Changing times and the history of Rengo

History of Rengo

Changing times and the history of Rengo
- 1909
- World War I
  Establishment of various new industrial facilities
- Teijiro Inoue made up his mind to become an independent self-employed businessman (and later made April 12, the day of his decision, the company's Foundation Day)
  Established Sanseisha in Shinagawa, Tokyo, setting up Japan's first corrugated board business
  Coining of the Japanese term for single faced corrugated board, "danboru" which is still used today
- 1920
- Great Kanto Earthquake
  Taisho Democracy
- Five companies merged to form Rengo Shiki K.K., capitalized at ¥2 million
  Acquired Nippon Seishi and renamed it the Chifune Plant
  The head office, Tokyo Plant and other facilities were destroyed by fire after the earthquake, and the head office was relocated to Osaka
  Began sale of applied products (larval silkworm raising boxes and clothing boxes)
- 1930
- Showa Financial Crisis Expansion of exports February 26 Incident
  World War II
- Completed construction of the Yodogawa Plant, which employed an integrated production system, from containerboard to corrugated board
  Met a wider range of demand that included home appliances, canned foods, bottled beer, ceramics, and clothing
  Established new plants and subsidiaries in Korea, Taiwan and China
  Formed a capital tie-up with Tokyo Electric (current Toshiba)
- 1940
- Pacific War
  Promulgation of the Constitution of Japan
  Outbreak of the Cold War
  Production to meet military demand under wartime economic control
- Six domestic plants were destroyed by fire during air raids, and overseas assets were lost
  Resumed production to meet consumer needs and developed new demand for corrugated boxes for frozen whale meat and canned foods
  Obtained a listing at stock exchange and increased capital to ¥10 million
- 1950
- San Francisco
  Peace Treaty
  "We are no longer in
  the postwar period."
  Home electric
  appliance boom
- Corrugated boxes were increasingly used for mandarin oranges, apples, and frozen fish.
  Modernized production equipment to meet growing demand
  Opened Research Laboratory (later, Central Laboratory)
  “Ruten” boom as Teijiro Inoue's autobiography was adapted for TV and film
- 1960
- Trade liberalization
  Tokyo Olympic
  Games
  Japan attains world's
  second largest GNP
- Built Tonegawa Mill, as well as new corrugated plants
  Introduced technology from the United States as the functions of corrugated boxes diversified
  Developed GRAVIAN and other pre-printed corrugated boxes
- 1970
- Japan World
  Exposition
  Plan for the
  remodeling of the
  Japanese archipelago
  First Oil Crisis
  Second Oil Crisis
- Rengo Shiki K.K. renamed Rengo Co., Ltd.
  Developed CORFLEX five-color pre-printed corrugated box
  Developed continuous running technology for corrugator operation
  Developed and commercialized “Fingerless Single Facer”
  Exported Rengo's technologies for producing paperboard and corrugated board
- 1980
- Recession caused
  by the strong yen
  Prolonged
  economic boom
  Cold War ends with
  collapse of
  the Berlin Wall
  Land and stock price boom
- Built a series of new corrugated plants
  Expanded business to cover nonwovens and other peripheral areas
  Opened new office in Singapore for overseas expansion
- 1990
- End of "bubble
  economy"
  Multiple recessions
  Great Hanshin-
  Awaji Earthquake
  Creation of the
  euro currency
  “Lost Decade” and
  zero interest policy
- Ventured into overseas business with Malaysia as a start
  Opened Packaging Technical Center
  Acquired Fukui Chemical Industry, an affiliated company
  Incorporated Howa Sangyo into Rengo Group to enter the flexible packaging business
  Acquired Settsu to reinforce the integrated paper and corrugated board production system
- 2000
- "No-holds-barred
  structural reforms"
  Terrorist attacks on
  the United States
  Massive tsunami off
  Sumatra
  
  Beijing 2008 Olympics
  
  Steep rise in the
  prices of crude oil
  and other resources
  Global financial crisis
- Made Marusan Paper Mfg. Co., Ltd. a group company
  Bolstered energy conservation equipment, including biomass incineration power plant
  Merged Kawasaki Plant with Katsushika Plant to become folding carton production location on East Japan
  Installed a photovoltaic power generation system at the Kyoto Plant
  Shin-Kyoto Division commenced integrated production of corrugated board/boxes and folding cartons after merger of the Kyoto and Katsura plants
  Rengo's 100th anniversary (April 12, 2009)
  Made Nihon Matai Co., Ltd. a group company, and entered into the heavy duty packaging business
- 2010
- World Expo 2010
  
  Shanghai
  Great East Japan
  
  Earthquake
  
  Abenomics
- New paper mill, a joint venture in Vietnam, begins full-scale operation
  
  Completed construction of the Fukushima-Yabuki Plant which uses photovoltaic power generation to supply all the plant's daytime electricity needs
  
  Completed construction of the Shin-Sendai Plant in about a year after its predecessor, the Sendai Plant, suffered extensive damage in the Great East Japan Earthquake
  
  Completed construction of the Shin-Nagoya Plant, which features one of Japan's largest seismically isolated automated warehouses
  
  Completed PM8 for linerboard production at Marusan Paper Mfg.
  
  Made Tri-Wall Holdings Limited a group company
  
  Completed conversion of Kanazu Mill's PM2 to produce both corrugating medium and linerboard
  
  Made Toppan Containers Co., Ltd. a group company (current RG Containers Co., Ltd.)
- 2020
- Spread of COVID-19
  Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games
- Made Taiko Paper Mfg., Ltd. a group company , and entered into the kraft pulp and kraft paper business
  Opened Yodogawa Logistics Center as a logistics center for containerboard
  Installed biomass boiler facility for power generation at Tonegawa Division
  Relocated Matsuyama Plant and established Ehime-Toon Plant
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