Corporate Profile
History of Asahi Industries Group
| 1935 | Asahi Chemical Fertilizer Co., Ltd., the founding company of the fertilizer business of Asahi Industries Co., Ltd., was established in Amagasaki, Hyogo Pref. |
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| 1936 | Japan Nickel Co., Ltd., the founding company of the steel business of Asahi Industries, was established. |
| 1960 | Asahi Chemical Fertilizer took over the steel division of Japan Nickel Co., Ltd. and changed its company name to Seibu Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. - Formed a prototype business model of "steel" and "fertilizer". |
| 1972 | Fertilizer Business : Started to produce organic fertilizers |
| 1983 | Seeds and Seedling Business : Started R&D on new vegetable varieties. |
| 1985 | Changed its company name to Asahi Industries Co.,Ltd. Fertilizer Business : Constructed Kansai Plant. |
| 1992 | Strongthened steel business and agribusiness as company's two pillars. |
| 1995 | Hay Business : Started hay business in Australia. |
| 1999 | Steel Business : Started to sell threaded deformed bars, "Neji-A-Con". Steel Business : Started to produce deformed bars of all sizes |
| 2000 | Constructed Chiba Plant to produce organic fertilizers |
| 2005 | Listed company's shares on the JASDAQ Securities Exchange (Securities Identification Code : 5456) Acquired environmental ratings available for preferential interest rates on financing by Development Bank of Japan in its program to support projects beneficial to the environment. EAC Corporation joined Asahi Industries Group. |
| 2007 | Steel Business : Installed the latest electric furnace dust processing facility for zero-emission purposes. Seeds and Seedlings Business : Started to sell seeds of a cherry tomato variety, "Little Gem TY" (resistant to tomato yellow leaf curl virus). |
| 2008 | Steel Business : Our Screwplate Mechanical Anchorage (using Neji-A-Con) was certified by the Building Center of Japan. |
| 2009 | Seed and Seedling Business : Started to sell seeds of tomato varieties, "animo TY-10" and "animo TY-12"(resistant to tomato yellow leaf curl virus). |
| 2010 | Steel Business, Fertilizer Business : CO2 emissions decreased sharply by fuel conversion from heavy oil to natural gas. Achieved the highest-level ranking in the environmental ratings for preferential interest rates on financing by Development Bank of Japan. |
| 2011 | Jobu Eco-Clean merged Jobu Industries and changed its company name to Jobu. |
