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	Activities


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	Company outline


		History

		Corporate achievements

		Organization chart

		The Calpis Group

Corporate achievements

1917	October	Founded Lacto K.K. (Predecessor to Calpis Co., Ltd.)
1919	July	Launched CALPIS, Japan’s first lactic acid beverage
1923	June	Renamed the company as Calpis Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
1948	December	Founded The Calpis Food Industry Co., Ltd. (Capital: ¥3 million)
1961	October	Listed stock on Osaka Stock Exchange.
1971	July	Increased capital from ¥2.1 billion to ¥3.15 billion.
1977	December	Opened an office in Los Angeles (U.S.A.).
1987	Feburary	Tied up with BSN (presently Groupe Danone) of France.
	March	Started sales of evian natural mineral water.
	June	Launched CALSPORIN as an animal probiotic product.
1990	August	Tied up with Ajinomoto Co., Inc. to expand beverage operations.
	September	Increased capital to ¥13.057 billion.
1991	February	Absorbed the beverage operations of Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
	February	Launched CALPIS WATER.
	December	Founded CAPY U.S.A. Inc. (presently Calpis U.S.A., Inc.) in Los Angeles (U.S.A.).
1992	November	Founded Calpis Ajinomoto Danone Co., Ltd.
1994	July	Founded P.T. Ajinomoto Calpis Beverage Indonesia in Jakarta (Indonesia).
1995	April	Founded Taiwan Calpis Co., Ltd. in Taipei (Taiwan).
1997	January	Founded Ajinomoto Calpis Beverage (Thailand) Co., Ltd. in Bangkok (Thailand).
	July	Launched Calpis Cultured Milk as AMEAL S.
	July	Tied up with Welch Foods Inc. (U.S.A.).
	September	Renamed The Calpis Food Industry Co., Ltd. as Calpis Co., Ltd.
	September	Started selling Welch’s brand fruit juice.
1999	December	Strengthened tie-up with Groupe Danone.
2000	March	Started selling CALSPORIN in U.S.A.
	April	Founded Calpis Itochu Mineral Water Co., Ltd.
	May	Launched CALPIS fantasy gift.
	June	Acquired ISO 14001 certification at the Okayama Plant.
	July	Completed a new Osaka Branch office building.
	November	Completed a new Sagami Plant warehouse.
	December	Acquired ISO 14001 certification at the Sagami Plant and the Gunma Plant.
2001	May	Taiwan Calpis Co., Ltd. began selling CALPIS WATER in PET bottles.
	May	Vending machine business tie-up established with ASAHI SOFT DRINKS Co., Ltd.
	June	AMEAL S received the Food Technology Industrial Achievement Award from the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) in the U.S.A.
	September	ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT 2001 issued.
	November	AMEAL S received The Food Ingredient Research Award from Food Ingredients Europe (FIE).
2002	May	Concluded contract to sell evian with Itoen Co., Ltd.
	June	Introduced a traceability system.
	July	Begins consigned, on-site production of CALPIS in Taiwan.
	September	KEN-CHA-OH sold as a Food for Specified Health Uses.
	October	AMEAL S Handy tablets sold as a specific health food.
	December	Contract to sell Evian concluded with Sapporo Beverage Co., Ltd.
2003	January	Launched INTERBALANCE L-92.
	March	Groundbreaking ceremony for the new head office building.
	April	Reorganized management structure.
	April	Began test marketing AMEAL S in northern California, U.S.A.
	April	Established Calpis Beverages Co., Ltd. (Headquarters) to consolidate our vending machine business.
	May	Established business tie-up with Itoen Co., Ltd. in the field of vending machines.
	June	Acquired company-wide ISO 14001 certification.
	July	Enacted activity standards for the Calpis Group.
	August	Established business tie-up for chilled drinks with UNI-PRESIDENT ENTERPRISES CORP., Taiwan.
2004	January	Launched three INTERBALANCE L-92 products, including regular temperature and chilled types.
	January	Started up lines at the Okayama Plant that handle both PET and glass bottles.
	December	Completed construction of new headquarters building.
2005	June	AmealPeptide licensing and supply agreement concluded with Unilever.
	June	Calpis group including 11 domestic subsidiaries acquired a comprehensive ISO 14001 certification.
	July	Operation of natural gas cogeneration system started at the Sagami Plant.
	September	Representative office established in Shanghai, China. Test marketing for CALPIS started.
	November	Functional food and drink joint project started with Coca-Cola Japan.
2006	January	Launched “KAKUSHIN-7,” our across-the-board business reorganization project.
	March	CALSPORIN food additive was adopted by Tyson Foods, Inc. of the United States, the largest meat-processing company in the world, for full scale use as feed additive for broiler chickens.
	September	Opened a representative office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
	November	The Sagami Plant became the first Japanese plant to obtain FAMI-QS (EU’s quality safety management system for feed additive production) for the production of our CALSPORIN food additive.