Corporate History

1946
Established Kurihara Shoji Co., Ltd.
Capital: 180,000 yen
Corporate Headquarters: 8 Eiraku-cho, Kita-ku, Osaka (Nissan Seimei Kan)
1960
Increased capital to 3 million yen
1961
Changed corporate name to Kurihara Sangyo Co., Ltd. and established Electrical Engineering Department
1962
Increased capital to 6 million yen
1964
Increased capital to 10 million yen
1965
Established Itami Industrial Office
1966
Moved corporate headquarters to 2-39 Dojima-ue, Kita-ku, Osaka (Mainichi Sangyo Building)
1968
Increased capital to 20 million yen
1970
Increased capital to 40 million yen
1971
Increased capital to 50 million yen
1972
Established the Tokyo Sales Office, later renamed Tokyo Branch (1976)
Established Ako Workplace
1974
Increased capital to 100 million yen
Began computer maintenance business and established Kurihara Engineering Co., Ltd.
1976
Moved corporate headquarters to 1-1-2 Sonezaki, Kita-ku, Osaka (Osaka Sanshin Building)
Established Obama Sales Office Established Hiroshima Sales Office, later renamed Chugoku Branch (1990)
Established Nagasaki Sales Office, later renamed Nagasaki Branch (1996)
Established Nagoya Sales Office, later renamed Chubu Branch (1990)
1977
Separated Computer Equipment Sales department and integrate it with Kurihara Engineering Co., Ltd. to establish Ritsuryo
Computers Co., Ltd. Established Kobe Sales Office, later renamed Kobe Branch (1991)
1979
Established Ibaraki Sales Office, later renamed Kita-Kanto Branch (1990)
1980
Established Kure Sales Office
Moved Tokyo Branch to 5-33-7 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo (Tokuei Bldg)
1981
Celebrated 20th anniversary Constructed
Sakai Ryo dormitory for unmarried people
1982
Established Sapporo Sales Office, later renamed Hokkaido Branch (1991)
1984
Newly establish headquarters in Tokyo
Established Wakasa Office
1985
Increased capital to 180 million yen Constructed Wakasa Ryo dormitory for unmarried people
1987
Established Takasago Sales Office
1989
Increased capital to 300 million yen
1990
Established Hokuriku and Kyushu Branches
1991
Celebrated 30th anniversary
Completed Kuriyama Sanso Trantan recreation facility
Established the joint venture Ashei Swanah Co., Ltd. in Myanmar
1992
Established joint venture Changxiang Liyuan Kegi Fugen LLC in China
Introduced corporate identity campaign as the cornerstone of 30th anniversary and changed corporate name to Kurihalant Co., Ltd.
Established Shikoku Branch and Tsuruga Ryo dormitory for unmarried people
Established JNFL Center, later renamed Aomori Branch (1996)
Established Osaka Design Center and Kure Design Center
1993
Established Aomori Industrial Office
Increased capital to 457 million yen
Renovated Itami Industrial Office
1994
Established Iwanai Ryo dormitory for unmarried people as a benefit to employees
Established Tokyo Ryo dormitory for unmarried people
Increase capital to 503 million yen
1996
Moved Osaka Headquarters to 3-19-3 Toyosaki, Kita-ku, Osaka (Pias Tower 8F)
Established Kyoto Sales Office
1999
Moved Tokyo Headquarters to 1-11-1 Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo (Gatecity Osaki West Tower 18F)
Obtained ISO9001 international standard certification for Nuclear Power, Electrical Installation and Industrial departments
2000
Stipulated Kurihalant Behavioral Guidelines
Placed Wakasa Training Center under Maintenance Department
2001
Restructured to have Nuclear Maintenance, Thermal Maintenance, Plant Construction, Electric Installation, Development and Engineering, and Industrial departments.
