Company outline and history

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Company Outline

Company Name
Sun Chlorella Corporation
Address
369 Osaka-cho, Karasuma-dori Gojo-sagaru, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 600-8177 Japan
Representative Director
Futoshi Nakayama / President & CEO
Paid Capital (JPY)
100,000,000
Fiscal Year
March 21 – March 20
Business Category
Development and Production of Health Foods, Marketing and Sales, Import and Export etc.
Affiliates
Sun Chlorella Japan Corporation
Chlorelland Corporation
Affiliates
  • Sun Chlorella USA Corporation
  • Sun Chlorella (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
  • Sun Chlorella Corporation London Branch

History

1960

1969
December Heian Chlorella Jeffcy Co., Ltd. established with a capital of 3 million yen

1970

1971
July Changed company name to Chlorella Sun, and first produced our original Sun Chlorella product
1976
June Began crushing chlorella cell walls
July Began extracting CGF
November Began sales of our signature product Sun Chlorella A

1980

1980
February Changed company name to Sun Chlorella Corporation
1981
December Patented method for crushing chlorella cell walls
1982
November Sun Chlorella California founded in Los Angeles, USA (now Sun Chlorella USA Corporation)
1984
July Began research on eleuthero in Ashoro, Hokkaido
1986
January Changed name to YSK International Corporation
April Began sales of Sun Eleuthero Tablets
1989
November Sun Chlorella Corporation founded (as a domestic sales firm)

1990

1990
December Ceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of the company’s founding (Kyoto International Conference Center)
1994
July Granted U.S. patent No. 5330913, “Method of Disrupting the Chlorella Cell Wall by Cell Rupture”
1996
November Sun Chlorella Building 8 (Osaka) completed / Sun Chlorella Building 10 (Fukuoka) completed

2000

2001
May Current corporate headquarters building completed (Kyoto, Karasuma Gojo) / Began sales of Sun Chlorella Agaricus
2002
May Sun Chlorella A certified as a health food in China
2003
March Sun Chlorella USA 20th Anniversary ceremony
2004
March Sun Chlorella USA new building completed (Los Angeles, USA)
2006
March Sun Chlorella Shanghai Co., Ltd. established
October Sun Chlorella London branch office established

2010

2013
March Sun Chlorella USA 30th anniversary
December Organic Sun Eleuthero Tablets go on sale in the US (USDA Certified Organic, Non-GMO, Gluten Free) 
2016
March Began sales of Astarella Cream in the US / Began sales of Chlorella Pure Powder in the US (Certified Non-GMO, Gluten Free)
April Futoshi Nakayama became President and CEO
November 30th Anniversary of Sun Chlorella Indonesia
2017
April “Organic Sun Eleuthero” was launched in Japan (Acquired Organic JAS Certification)
2018
August “Sun Chlorella A Powder” was launched in Japan (NSF Certified for Sport, Non-GMO, and Gluten-free Certified Products)
2019
December 50th Anniversary of Sun Chlorella

2020

2020
July RESI STAY HOTEL SUN CHLORELLA was opened