1964

Chlorella Industry Co., LTD. founded

1964

Completion of the Toyoda plant

1967

Presented in “The 12th annual meeting of the National Defense Medical Society; Changes in body weight and incidence rate of the common cold in the 1966 training squadron by chlorella”*

1971

Completion of the Kyushu plant

1973

Presented in “The 20th conference of The Japanese Society of Nutrition and Dietetics; The impact of chlorella on diabetic patients”*

1977

Completion of the Kyushu plant product center

1977

Completion of the Secondary Kyushu plant

1981

Presented in “The 40th conference of The Japanese Cancer Association; Anti-tumor effect of chlorella and its mechanisms” *

2002

Presented in “The 5th conference of The Japanese Society for Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Chlorella promotes the excretion of dioxin”*

2007

Kyushu plant becomes GMP certified by the Japan Health and Nutrition Food Association

2009

Presented in “The Japanese Biochemical Society; Suppressive effect on cognitive memory disorder in Alzheimer’s disease model mice by long-term chlorella administration”

2010

Presented in “The 2010 conference of The Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry; The effect of chlorella extract (BCEx) on the absorption and excretion of methyl mercury”* Registered on third-party certification program for the safety of health foods (chlorella extract, chlorella powder)

2013

Relocation of company headquarters

2014

Obtained HALAL certificate (Japan Halal Association)
50th anniversary

2016

Changed the name of the Kyushu plant to “Kyushu Chikugo plant” to celebrate its 45th anniversary.

2018

Certified as an organization selected under the 2018 Certified Health & Productivity Management by Nippon Kenko Kaigi

2019

Certified as an organization selected under the 2019 Certified Health & Productivity Management by Nippon Kenko Kaigi

2020

Certified as an organization selected under the 2020 Certified Health & Productivity Management by Nippon Kenko Kaigi

2021

Certified as an organization selected under the 2021 Certified Health & Productivity Management by Nippon Kenko Kaigi

2022

Acquired GRAS Notice by FDA in the United States

Certified as an organization selected under the 2022 Certified Health & Productivity Management by Nippon Kenko Kaigi

Completion of Product Center at Kyushu Chikugo Plant

2023

Certified as an organization selected under the 2023 Certified Health & Productivity Management by Nippon Kenko Kaigi

Acquiring FSSC 22000 at Kyushu Chikugo Plant

2024

Certified as an organization selected under the 2024 Certified Health & Productivity Management by Nippon Kenko Kaigi

Updating headquarters registration to our own plant in Chikugo, Fukuoka

Starting a new sales office as Tokyo Office

Conferences presentations shown in this table are illustrative examples selected from over 680 presentations that we have made in medical, pharmaceutical, and nutritional science related conferences.