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Corporate History<\/h1>\n

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Founding of Corporate Entities<\/caption>\n
1948<\/strong><\/td>\nHAMA Research Institute (closed)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1951<\/td>\nHAMA Research Institute, Sakai facility (closed)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1952<\/td>\nHAMA Research Institute renamed as Hamari Chemicals, Ltd.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1955<\/td>\nHamari Chemicals, Ltd., Tokyo Office<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1961<\/td>\nHamari Chemicals, Ltd., Takatsuki facility (closed)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1974<\/td>\nHamari Company, Limited (“Hamari Health”)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1975<\/td>\nHamari Chemicals, Ltd., Kunijima facility<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1980<\/td>\nYonezawa<\/strong> Hamari Chemicals, Ltd.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nHamari Chemicals USA Inc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nKobe Research Center (closed)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nHamari Chemicals USA Inc. San Diego Research Center (closed)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>\nChitose<\/strong> Hamari Chemicals, Ltd.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/td>\nHamari Chemicals, Ltd. head office relocated
Kobe and Hamari research centers relocated to head office<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/td>\nChitose Hamari Chemicals, Ltd, and Yonezawa Hamari Chemicals, Ltd. merged to HAMARI PFST, Ltd.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2023<\/td>\nHAMARI Group reorganized under HAMARI Holdings Corp.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Historical Active Ingredients<\/caption>\n
1968<\/td>\nfirst peptide at commercial scale: Glycylgycyl<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1984<\/td>\nfirst US patent: Diltiazem<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1985<\/td>\nfirst US (FDA) approved Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient: Ibuprofen<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nfirst US (FDA) approved New Dietary Ingredient: Zinc Carnosine<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nfirst Russia (MHSDRF) approved API: Benfotiamine<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nfirst Ukraine (MHU) approved API: Benfotiamine<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>\nfirst India (DCGI) approved API: Benfotiamine<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>\nfirst Australia (TGA) approved Complementary Medicine: Zinc Carnosine<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Featured Facility Improvements<\/caption>\n
2008<\/td>\nestablished high-potency lab<\/strong> and kilo-lab<\/strong>,\u00a0Osaka facility<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>\nestablished automated warehouse<\/strong>, Yonezawa facility
\nestablished high-potency lab<\/strong>, Chitose facility<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\nestablished high-potency manufacture plant<\/strong>, Yonezawa facility<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Awards<\/caption>\n
2003<\/td>\nYamagata Prefecture Environmental Protection Award, Yonezawa facility<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>\nKansai Quality Award Winner, Improvement Award, Hamari HQ<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>\nKansai Quality Award Winner, Award for Excellence, Hamari HQ<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\nKansai Quality Award Winner, Gold Award, Hamari HQ<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Certifications<\/caption>\n
2001<\/td>\nISO 14001 Certification, Yonezawa facility<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nKosher Certification, Yonezawa facility<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>\nISO 14001 Certification, Chitose facility<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Corporate Programs<\/caption>\n
1992<\/td>\n5S activity, Yonezawa facility<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995<\/td>\n5S activity, Osaka facility<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nCorporate Identity Campaign<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\nGroup QA Program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>\n5S activity, Chitose facility<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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Corporate History   Founding of Corporate Entities 1948 HAMA Research Institute (closed) 1951 HAMA Research Institute, Sakai facility (closed) 1952 HAMA Research Institute renamed as Hamari Chemicals, Ltd. 1955 Hamari Chemicals, Ltd., Tokyo Office 1961 Hamari Chemicals, Ltd., Takatsuki facility (closed) 1974 Hamari Company, Limited (“Hamari Health”) 1975 Hamari Chemicals, Ltd., Kunijima facility 1980 Yonezawa Hamari Chemicals, Ltd. 2005 Hamari Chemicals USA Inc. 2008 Kobe Research Center (closed) 2011 Hamari Chemicals USA Inc. San Diego Research Center (closed) 2012 Chitose Hamari Chemicals, Ltd. 2020 Hamari Chemicals, Ltd. head office relocatedKobe and Hamari research centers relocated to head office 2021 Chitose Hamari Chemicals, Ltd, and Yonezawa Hamari Chemicals, Ltd. merged to HAMARI PFST, Ltd. 2023 HAMARI Group reorganized under HAMARI Holdings Corp.   Historical Active Ingredients 1968 first peptide at commercial scale: Glycylgycyl 1984 first US patent: Diltiazem 1985 first US (FDA) approved Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient: Ibuprofen 2002 first US (FDA) approved New Dietary Ingredient: Zinc Carnosine 2006 first Russia (MHSDRF) approved API: Benfotiamine 2010 first Ukraine (MHU) approved API: Benfotiamine 2012 first India (DCGI) approved API: Benfotiamine 2015 first Australia (TGA) approved Complementary Medicine: Zinc Carnosine   Featured Facility Improvements 2008 established high-potency lab and kilo-lab,\u00a0Osaka facility 2015 established automated warehouse, Yonezawa facility established high-potency lab, Chitose facility 2019 established high-potency manufacture plant, Yonezawa facility   Awards 2003 Yamagata Prefecture Environmental Protection Award, Yonezawa facility 2013 Kansai Quality Award Winner, Improvement Award, Hamari HQ 2015 Kansai Quality Award Winner, Award for Excellence, Hamari HQ 2019 Kansai Quality Award Winner, Gold Award, Hamari HQ   Certifications 2001 ISO 14001 Certification, Yonezawa facility 2011 Kosher Certification, Yonezawa facility 2013 ISO 14001 Certification, Chitose facility   Corporate Programs 1992 5S activity, Yonezawa facility 1995 5S activity, Osaka facility 2005 Corporate Identity Campaign 2009 Group QA Program 2015 5S activity, Chitose facility<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":7,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-company.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-43","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nCorporate History - Hamari Chemicals, Ltd.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hamarichemicals.com\/eng\/company\/history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Corporate History - Hamari Chemicals, Ltd.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Corporate History   Founding of Corporate Entities 1948 HAMA Research Institute (closed) 1951 HAMA Research Institute, Sakai facility (closed) 1952 HAMA Research Institute renamed as Hamari Chemicals, Ltd. 1955 Hamari Chemicals, Ltd., Tokyo Office 1961 Hamari Chemicals, Ltd., Takatsuki facility (closed) 1974 Hamari Company, Limited (“Hamari Health”) 1975 Hamari Chemicals, Ltd., Kunijima facility 1980 Yonezawa Hamari Chemicals, Ltd. 2005 Hamari Chemicals USA Inc. 2008 Kobe Research Center (closed) 2011 Hamari Chemicals USA Inc. 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