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May 1937 Start of Ichifuji Hatsujo Factory Corporation (a manufacturer of springs)
March 1957 Establishment of Kansai Factory Corporation in Higashinari-ku, Osaka City
May 1973 Establishment of Kyushu Office (Hita City), Distribution Center, and Factory
May 1974 Start of business reforms to increase added value under guidance of Osaka City Small and Medium Business Center
May 1975 Entry into medical care bed market and registration of the “SEAHONENCE” trademark
March 1982 Introduction of Japan’s first moving showroom (consisting of a national bus caravan)
May 1983 Establishment of Interior Service Division and start of construction, design, production, and sale of furniture
August 1984 Completion of Main (Osaka) Plant
March 1987 Completion of Fukae Distribution Center
May 1992 Establishment of KEPRO JAPAN Sales Division and entry into home care bed market
July 1992 Completion of new headquarters in Higashinari-ku, Osaka City
February 1994 Acquisition of Silver Mark certification and start of rental business
May 1994 Establishment of Nagoya Office
June 1995 Spin-off of KEPRO JAPAN Sales Division and establishment of KEPRO JAPAN Corporation as a retailer of home care beds
December 1995 Establishment of SEAHONENCE BED Corporation as retailer of beds for hospitals and care facilities
October 1996 Relocation of Kyushu Office from Hita City, Oita Prefecture, to Hayashida Industrial Park in Haki-machi, Fukuoka Prefecture, and establishment of new Fukuoka Office
April 1997 Establishment of headquarters showroom and start of no-complaint quality improvement initiative
June 1997 Establishment of additional assembly and painting production lines
November 1997 Introduction of KEPROCORE Home Care Bed series
January 1998 Establishment of Saitama Office and Showroom, and Minami-Kyushu Office
March 1998 Registration of the KEPROCORE home care bed trademark
April 1998 Introduction of new KEPROCORE 800 Series and establishment of Sakai Factory
November 1999 Completion of No. 2 Main Plant (Higashiosaka City)
April 2000 Establishment of Sendai Office
November 2000 Establishment of Kanagawa Office and Tokyo Bureau
December 2000 Establishment of Takamatsu Office
January 2001 Merger of Kansai Factory Corporation, KEPRO JAPAN Corporation, and SEAHONENCE BED Corporation to form SEAHONENCE Inc.
December 2001 Establishment of Gifu Office
January 2002 Establishment of Hiroshima Office and new powder paint line at Sakai Factory
October 2002 Establishment of Marketing Headquarters in Higashiosaka City (completion of new building)
January 2003 Establishment of Miyazaki Office and Shizuoka Branch
May 2003 Establishment of Kanto Factory in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture
July 2003 Increase in capitalization to ¥116,110,000 and establishment of Sapporo Office
September 2003 Acquisition of TUV certification (an international safety and quality standard) for KEPROCORE 800 Series
October 2004 Increase in capitalization to ¥143,410,000
January 2005 Merger of Tokyo Bureau and Chiba Office and establishment of Tokyo Office at the Kanto Factory in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture
September 2006 Rebuilding of the main factory, and additional painting production lines
November 2008 Introduction of KEPROCORE Home Care Bed "NAGOMU" series
September 2009 Acquisition of JIS certification (Japanese Industrial Standards) for KEPROCORE "NAGOMU" series ZYUN and MIYABI
October 2010 Move Nagoya Office to Tenpaku-ku Nagoya-shi and open the new showroom
April 2011 Acquisition of TUV certification (an international safety and quality standard) for KEPROCORE "NAGOMU" series ZYUN and MIYABI
April 2011 Acquisition of JIS certification (Japanese Industrial Standards) for new KEPROCORE "NAGOMU" series RIN
April 2011 Move Sendai office to Miyagino-ku Sendai-shi
June 2012 Purchasing all the stocks of Mikami Kogyo Co.,Ltd. Known the "Whitehouse in Osaka"
November 2012 Reduce the capital to ¥98,000,000
December 2013 Hospital bed "SJ-7000 series"
JIS certificate (T 9205：2009)
October 2014 "Nagomu" series "SAI", JIS certificate
September 2015 "Nagomu" series "SAI", winning good design award in 2015
January 2016 "Nagomu" series "SAI" winning an award of "Monodzukuri" New Selection in KANSAI 2016, selected by Kansai Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry
April 2016 Open "To Do studio Tokyo" in Tokyo office
July 2016 Tatsuki Masumoto started to assume the presidency
October 2016 Publication of new catalog "60" for medical care facility and nursing home
June 2017 Open "To Do studio Nagoya" in Nagoya office
Augast 2017 Launch of Home Care Bed “CORE Neo”