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| 1873 | December - Bun-emon Shoda III started soy sauce brewing business *1 |
| 1891 | July - Booking was switched to double-entry system |
| 1900 | January - General partnership company, Bun-emon Shoda Shoten, was established |
| 1908 | October - Patent was obtained for the Shoda model wheat roasting machine |
| 1910 | February - Shoda Inari Shrine was entrusted to Shoda by Meguruma-cho, and was thus transferred to company premises |
| 1917 | June - Shoda signed freight line contract with Tobu Railway (Tatebayashi Station opened in 1907) |
| December - Shoda Shoyu Co., Ltd. was founded with a capital of 500 thousand yen |
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| 1923 | April - Second Factory was completed |
| 1927 | December - Research Center was completed |
| 1930 | September - Patent was obtained for soy sauce purification procedure |
| 1947 | February - Yamato Sangyo Co., Ltd. was established |
| 1948 | May - First sauce was released |
| 1950 | October - Tokyo Branch Office (present Tokyo Office) was established |
| 1955 | April - Shipping by tank trucks was started |
| 1963 | January - Shoda Shoyu expanded into soup market (Manufactured liquid and powder soups) (Released “Healthy,” a patented reduced-salt soy sauce) |
| March - Factory became JAS-certified |
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| 1966 | July - USAC 1020S office computer was adopted |
| 1968 | November - Patent was obtained for method for separating solid and liquid components of moromi |
| 1970 | November - Shoda Shoyu acquired controlling interest of Kinmaruboshi Shoyu Co., Ltd. |
| 1971 | June - Shoda Shoyu participated in the structural improvement project of the Small and Medium Enterprise Modernization Promotion Law |
| 1972 | April - Factory for ingredient treatment and moromi brewing was completed |
| 1973 | December - 100th Anniversary |
| 1974 | July - Sendai Branch Office (present Tohoku Sales Office) was established |
| 1977 | September - Shoda Shoyu took over business rights of Iwasaki Shoyu Co., Ltd. |
| 1978 | January - Company name of Yamato Sangyo Co., Ltd. was changed to Shoda Shokuhin Co., Ltd. and merged with the Food Division of Shoda Shoyu |
| 1979 | September - Capital was increased to 100 million yen |
| 1980 | June - Yamato Sangyo Co., Ltd. was founded |
| 1984 | October - Medium-Term Management Plan was formulated |
| 1985 | March - Osaka Branch Office (present Seibu Sales Office) was established |
| September - Nagoya Branch Office (present Chubu Sales Office) was established |
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| 1986 | January - New Headquarters House was built |
| November - New Research Center was built |
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| 1987 | May - Research Center’s 60th Anniversary Celebration |
| June - Shoda Memorial Museum was opened *2 |
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| 1988 | December - SHODA21 Plan was formulated |
| December - New office building of the Production Division was built |
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| 1989 | May - New factory of Shoda Shokuhin Co., Ltd. was completed |
| November - Sales exceeded 10 billion yen |
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| 1990 | June - Shoda Shokuhin Mito Factory Co., Ltd. was established |
| September - Shoda Shokuhin Ise Factory Co., Ltd. was established |
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| October - Main Factory (present Tatebayashi Factory) received award from the Health and Welfare Minister as an excellent food facility |
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| 1993 | May - First stage in construction of the Tatebayashi East Factory in the Tatebayashi East Industrial Estate was completed |
| November - Business tie-up was signed with McIlhenny Company, USA |
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| 1994 | October - Shoda Shoyu Future Plan was started |
| 1995 | April - Shoda Shoyu acquired controlling interest of Nichinan Kogyo Co., Ltd. |
| July - New corporate logo was established |
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| 1996 | March - Tatebayashi East Factory became JAS-certified |
| 1997 | November - Sales exceeded 20 billion yen |
| 1998 | May - Shoda Shoyu received an award from the Prefectural Governor in recognition of its greening efforts |
| 1999 | September - Shoda Shoyu acquired a controlling interest in TSSC (The Speciality Sauce Co. Ltd.), UK |
| December - The Third Medium-Term Management Plan was formulated - Head Office and Tatebayashi Factory obtained ISO9002 certification |
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| 2000 | March - New packing wing of the Tatebayashi East Factory was completed |
| 2001 | March - ISO9001(2000) certification was obtained |
| April - Factory was designated as a model for small and medium-sized enterprises by Gunma Prefecture |
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| July - New warehouse of the Tatebayashi East Factory was completed |
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| October - Shoda Shoyu was chosen as one of Gunma Prefecture’s “One Company, One Technology” Policy companies. |
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| 2002 | March - Shoda Shokuhin Co., Ltd. obtained ISO9001 certification |
| 2003 | November - Groundbreaking ceremony for construction of Headquarters House was held |
| December - Fourth Medium-Term Management Plan was formulated |
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| 2004 | February - Shoda Memorial Museum and other buildings were registered as tangible cultural assets - Shoda Shoyu was named the 2003 International Distributor of the Year by McIlhenny Company |
| May - Head Office and Research Center obtained ISO14001 certification |
