Corporate

Apr. 1971

Sanyu Kogyosho opened its Kyushu Branch Office in Kiyokawa 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka City primarily to sell company products, but also to act as a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries agent engaged in maintenance service operations.

Oct. 1972

Opened Chugoku Branch Office in Akebonocho, Hiroshima to act as Chugoku representative for MHI Food Packaging Machinery Engineering.

Nov. 1975

Established Sanyu Kiki Sales Co., Ltd. with headquarters in the Oto Building at 1-7-12 Kiyokawa, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka City. Renamed the Chugoku Branch Office in Akebonocho to Hiroshima Branch Office. Capital: 10 million yen

Jul. 1976

Established a new company and merged in the Hiroshima Branch Office.

Jun. 1977

Relocated headquarters from the Oto Building at 1-7-12 Kiyokawa, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka City to more spacious quarters at the current location: 1-1-3 Otemon, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka City.

Dec. 1979

Raised capitalization to 30 million yen.

Nov. 1980

Took over, Toyo Kasei Kogyo, manufacturing and marketing rights for Compo Fuji, a rapid-fermentation composter.

Nov. 1981

Developed a new model, Compo Fuji SK, with technical cooperation from Sanyu Kogyosho. Delivered the first unit, plus two more, to the Takaoka Compost Production Association.

Mar. 1982

Jointly developed drip coffee extractors with Coca-Cola Japan. Delivered first unit to Kitakyusyu Coca-Cola Bottling.

Jan. 1987

Developed Oolong tea kneader. Delivered first unit to Ito En.

Apr. 1987

Relocated to the newly completed Sanyu Heiwadai Building, our current location.

Apr. 1987

Delivered can line plant to Ito En (USA). Our company’s first export deal.

Feb. 1988

Delivered to Kitakyusyu Coca-Cola Bottling the industry’s first centralized line management system using wireless paging.

Sep. 1989

Developed Sanyu Grip Rinser. Delivered first unit to Shizuoka Bottling.

Feb. 1990

Developed universal caser for plastic bottles. Delivered first unit to Saga Prefecture Horticultural Association’s Ogi Plant.

Apr. 1990

Developed bottle pasteurizer. Delivered first unit to Miyazaki Nokyokaju.

May. 1990

Developed bulk palletize for plastic bottles. Delivered first unit to Kitakyusyu Coca-Cola Bottling.

Jun. 1991

Developed robot palletize for products in paper containers. Delivered first unit to Nagasaki Economic Federation Omura Fruit Juice Plant.

Jan. 1992

Absorbed the Sanyu Fukuoka Branch Office to strengthen design capabilities to cope with business expansion.

May. 1993

Opened Tokyo Sales Office to conduct sales activities and provide after-sales support in the Kanto area.

Jun. 1994

Opened Nagoya Sales Office to conduct sales activities and provide after-sales support in the Chubu area.

Aug. 1994

Established AI System Co., Ltd. 1268-1 Kumozuigurazucho, Tsu City, Mie Prefecture Design, manufacture and sales of air carrier devices.

Jan. 1996

Opened Osaka Sales Office to conduct sales activities and provide after-sales support in the Kansai area. In Aug.urated overall textile machinery operations at the same time.

Aug. 1996

Developed industry’s first carbonated beverage filling equipment operating at room temperature. Delivered first unit to Sanyo Coca-Cola Bottling Hongo Plant.

Mar. 1997

Formed business alliance with AROL, an Italian capping machine manufacturer. Commenced full-scale sales to the domestic marketing.

Aug. 1998

Established Kanto Branch Office

Sep. 1998

Built new Nagoya Sales Office.Three floors of office and materials storage, with a total floor space of 720 m². Opened Nagoya (Funatsu) Plant.

Dec. 1998

Merged Sanyu Heiwadai Building and AI System under a new name, Sanyu Kiki.

Oct. 1999

Raised capitalization to 40 million yen.

Dec. 1999

Established Southern Kyushu Branch Office

Mar. 2001

Jointly developed, with NTS, sealed air transport conveyors with covers on three sides for empty bottles.

Apr. 2001

Formed a business alliance with SERAC Nihon, providing after-sales support.

Oct. 2004

Established Hokkaido Branch Office

Mar. 2005

Delivered weight fillers and pocket fillers (for solids) from Sympak, an Italian company, to JA Foods Oita. Commenced full-scale sales to the domestic marketing.

Jul. 2005

Established Chugoku/Shikoku Branch Office

Jul. 2006

Established Okinawa Branch Office

Dec. 2008

Opened Kyushu Plant in Daiwa Industrial Park, Saga Prefecture.

Dec. 2009

Opened Second Head Office Building.

Mar. 2009

Formed business alliance with SACMI.

Jan. 2010

Raised capitalization to 50 million yen.

Jun. 2010

Formed business alliance with Easy Pack.

Dec. 2010

Built a Easysnap production line in Kyushu Plant.

May. 2011

Delivered 11 units of SACMI roll labelers.

Nov. 2012

Acquired Konishi Body Co., Ltd. to make it a subsidiary.

May. 2013

Relocated Hokkaido Branch Office.

Jul. 2013

Relocated Southern Kyushu Branch Office.

Jul. 2013

Opened a Class-1 architect Office and obtained the license for real estate business to establish a system covering architecture to production equipment.

Aug. 2013

太Acquired Taiyo Body Co., Ltd to make it a subsidiary.

Jan. 2015

Taiyo Body Co., Ltd. And Konishi Body Co., Ltd. were merged to form Sanyu Body Co., Ltd.

Jun. 2015

Developed High temperature high pressure drip extractor and delivered 9 units to Coca Cola Bottling Co., Ltd.

Sep. 2015

Started International business development.Delivered 1 unit of Compo Fuji SK70 to Philippines.

Oct. 2015

COMPO FUJI SK100 was developed and launched.

2016. May

Awarded prize of “Vibrant small and medium enterprises 300 in Japan”

2016. Nov

Recognized as one of the 100 best attractive small and medium-sized makers in Fukuoka Prefecture.

Jan. 2017

Received the 34th "Excellent Manager Award & Community Contributor Award" ( The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Ltd.)

Apr. 2019

Akira Kawauchi received “The Order of the Rising Sun, Silver Rays” from Japanese government.

July. 2019

Sanyu Kyoritsu Industries, Ltd. was established.

Feb. 2022

Kazuo Hiraki Appointed President and CEO.

Nov. 2022

Sanyu Kiki Co., Ltd. has built a new SANYU Koga factory.
Sanyu Body Co., Ltd. moved its head office and factory to Koga City, Fukuoka.