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| 1946 | March | Founded | The previous president, Mr.Akio Kurokawa, became the representative director and founded the predecessor of the company, Takayama Wood Industry Co., Ltd. He began researching the manufacture of cotton swabs. |
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| 1965 | October | Established | Established HEIWA EIZAI Co., Ltd to start the production of the first cotton swabs in Japan. |
| 1971 | August | 6th period | New head office building and head office factory were constructed. |
| 1973 | February | 8th period | Gas sterilization factory established. EO gas sterilizer installed. |
| August | Opened Tokyo office. | ||
| 1983 | June | 18th period | Received the license of manufacturing medical devices. |
| September | 19th period | Changed the company name to ‘Heiwa Medic Co., Ltd’. | |
| 1986 | October | 22nd period | Opened a second factory and shifted the production of wet tissues and paper shafts to it. |
| 1990 | December | 26th period | Received permission to manufacture cosmetics. |
| 1994 | May | 29th period | Opened Osaka office. |
| 1995 | November | 31st period | Mr. Nobuhiko Kurokawa became president and CEO. |
| 1996 | January | Head Office Warehouse No. 1 was established. | |
| 1998 | October | 34th period | Website is launched. |
| 1999 | April | Established the second warehouse at the head office. | |
| Installed a new wet tissue production line at the second factory. | |||
| Issued the first private placement bond. | |||
| 2000 | June | 35th period | Acquired ISO9001 certification. |
| October | 36th period | Acquired the ownership of Nihon Chugoku Onkyu CO.,LTD. | |
| 2001 | February | Established the wholly owned subsidiary company, TAKAYAMA HYGIENE PRODUCTS CO.,LTD. | |
| 2002 | April | 37th period | Established the wholly owned subsidiary company, HEIWA HYGIENE PRODUCTS CO.,LTD. |
| 2004 | November | 40th period | Mr. Nobuhiko Kurokawa was appointed Chairman and Mr. Akira Kamikoya was appointed President and Representative Director. |
| 2005 | February | Heiwa Medic Group's 40th anniversary ceremony was held in in Shanghai, China. | |
| 2006 | August | 41st period | Acquired the Second-class marketing license for pharmaceuticals. |
| November | 42nd period | Acquired the manufacturing license for general pharmaceuticals. | |
| 2007 | February | Established HEIWA HYGIENE HANOI CO.,LTD. in Hanoi, Vietnam. | |
| May | Started sales of the pharmaceutical products. | ||
| June | Acquired the ISO13485 certification. | ||
| 2009 | April | 44th period | The website was renewed. |
| The group's 45th anniversary ceremony was held in Hanoi, Vietnam. | |||
| 2010 | September | 46th period | A ceremony commemorating the 10th anniversary of Heiwa Hygiene Products CO., LTD. was held in Shanghai, China. |
| October | Mr.Nobuhiko Kurokawa was appointed Chairman and President, and Mr.Tomohiro KUrokawa was appointed Senior Managing Director. | ||
| November | A paper shaft section expansion was added to the second factory, and additional equipment was added to improve production capacity. | ||
| 2012 | October | 48th period | Earthquake-resistance reinforcement and renovation work on the second factory's old paper shaft building is completed, improving facility management. |
| 2013 | February | Nihon Chugoku Onkyu CO.,LTD. became wholly owned subsidiary. | |
| November | 49th period | Mr. Tomohiro Kurokawa was appointed Executive Vice President and Mr. Masahiro Kurokawa was appointed Managing Director. | |
| 2014 | September | 50th period | To commemorate the 50th anniversary, the website was completely redesigned. |
| October | A 50th anniversary ceremony was held at a hotel in Takayama. | ||
| October | Mr. Nobuhiko Kurokawa was appointed Chairman and Mr. Tomohiro Kurokawa was appointed President. | ||
| 2015 | September | 51st period | Carried out the Company trip (part1) for the 50th anniversary. |
| October | Carried out the Company trip (part2)for the 50th anniversary. | ||
| November | Carried out the Company trip (part3) for the 50th anniversary. | ||
| 2016 | September | 52nd period | Relocated the office building of company. Changed the company name of Nihon Chugoku Onkyu CO.,LTD. to HEIWA MEDIC HEALTHCARE CO.,LTD. |
| 2018 | January | 53rd period | New factory opened in Bac Ninh Province, Vietnam. |
| May | Relocated Tokyo Office. | ||
| 2019 | January | 54th period | Corporation in Vietnam changed its name to HEIWA MEDIC VIETNAM CO.,LTD. |
| 2020 | March | 55th period | Relocated HEIWA MEDIC HEALTHCARE CO.,LTD. |
| 2022 | June | 57th period | Relocated Osaka Office. |
| 2023 | February | 58th period | The third factory was established. |