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| November - Headquarters House, made by renovating the old moromi brewing house, was completed *3 |
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| December - 130th Anniversary Ceremony was held - Shoda Shokuhin Ise Factory Co., Ltd. obtained ISO9001 certification |
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| 2005 | February - Shoda Shoyu received Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award in the 26th Food Industry Excellent Company Awards held by Japan Food Industry Center and Organization of Food-Marketing Structure Improvement |
| April - Renovation of old Head Office building into new Research Center was completed |
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| July - Tatebayashi Factory obtained ISO14001 certification |
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| October - Year-round environmental activities, including “Shoda Eco-Style” Cool Biz/Warm Biz Campaign, were started |
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| November - Yamato Sangyo Co., Ltd. obtained ISO9001 certification - Shoda Shokuhin Mito Factory Co., Ltd. obtained ISO9001 certification |
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| December - Fifth Medium-Term Management Plan was formulated |
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| 2006 | January - Shoda Shoyu received an environmental award from the city of Tatebayashi |
| June - Tatebayshi East Factory and Logistics Center obtained ISO14001 certification |
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| September - Headquarters House received award of excellence in the Japan Federation of Architects & Building Engineers Associations Awards |
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| 2007 | February - Headquarters House received BELCA Award |
| April - Shoda Shoyu joined NPS (The New Production System) |
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| September - Shoda Shoyu was certified as an Environmental GS (Gunma Standard) Business by Gunma Prefecture |
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| December - Shoda Shokuhin Co., Ltd. obtained ISO14001 certification |
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| 2008 | June - Shoda Shoyu acquired the naming rights to a pet name for the Gunma Prefectural Shikishima Park Athletics Stadium. It was named the Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma. |
| October - Shoda Shoyu received an award of excellence in the National Soy Sauce competition. |
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| 2009 | January - Shoda Shokuhin Ise Factory Co., Ltd. obtained ISO14001 certification |
| May - SHODA SHOYU Special Match was held Thespa Kusatsu vs. Cerezo Osaka(soccer,J-league) |
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| December - Sixth Medium-Term Management Plan was formulated |
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| 2010 | January - Yamato Sangyo Co., Ltd. obtained ISO14001 certification - Shoda Shokuhin Mito Factory Co., Ltd. obtained ISO14001 certification |
| October - Company name of Yamato Sangyo Co., Ltd. was changed to Shoda Foods Co., Ltd. - Shoda Foods Co., Ltd. was moved to Machiya-cho, Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture |
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| December - Shoda Foods Co., Ltd. and Shoda Shokuhin Co., Ltd. merged operations to become Shoda Foods Co., Ltd. |
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| 2011 | June - Shoda's Tokusen Tsuyu (premium concentrated soup) received the 15th Professional-Use Processed Foods Hit Product Award from Japan Food Journal Co., Ltd. |
| November - Shoda Shokuhin Mito Factory Co., Ltd. was closed down - Opened website Minna-no Shoyu Stadium (Soy Sauce Stadium for Everybody) |
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| 2012 | April - Approved in “Gunma Recommends Superior Local Products,” FY2012& 2013 |
| November - Established mail order brand “bun-emon-gura” |
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| December - Seventh Medium-Term Management Plan was formulated |
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| 2013 | January - Received Good Design Gunma Excellence Award |
| February - Recognized as a Company Contributing to Industrial Development, by Tatebayashi Chamber of Commerce & Industry |
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| 2014 | March - Received the "City, People and Architecture Award in Gunma". (Excellent town development, construction activities, and contribution activities in Gunma Prefecture were recognized.) |
| April - Certified by the Gunma Prefecture Excellent Product Recommendation System in 2014 and 2015. | |
| July - Renewed household the soy sauce products. |
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| October - Shoda Shoyu received an award of excellence in the National Soy Sauce competition. - Received the "20th Anniversary Award of the Jomo Newspaper Advertising Award" . |
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| November - To celebrate the 140th anniversary of our founding, we held the Shoda Shoyu Special Match Gunma Crane Sanders vs Aomori Watts.(basketball,B.LEAGUE) |
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| December - Shoda Shokuhin Ise Factory Co., Ltd. was changed to Shoda Foods Co., Ltd. |
2015 | February - "OCHOBOGUCHI" Series received Good Design Gunma Excellence Award. - "Organic seasoning giftset" received Good Design Gunma Excellence Award. |
| July - New factory of Shoda Shokuhin Co., Ltd. was completed at Tsuyama city. -Formulation of the 8th Medium-Term Management Plan. |
*1 Bun-emon Shoda III, founder of soy sauce brewing business
Advertisement for premium campaign, around 1930
Product labels
Logo posters of beautiful women
*2 Shoda Memorial Museum
*3 Shoda Shoyu Headquarters House
