| 1905 |
- Zentaro Kuroda establishes the Kuroda Hyoshi-Ten, which is subcontracted to manufacture the covers of Japanese-style bookkeeping ledgers.
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| 1908 |
- Production of Japanese-style account books begins.
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| 1913 |
- Production of Western-style account books begins.
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| 1914 |
- Company name changed to Kuroda Kokkodo.
- Production of writing paper, invoices and carbon duplicate copybooks begins.
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| 1917 |
- "KOKUYO" trademark established.
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| 1932 |
- Sale of colored letter paper begins.
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| 1936 |
- Move to current head office location (Higashinari-ku, Osaka City).
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| 1950 |
- First exclusive Kokuyo retailers appear.
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| 1956 |
- Sales of Flat Files begin.
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| 1957 |
- Formation of National Kokuyo Exclusive Retailers organization.
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| 1960 |
- Sales of filing cabinets begin.
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| 1961 |
- Company name changed to KOKUYO Co., Ltd.
- Yao Plant, the world's greatest paper manufacturing plant at the time, begins operations.
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| 1969 |
- Completion of current head office buildings (in part), begin Live Office initiative opening office space to the general public.
- KOKUYO Exclusive Agents renamed "Sokatsuten".
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| 1970 |
- Sales of Pritt Stick Glue begins.
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| 1971 |
- Company becomes listed in the second section of both the Tokyo and Osaka Stock Exchanges.
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| 1975 |
- Sale of Campus Notebooks begins.
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| 1979 |
- New company building in Tokyo Shinagawa completed.
- Company sales reach the ¥100 billion mark.
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| 1983 |
- Sale of Bio-Tech revolving office chairs begins.
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| 1988 |
- Sale of MX desk systems begin.
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| 1991 |
- Sales reach the ¥300 billion mark.
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| 1993 |
- Mie Plant begins operations as a steel desk production facility.
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| 1994 |
- Shibayama Plant begins operations as an OA flooring production facility.
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| 1997 |
- Malaysia Plant begins operations.
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| 1999 |
- Sales of Universal Design products begin.
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| 2000 |
- All sites within the company are ISO14001-certified.
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| 2001 |
- Office product online sales business is started with KAUNET Co., Ltd.
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| 2002 |
- KOKUYO Design Award established.
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| 2003 |
- All "Sokatsuten" stores nationwide integrated with sales companies Established.
- KOKUYO Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, starting full business operations in China.
- Sales of Kadokeshi eraser begin.
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| 2004 |
- Segmenting of all KOKUYO Co., Ltd. businesses into separate companies, move to holding corporation system.
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| 2005 |
- Start office goods online sales business called "EasyBuy" in China.
- Renewed corporate logo in time for the 100th anniversary of the company.
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| 2006 |
- KOKUYO - Shimanto Yui no Mori Project begins.
- Vietnam Plant begins operations.
- KOKUYO invests in ACTUS Co., Ltd.
- KOKUYO Furniture Commerce and Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is set up in China.
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| 2008 |
- The Eco-X Mark is placed in the General Catalogue on all KOKUYO made offerings that are not sufficiently environmentally friendly, and a promise is made that all products become eco-friendly by 2010.
- Sales of Wammy educational toys begin.
- The Eco Live Office, an environmentally friendly office, opens in Tokyo, Shinagawa.
- KOKUYO becomes the office space design service supplier for the Beijing 2008 Olympics.
- Sales of Campus Notebooks (dotted ruled lines series) begin.
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| 2009 |
- Urban Design System Co., Ltd. becomes a subsidiary and the hotel consulting business begins.
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| 2010 |
- KOKUYO Marketing Co., Ltd., KOKUYO China Co., Ltd., and KOKUYO Kyushu Co., Ltd. merge as KOKUYO Marketing Co., Ltd.
- KOKUYO Furniture Co., Ltd. and KOKUYO Office System Co., Ltd. merge as KOKUYO Furniture Co., Ltd.
- Exhibition held within the Japan Industrial Pavilion at Expo 2010 Shanghai China.
- KOKUYO VIETNAM TRADING Co., Ltd. is set up.
- Business collaboration agreements are made with Pentel Co., Ltd. for Selling stationary in Europe, including Eastern Europe and Russia, the Middle East, and Africa.
- All products become eco friendly (The Eco-X Mark is completely done away with).
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| 2011 |
- KOKUYO Furniture Co., Ltd. and KOKUYO Store Creation Co., Ltd. merge as KOKUYO Furniture Co., Ltd.
- The executive officer system is introduced.
- A joint venture agreement is signed with Pinghu Tailik Office Automatic & Equipment Co., Ltd. (Tailik Office System Furniture Co., Ltd) Zhejiang, China.
- Shares of Camlin Limited, India are acquired. The name is changed to KOKUYO Camlin.
- A succession of business is made with HOT ROCK STATIONERY (S.Z.) Co., Ltd. which is No.1 notebook maker of China.
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| 2012 |
- The office furniture Showrooms open in Shanghai,China and Singapore.
- KOKUYO Commerce (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd. Shanghai Plant begins operations as a notebook production facility.
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| 2013 |
- Umeda Live Office and Umeda Showroom are opened.
- KOKUYO acquires Riddhi Enterprises, a notebook manufacturer in India.
- KiSPA, the stationery catalogue for corporate customers, is launched.
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