Our History
Ito Group was started in 1946 with the founding of the Ito Chemical Works Company. We started out as a manufacturer, have created, sold, and merged with manufacturers as we matured, and have never lost that spark to build the next great thing.
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October
Established Ito Chemical Works.
1948
July
Incorporated under the name Ito Yakuhin K.K,
President: Kikuo Ito.
1948
July
1975
October
Created Reinke International Corporation, our first subsidiary.
1982
October
Hiroyasu Ito became President.
1982
October
1987
July
Increased the capital stock to 22,000,000 yen.
1991
March
Merged Ito Yakuhin KK with Reinke International Corporation to form Ito Corporation, President: Hiroyasu Ito.
1991
March
1994
January
Established Ito America Corporation in the United States, President: Peter Opdahl.
1998
July
Increased the capital stock to 50,000,000 yen.
1998
July
2006
May
Established Ito Precision Technologies Limited in Bangkok, Thailand.
2006
October
Established Ito Corporation (Cyprus) Limited.
2006
October
2007
April
Peter Opdahl became President of Ito Corporation.
2007
December
Establised Ito Technology and iToucan
Technology Services in Shenzhen, China.
2007
December
2008
October
Established Ito Precision Technologies Private Limited in Chennai, India.
2011
September
Established Ito Corporation (Cyprus) Limited
Office in Munich, Germany.
2011
September
2012
July
Established Ito Viet Nam Company Limited in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.
2014
May
Established Ito Corporation Taiwan Branch
in Taipei, Taiwan.
2014
May
2015
January
Ito Corporation reorganizes as Ito Group, based in Singapore.