November 1980 |
Won one of the 10th Awards for Technological Services to Food Industry. |
October 1981 |
Became the first in Japan to export soy sauce brewing plants to China (Beijing, Guangzhou), and received letters of appreciation. |
April 1982 |
Received a Science and Technology Agency Director's Award for “noteworthy inventions”. |
November 1983 |
Received permit to manufacture Labor Ministry Class 1 pressure vessels using stainless steel welding. |
November 1985 |
Received a letter of appreciation from the Japan Small Business Corporation for “Developing utilization of untapped protein”. |
January 1987 |
Won an Award for Services to Industry from the Sanyo Newspaper. |
November 1987 |
Won an Invention Encouragement Award from the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation (for rotary automatic koji-making equipment). Developed technology for manufacturing a rice protein seasoning. |
September 1989 |
Our President Akio Fujiwara became General Secretary of the All-Japan Federation of Brewing Equipment Industries. |
April 1991 |
Our President Akio Fujiwara received a Science and Technology Agency Director’s Award for Achievement in Promoting Science and Technology. |
September 1991 |
Received a Miki Memorial Grant from Okayama Prefecture. |
March 1993 |
Company name was changed to Fujiwara Techno-Art Co., Ltd. |
May 1993 |
Our President Akio Fujiwara received the Order of the Rising Sun, Fifth Class, Gold and Silver Rays. |
October 1993 |
Our President Yukio Fujiwara received an Award for Services to the Food Industry from the Nihon Shokuryo Newspaper. |
January 1994 |
Completed construction of a factory building in the Okayama Airport Industrial Park. |
February 1994 |
Akio Fujiwara becomes our Chairman, with Zenya Fujiwara assuming the post of President. |
February 1995 |
Completed construction of our HQ Office Building and Development Building. |
March 1995 |
Carried out total relocation of our Head Office to Tomiyoshi. |
October 1996 |
Won an Invention Encouragement Award from the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation (for soaking tank with perforated bottom). |
October 1997 |
Won an Invention Encouragement Award from the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation (for steel belt type steaming equipment). |
February 1999 |
Acquired ISO9001 certification (registered with JAB and UKAS). |
August 2000 |
Our automatic koji-making equipment acquired the CE-mark for importation into the EU. |
November 2000 |
Received a 20th Century Food Industry Development Award from the Nihon Shokuryo Newspaper for “outstanding achievement in developing the food industry over these 100 years”. |
December 2000 |
Our VEX type non-airflow ginjo Koji-making equipment won one of the 30th Awards for Technological Services to Food Industry from Shokuhin Sangyo Newspaper. |
January 2001 |
Keiko Fujiwara assumed the post of President. |
December 2002 |
Our upward-flow continuous cooling equipment won one of the 32nd Awards for Technological Services to Food Industry from Shokuhin Sangyo Newspaper. |
June 2003 |
Celebrated the 70th anniversary of our founding. |
February 2004 |
Our VEX type non-airflow ginjo koji making equipment won one of the 1st New Machine Promotion Awards from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Machine Industry. |
September 2004 |
Our VEX type non-airflow ginjo Koji making equipment won one of the 7th Nisshoku Awards for Excellence in Equipment and Materials from the Nihon Shokuryo Newspaper. |
December 2004 |
Our package-type rotary automatic koji-making equipment won one of the 34th Awards for Technological Services to Food Industry from Shokuhin Sangyo Newspaper. |
November 2005 |
Won an FY2005 Okayama's Company Technology Award from the Governor of Okayama Prefecture. Our improved F-type moromi press equipment won one of the 35th Awards for Technological Services to Food Industry from Shokuhin Sangyo Newspaper. |
November 2006 |
Our rotary automatic rice washing and soaking equipment won one of the 36th Awards for Technological Services to Food Industry from Shokuhin Sangyo Newspaper. |
'May 2007 |
Were selected among the "300 Vibrant Small-Medium Manufacturing Enterprises" for 2007 by METI and the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency. |
'September 2007 |
Our President Keiko Fujiwara became General Secretary of the All-Japan Federation of Brewing Equipment Industries. |
'June 2008 |
Celebrated the 75th anniversary of our founding. |
'November 2008 |
Our powder or seed mold supplying equipment won one of the 38th Awards for Technological Services to Food Industry from Shokuhin Sangyo Newspaper. |
'February 2009 |
Won an Okayama Prefecture Culture Encouragement Award. |
'April 2009 |
Changed the indication of our Head Office address from “2827-3 Tomiyoshi, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture” to “2827-3 Tomiyoshi, Kita-ku, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture”, in line with the transition to a government ordinance-designated city. |
'June 2009 |
Received a Grand Prize for Manufacturing from the Society of Plant Engineers Japan. |
'December 2009 |
Our continuous steaming system for soy sauce won one of the 39th Awards for Technological Services to Food Industry from Shokuhin Sangyo Newspaper. |
'October 2010 |
Won one of Shokuhin Sangyo Newspaper’s 40th Special Awards for Technological Services to Food Industry, for “Contributions to technological innovation and quality enhancement in the brewing industry”. |
'August 2011 |
Set up a wholly-owned local subsidiary in Shanghai: Fujiwara Brewing Equipment (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. |
'October 2012 |
Our diatomite filtration equipment (Sani Filter) won one of the 42nd Awards for Services to Food Industry Technology from Shokuhin Sangyo Newspaper. |
'June 2013 |
Celebrated the 80th anniversary of our founding. |
'April 2014 |
Our auto-continuous sonic powder sterilizer (Sonic Stera) won a prize for excellence in the 26th Small and Medium Enterprise Superior New Technology and Product Awards. |
November 2015 |
The functional feedstuff development that we were tackling in collaboration with academia was selected for one of METI’s Projects to Support the Advancement of Strategic Core Technologies. |
January 2016 |
Received an Okayama Prefecture Governor’s Award for “Enterprise Declaring Support for Okayama Childrearing”. |