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Corporate History

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August 1948 Began selling chemical products under private management.
July 1950 Established operations with a capital base of 800,000 yen.
April 1953 Completed construction of Shirokita Plant.
Started manufacturing pharmaceutical products.
March 1956 Changed trade name as the number of original products increased.
March 1963 Changed the trade name to Hishiyama Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. with increased sales of pharmaceutical products.
December 1969 Completed construction of the headquarters building.
August 1974 Acquired an injection manufacturer with the aim of becoming a full-service pharmaceutical manufacturer.
The acquired company's facilities in Kashiwara-shi, Osaka prefecture became Shiki Plant (The capital base increased to 49,500,000 yen.).
August 1975 Founded a subsidiary company with paid-in capital of \15,000,000 as our pharmaco poeia department.
March 1979 Completed extension/reconstruction of Shiki Plant.
October 1979 Completed extension/reconstruction of Shirokita Plant.
March 1980 Increased capital base to 80,000,000 yen.
August 1980 Installed manufacturing facilities for antibiotics at Shiki Plant.
September 1988 Established a sales company to separate manufacturing and sales functions Affiliated with Nissho Corporation (currently Nipro Corporation) with the capital base increased to 1,798,400,000 yen.
December 1988 Agreed to purchase 17.5 acres of land in the Tengeeji industrial zone in Mie Prefecture to build Ise Plant.
September 1990 Ise Plant started full-scale operation Completed extension construction at Ise Plant.
August 1994 Increased capital base to 4,438,400,000 yen.
May 1998 Completed extension construction at Ise Plant.
March 2000 Increased the capital base to \5,961,600,000 yen.
Completed construction of Ise Distribution Center.
October 2000 Acquired Hishiyama Pharmaceutical Sales Co., Ltd. with the capital base increased to 6,019,200,000 yen.
July 2001 Increased the capital base to 8,669,470,000 yen.
May 2002 Odate Plant began full-scale operation.
April 2003 Changed the company name to Nipro Pharma Corporation.
August 2003 Commenced sales of Liquid/Power Double-bag kits. (for 1g dose of Pacetcool intravenous injection).
June 2004 Commenced sales of Pre-filled syringe (20% xylitol syringe “NP”).
January 2005 Commenced sales of Universal PTP (Warfarin Potassium Tablet 0.5mg “HD”).
Universal PTP was awarded Good-Design Prize of 2005.
July 2006 Commenced sales of Liquid/Liquid Double-bag kits.
December 2006 Completed construction of our new Head Office building (Dosho-machi, Osaka, Japan).
Ise Plant acquired ISO14001 certification.
Inaugurated Saitama Distribution Center ( KitaKatsushika-gun, Saitama Pref., Japan).
January 2008 Odate Plant acquired ISO14001 certification.
July 2009 Commenced sales of Pre-mixed bag (for ciprofloxacin DU intravenous injection 300mg/250mL).
October 2009 Inaugurated Western Japan Distribution Center (Nishi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo Pref. Japan).
February 2010 Odate Plant acquired OHSAS18001 certification.
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Nipro Pharma Corporation


Head Office: 2-2-7, Dosho-machi, Chuo-Ku, Osaka 541-0045 Japan Phone. +81-6-6231-9845 Fax. +81-6-6233-5168