2002
Moved Tokyo Headquarters to 2-1-1 Kami-meguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo (Naka-meguro GT Tower 13F)
Moved Osaka Headquarters to 1-11-7 Utsubohon-machi, Nishi-ku, Osaka (Shinanobashi Mitsui Building 4F)
Moved Kobe Branch Established Administration Department by integrating Accounting, General Affairs and Corporate Planning Departments
Placed Wakasa Training Center under the Quality and Technical Management Department
2003
Moved Tokyo Headquarters to 2-3-6 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (Mitsubishi Research Institute Building 12F)
Established Production Department by integrating Construction, Maintenance and Business Development departments
2004
Integrated sales departments of Tokyo and Osaka headquarters
Established Tohoku Branch Integrated Thermal Maintenance Department into Plant Maintenance Department to form the Plant Maintenance Department
Established Solar Project Team under Construction Department
Established Tomari Construction Workplace
2005
Integrated Takasago Design Center to Takasago Industrial Office Transferred Solar Project to Business Development Department Set up Tomari Construction Office
2006
Moved Chugoku Branch
Established Mihama Office in Fukui
2007
Integrated Aomori Industrial Office into Rokkasho Workplace Established Tomari Construction Workplace
Established CBR Project Established Sakai Port New Construction Workplace
Established Maizuru Construction Workplace
Established Isogo Thermal Second Construction Workplace
2008
Set up Business Operations Department
Renamed Aomori Branch to Tohoku Branch
Placed Engineering Center and Operational, Nuclear Power, Construction, Business Development and Thermal Power Depts. under the Production Department
2009
Acquired general worker dispatching undertakings license (Osaka headquarters)
Established Sakai Solar Power Generating Workplace
2010
Established Kobe Steel Kakogawa Construction Workplace
Established Ohma Construction Workplace
Established construction workplace for upgrading Himeji No. 2 Power Station
Moved Tokyo Headquarters to 1-1-1 Hitotsubashi Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (Palaceside Building 2F)
2011
Acquired specified worker dispatching undertakings (Tokyo headquarters, Nagasaki branch)
Established workplace for restoring Shinchi Thermal Power Station
65th anniversary of founding, 50 anniversary of establishment of electrical construction department
Established workplace for restoring Haramachi Thermal Power Station
Relocated Wakasa office, Wakasa Training Center
2012
Acquired company-wide ISO 9001 certification
Established Senboku Workplace
Established Rokkasho Construction Workplace
2013
Established the overseas affiliated company KURIHALANT MYANMAR CO., LTD.
Started power transmission from Awaji Sanoniijima Solar Power Station
Started power transmission from Awaji Sanoniijima Yume Solar (1, 2) Solar Power Station
Started power transmission from Kobe Rokkonishi Solar Power Station
Started power transmission from Nasushiobara Solar Power Station
Started power transmission from Chiba Futtsu Solar Power Station No.1 & No.2
2014
Established Tokai Village Hall Solar Power Station
Moved Osaka Headquarters to 4-8-17, Nishitenma, Kita-ku, Osaka (Ujiden Bldg. 6F & 7F)
2015
Moved Tohoku Branch
Established Fukushima Sales Office
2016
Established Ashimatagawa Small Hydroelectric Power Station; Started power transmission
70th anniversary of founding
2017
Established the overseas affiliated company KURIHALANT VIETNAM CO., LTD.
Placed sales departments of Osaka and Tokyo Headquarters under Business Operations Department
Established Chiba Workplace
Established Sendai Workplace
Established Plant Department by integrating Thermal Power Department and construction departments of Osaka and Tokyo Headquarters
Established Tokyo Plant Department and Osaka Plant Department under Plant Department
2018
Established Decommissioning Project
Established and started operation of Daigo Biomass Power Station
Renamed Construction Division “Construsction Department”; Placed Tokyo/Osaka Plant Department under Construction Department
Established Office of International Business Promotion; Placed overseas affiliated companies in Myanmar/Vietnam under Office of International Business Promotion
2019
Established the overseas affiliated company KURIHALANT (THAILAND) CO., LTD.
Relocated Aomori Sales Office and Rokkasho Office to a newly constructed office building
2020
Established Rokkasho General Office
Established Office of Corporate Planning Promotion
Established West Japan Regional Office
Established Utsuo Tanigawa Hydroelectric Power Station
2021
Established Engineering Department
Placed Rokkasho General Office under Nuclear Power Department
Relocated Mihama Office
75th anniversary of founding, 60th anniversary of establishment of electrical construction department
Establishd Aomori Training Center
2022
Increased capital to 980 million yen
Established Engineering Department Integrated the old Engineering Department to the newly founded Engineering Department
Established the Electric Facility Department with the integration of the sales division and the construction division
2023
Integrated Itami Industrial Office and Ako Industrial Office to establish Technical Center
Established the Overseas Business Department
Established the Construction Headquarter and transferring the Nuclear Power Department, Plant Department, and Electrical Equipment Department under its jurisdiction