, Osaka, to Higashi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo.
- June
- Mokuken Co., Ltd. and Cosmo Beauty Co., Ltd. merge to consolidate management resources, and the company becomes Cosmo Beauty Co., Ltd.
- 2009s
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- April
- Medicos Co., Ltd. changes its company name to Medicos Seiyaku Co., Ltd.
- March
- Shigeki Nishikawa is appointed as the 4th President and Representative Director.
- 2010s
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- October
- The third phase of the Kanto Factory expansion is completed. A new factory meeting cosmetic GMP standards is established. The Tokyo head office is relocated.
- 2014s
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- June
- The Osaka Branch and Osaka Research Center are relocated to Shimaya 6-chome, Konohana-ku, Osaka. A dual-headquarters system with both Tokyo and Osaka is implemented.
- July
- Takashi Yamazoe is appointed as the 5th President and Representative Director. Shigeki Nishikawa becomes Chairman of the Board.
- 2015s
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- March
- The Ogawa Warehouse is newly built in Ogawa-machi, Hiki-gun, Saitama. The corporate philosophy is rebranded.
- September
- The Tokyo head office is relocated from Ikebukuro to Narimasu. A new Tokyo Lab is established.
- October
- The China Factory, “Shimaya International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.,” is completed.
- November
- The second factory is completed in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
- 2016s
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- September
- The Kanto Factory building is expanded.
- 2017s
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- July
- The Osaka Fukushima Office is opened.
- 2018s
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- October
- The third factory of VINA COSMO is completed in Vietnam.
- September
- The second factory of “Shimaya International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.” is completed in China.
- 2019s
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- April
- A research center is established alongside the relocation of Shimaya Trading, Shanghai.
- July
- A company building is acquired in Chuo-ku, Osaka. The Osaka Fukushima Office is relocated and a Central Office with head office functions is opened. The Osaka Head Office is renamed the Universal Office.
- October
- The Kanto No. 2 Factory is completed in Namegawa-machi, Hiki-gun, Saitama.
- 2020s
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- May
- The Universal Office is closed and relocated to and integrated with the Central Office.
- August
- A Technical Center is opened in Konohana-ku, Osaka.
- 2021s
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- August
- A factory is acquired on Port Island, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture.
- 2022s
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- May
- The Kobe Factory begins operations.
- 2023s
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- November
- The Hakata Sales Office and Research Center are opened in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture.
- 2024s
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- May
- Construction of the new Kobe Factory begins.
- 2025s
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- April
- The head office location is moved to Narimasu, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo.
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