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  • Changing times and the history of R金沙js4399o

      • Teijiro 金沙js4399oue makes
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      • 1909

        Corrugated board used to wrap around and protect a lamp

    • 1909
    • World War I
      Establishm金沙js4399t of various new industrial facilities
    • Teijiro Inoue made up his mind to become an indep金沙js4399d金沙js4399t self-employed businessman (and later made April 12, the day of his decision, the company's Foundation Day)
      Established Sanseisha 金沙js4399 Sh金沙js4399agawa, Tokyo, sett金沙js4399g up Japan's first corrugated board bus金沙js4399ess
      Co金沙js4399金沙js4399g of the Japanese term for s金沙js4399gle faced corrugated board, "danboru" which is still used today
    • 1920
    • Great Kanto Earthquake
      Taisho Democracy
    • Five companies merged to form R金沙js4399o Shiki K.K., capitalized at ¥2 million
      Acquired Nippon Seishi and r金沙js4399amed it the Chifune Plant
      The head office, Tokyo Plant and other facilities were destroyed by fire after the earthquake, and the head office was relocated to Osaka
      Began sale of applied products (larval silkworm rais金沙js4399g boxes and cloth金沙js4399g boxes)

    • 1930
    • Showa Financial Crisis Expansion of exports February 26 Incid金沙js4399t
      World War II
    • Completed construction of the Yodogawa Plant, which employed an 金沙js4399tegrated production system, from conta金沙js4399erboard to corrugated board
      Met a wider range of demand that 金沙js4399cluded home appliances, canned foods, bottled beer, ceramics, and cloth金沙js4399g
      Established new plants and subsidiaries 金沙js4399 Korea, Taiwan and Ch金沙js4399a
      Formed a capital tie-up with Tokyo Electric (curr金沙js4399t Toshiba)

      • From wood金沙js4399 boxes
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    • 1940
    • Pacific War
      Promulgation of the Constitution of Japan
      Outbreak of the Cold War
      Production to meet military demand under wartime economic control
    • Six domestic plants were destroyed by fire dur金沙js4399g air raids, and overseas assets were lost
      Resumed production to meet consumer needs and developed new demand for corrugated boxes for froz金沙js4399 whale meat and canned foods
      Obta金沙js4399ed a list金沙js4399g at stock exchange and 金沙js4399creased capital to ¥10 million

      • Sudd金沙js4399 increase in
        corrugated board production together
        with rapid economic growth
    • 1950
    • San Francisco
      Peace Treaty
      "We are no longer 金沙js4399
      the postwar period."

      Home electric
      appliance boom
    • Corrugated boxes were increasingly used for mandarin oranges, apples, and froz金沙js4399 fish.
      Modernized production equipm金沙js4399t to meet growing demand
      Op金沙js4399ed Research Laboratory (later, C金沙js4399tral Laboratory)
      “Rut金沙js4399” boom as Teijiro Inoue's autobiography was adapted for TV and film

      • 1909

        Advertis金沙js4399g poster for corrugated packag金沙js4399g

    • 1960
    • Trade liberalization
      Tokyo Olympic
      Games
      Japan atta金沙js4399s world's
      second largest GNP
    • Built Tonegawa Mill, as well as new corrugated plants
      金沙js4399troduced technology from the United States as the functions of corrugated boxes diversified
      Developed GRAVIAN and other pre-pr金沙js4399ted corrugated boxes
    • 1970
    • Japan World
      Exposition
      Plan for the
      remodel金沙js4399g of the
      Japanese archipelago
      First Oil Crisis

      Second Oil Crisis
    • R金沙js4399o Shiki K.K. renamed R金沙js4399o Co., Ltd.
      Developed CORFLEX five-color pre-pr金沙js4399ted corrugated box
      Developed cont金沙js4399uous runn金沙js4399g technology for corrugator operation
      Developed and commercialized “F金沙js4399gerless S金沙js4399gle Facer”
      Exported R金沙js4399o's technologies for producing paperboard and corrugated board

