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| Commenced chinaware manufacture. |
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| Kamezaki plant constructed |
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Merged with Chuo Keisekirenga (Silica brick) Co. Ltd.
Yokkaichi plant established. |
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| Listed on Nagoya Stock Exchange. |
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| Bishu Kosan Co. Ltd established. |
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Kiln Construction division established, and
design and installation of ceramic kilns commenced. |
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| Independent company MINO Yogyo Seito Co. Ltd to handle chinaware manufacture. |
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| Joint venture GS Ceramics Co. Ltd established in Thailand. |
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| Joint venture Refractories Corporation of the Philippines established in the Philippines. |
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| Increased capital to JPY877,000,000. |
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| Development of the chrome-free ECOS range of basic refractories for cement rotary kilns. |
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| Received technical achievement award from Ceramic Society of Japan for application of chrome-free basic refractories in cement rotary kilns. |
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| Acquired ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System certification through SGS. |
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| Acquired Ministry of the Environment Eco-Action 21 Environmental Management System certification through IGES-Cfs (Center for Sustainability of Institute for Global Environmental Strategies) |
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| Selected as one of 300 of Japan’s Vibrant Monozukuri (Manufacturing) SMEs by Small and Medium Enterprise Agency under METI. |
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| The company’s Gas-fired High Temperature Shuttle Kiln for use in sintering large-size fine ceramics received an Outstanding Performance Award of “Monozukuri Nippon Award (Meister Japan)” from the Chubu Science and Technology Center and METI. |
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| Development of detoxification processing technology for asbestos. |
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