Gifu Plastic Industry History

History of Gifu Plastic Industry

1953

• Apr: Gifu Plastic Industry founded by its first president, Koei Omatsu, in Kubomi, Gifu City
• Jun: First machine (2-ounce vertical molding machine) installed
• Nov: First shipment (Compact Case) and launch of daily necessities and sundries business

1957

• Apr: Trademark "RISU" established

1959

• Nov: Installed vacuum molding machine [Start of Food Packaging Container Business]

1961

• Jan: Launch of "BONCUP" food packaging containers

1962–1964

• 1962 Jan: Kakamigahara Factory (Main Factory) completed and began operations
• 1963 Mar: Launch of PVC Joint Pipes [Start of Construction & Civil Engineering Materials Business]
• 1963 Sep: Launch of Bread Container [Start of Logistics Materials Business]
• 1964 Mar: Launch of "PLASKET"

1969–1975

• 1969 Jul: Fukuoka Factory completed and began operations
• 1970 Aug: Inuyama Factory completed and began operations
• 1971 Apr: Established Risu Kogyo Co., Ltd. and transferred construction material business
• 1973 Sep: Ehime Factory completed and began operations
• 1974 Apr: Hyogo Factory completed and began operations
• 1974 Dec: Gunma Factory completed and began operations
• 1975 Nov: Established Risupack Co., Ltd. and transferred food packaging business (Inuyama & Gunma)
• 1975 Dec: Head office relocated to Dai Gifu Building near Gifu Station

1981–1989

• 1981: Launch of Foldable Containers
• 1986 Jan: Established RISU Co., Ltd. and transferred daily goods business
• 1988 May: President Toshiyuki Omatsu assumed position of Representative Director
• 1989 Mar: Present "RISU" logo established

1990–1996

• 1990 Apr: Fukushima Factory completed and began operations
• 1990 May: Launch of Logistics Pallets
• 1993: Launch of Two-Colored Containers and Plastic Drums
• 1996: Launch of RS Foldable Containers

2004–2009

• 2004 Dec: Established Dai Gifu Building Co., Ltd.
• 2005 Feb: Launch of RISU-BOX
• 2005 Oct: Launch of "RISU MEDICAL TPF" for dialysis circuit manufacturers
• 2008 Dec: Yamanashi Factory completed and began operations
• 2009 Sep: Established continuous molding technology for honeycomb structures and started TECCELL business

2011–2013

• 2011 Feb: Established Japan Gifu Risu Ecological Goods Trading Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China
• 2011 Aug: Toei Kanki made a subsidiary
• 2012 Feb: Launched logistics materials containing bio-derived materials
• 2013 Apr: Established TECCELL Division office in Ono-town, Ibi-gun, Gifu Prefecture

2015–2017

• 2015 Apr: Received Prize of the Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office (Intellectual Property Achievement Awards)
• 2015 Oct: Received METI Prize at the Sixth Monodzukuri Nippon Grand Awards (TECCELL)
• 2017 Mar: Launched honeycomb core panel "TECCELL SAINT"
• 2017 Dec: Designated as a Leading Company for Regional Development

2018–2019

• 2018 Mar: Eita Omatsu assumed position of President / Toshiyuki Omatsu became Chairman
• 2018 Dec: HASHIZUME TRANSPORT made a subsidiary
• 2019 Jan: Kurashiki Factory completed and began operations