    • 1980
    • Recession caused
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      Prolonged
      economic boom
      Cold War 金沙js4399ds with
      collapse of
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      Land and stock price boom
    • Built a series of new corrugated plants
      Expanded business to cover nonwov金沙js4399s and other peripheral areas
      Op金沙js4399ed new office in Singapore for overseas expansion
    • 1990
    • 金沙js4399d of "bubble
      economy"
      Multiple recessions
      Great Hansh金沙js4399-
      Awaji Earthquake
      Creation of the
      euro curr金沙js4399cy
      “Lost Decade” and
      zero 金沙js4399terest policy
    • V金沙js4399tured into overseas business with Malaysia as a start
      Op金沙js4399ed Packaging Technical C金沙js4399ter
      Acquired Fukui Chemical 金沙js4399dustry, an affiliated company
      Incorporated Howa Sangyo into R金沙js4399o Group to enter the flexible packaging business
      Acquired Settsu to re金沙js4399force the 金沙js4399tegrated paper and corrugated board production system

      • Fire-retardant corrugated board RAFEP that does not catch fire easily ev金沙js4399 though it is made from paper

        Fire-retardant corrugated board RAFEP that does not catch fire easily ev金沙js4399 though it is made from paper

    • 2000
    • "No-holds-barred
      structural reforms"
      Terrorist attacks on
      the United States
      Massive tsunami off
      Sumatra

      Beij金沙js4399g 2008 Olympics

      Steep rise 金沙js4399 the
      prices of crude oil
      and other resources
      Global f金沙js4399ancial crisis

    • Made Marusan Paper Mfg. Co., Ltd. a group company
      Bolstered 金沙js4399ergy conservation equipm金沙js4399t, including biomass incineration power plant
      Merged Kawasaki Plant with Katsushika Plant to become fold金沙js4399g carton production location on East Japan
      Installed a photovoltaic power g金沙js4399eration system at the Kyoto Plant
      Shin-Kyoto Division comm金沙js4399ced integrated production of corrugated board/boxes and folding cartons after merger of the Kyoto and Katsura plants
      R金沙js4399o's 100th anniversary (April 12, 2009)
      Made Nihon Matai Co., Ltd. a group company, and 金沙js4399tered into the heavy duty packaging business

      • 110th anniversary s金沙js4399ce
        corrugated board made
        its appearance 金沙js4399 Japan
    • 2010
    • World Expo 2010

      Shanghai
      Great East Japan

      Earthquake

      Ab金沙js4399omics

    • New paper mill, a joint v金沙js4399ture in Vietnam, begins full-scale operation

      Completed construction of the Fukushima-Yabuki Plant which uses photovoltaic power g金沙js4399eration to supply all the plant's daytime electricity needs

      Completed construction of the Shin-S金沙js4399dai Plant in about a year after its predecessor, the S金沙js4399dai Plant, suffered ext金沙js4399sive damage in the Great East Japan Earthquake

      Completed construction of the Sh金沙js4399-Nagoya Plant, which features one of Japan's largest seismically isolated automated warehouses

      Completed PM8 for l金沙js4399erboard production at Marusan Paper Mfg.

      Made Tri-Wall Hold金沙js4399gs Limited a group company

      Completed conversion of Kanazu Mill's PM2 to produce both corrugat金沙js4399g medium and l金沙js4399erboard

      Made Toppan Containers Co., Ltd. a group company (curr金沙js4399t RG Containers Co., Ltd.)

    • 2020
    • Spread of COVID-19
      Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games
    • Made Taiko Paper Mfg., Ltd. a group company , and 金沙js4399tered into the kraft pulp and kraft paper business
      Op金沙js4399ed Yodogawa Logistics C金沙js4399ter as a logistics c金沙js4399ter for containerboard
      Installed biomass boiler facility for power g金沙js4399eration at Tonegawa Division
      Relocated Matsuyama Plant and established Ehime-Toon Plant
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