History

1960-

December 1965

Kenko Tsusho Corporation established (capital: 5.4 million yen), first president: Satoshi Tobbe

1970-

1975

Established Kenko Brenntag Co.

A joint venture is established with Brentag, Germany's No. 1 chemical trading company.

1980-

May 1989

U.S. subsidiary Chemco Industries Inc. established (joint venture with Chisso Corp.)

1990-

July 1992

Osaka branch opened

May 1994

U.S. subsidiary Optio Health Products Inc. is established.

June 1994

EPC-Kenko liaison office opened in Beijing, China, jointly with EPC of Germany.

September 1994

Established U.S. subsidiary Soft Gel Technologies Inc.

January 1997

Opened Mumbai Branch in India

February 1998

U.S. subsidiary American Nutriceutical Products Inc. is established.

2000-

March 2000

U.S. subsidiary Microfoods Inc. is established.

April 2000

Optipure Japan Y.K. is established.

June 2000

Kenko-Bally Enterprises Limited, a subsidiary in Hong Kong, China, is established.

May 2001

Moscow, Russia Branch Office opened

August 2001

Established Daiwa-Kenko Co., Ltd. as a subsidiary in Hong Kong, China.

January 2003

China subsidiary KIS Conductive Plastic Co.

March 2003

Shanghai, China Branch Office opened

April 2003

U.S. subsidiary Kenko Holding Company Inc. established (holding company for three U.S. subsidiaries, Chemco, Optio Health, and Soft Gel)

August 2003

Cairo, Egypt branch office opened

November 2003

China subsidiary SKI Conductive Plastic Co.

April 2004

U.S. subsidiary Kenko USA Inc. established.

June 2004

Kenko-Bally Enterprises (Shenzhen) Ltd. established as a subsidiary in China.

July 2004

Kenko-Bally Hong Kong Ltd. established as a subsidiary in China.

August 2004

Establishment of Chinese subsidiary Kenko (Suzhou) Pharma Science Co.

August 2004

U.S. subsidiary Kenko Holding Company Inc. becomes a subsidiary of Kenko USA Inc.

July 2005

Kenko-Bally Hong Kong Limited, a subsidiary in Hong Kong, China, is established.

July 2005

German subsidiary Beckmann-Kenko GmbH established (joint venture with Beckmann)

August 2006

Invested in National Enviropak Limited (Nanshan Enviropak Packaging Materials Co., Ltd.), a Hong Kong corporation in China.

September 2006

Kenko (Qingdao) Co., Ltd. established as a subsidiary in China.

October 2006

Established Puyang Kenko Pengceng Biological Product Co.

November 2006

U.S. subsidiary Kenko International, Inc. established.

December 2006

U.S. subsidiary Kenko International Inc. absorbs Kenko USA Inc. and becomes the surviving company.

February 2007

China subsidiary Kenko Hongtai (Xinxiang) Bio Product Co., Ltd. established (Kenko Hongtai (Xinxiang) Bio Product Co.)

February 2007

Korean subsidiary Kenko BioChemical Co.

May 2007

Raises its stake in German subsidiary Beckmann-Kenko GmbH

December 2007

Increased its stake in National Enviropak Limited, a Hong Kong subsidiary in China.

2010-

November 2012

Fukuoka Sales Office opened

June 2013

Establishment of Chinese subsidiary Qingdao Kenko Co.

January 2014

Juzo Matsuo assumes office as the 2nd President

February 2014

Sofuku Tsuchibe, founder of the company, held a farewell ceremony at noon on February 20 at Aoyama Funeral Home

June 2015

Tatsuya Imoo appointed as the 3rd President

December 2015

50th Anniversary

2020-

January 2021

Yasunori Kamei appointed as the 4th President

March 2022

Consolidated sales exceed 20 billion yen (58th term)

April 2023

The core system was updated and OBIC7 was introduced. At the same time, Rakuraku Seikatsu was introduced as an expense reimbursement system.