February 1989 |
Started business |
April 1991 |
Built Shiga Factory |
April 1992 |
Opened Tokyo Branch Office |
October 1992 |
Received Kyoto Venture Grand Prize
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May 1993 |
Opened Shimaya Development Laboratory |
November 1993 |
Received fund from Venture Business Promoting Fund Foundation |
December 1993 |
Opened New York Branch Office |
December 1995 |
Obtained a $300,000 fund from FORECS (warrant issued) |
February 1996 |
Built Shimaya Factory |
April 1996 |
Incorporated Sigmax International Inc. in Manhattan, New York |
December 1996 |
Obtained “Excellent Award” at Osaka Venture Business Competition ’96 and $250,000 fund from Osaka City as an extra prize
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February 1997 |
Obtained $42,000 as a Reserch & Developing subsidy |
May 1998 |
Moved the development laboratory from the Shimaya business incubator to Shiga factory |
October 1999 |
Obtained approval under the “Creative Activity Law for Small and Middle-sized Enterprises” |
February 2000 |
Obtained “Fukuda Special Award of the Japan Invention Award”
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August 2000 |
Rebuilt Shiga factory |
June 2003 |
Relocated head office to 1-4-8 Tosabori Nishi-ku Osaka |
April 2013 |
Annex I completed in Shiga Plant
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March 2018 |
SIGMAX INTERNATIONAL closed and overseas operations transferred to the head office |
October 2018 |
Annex II completed in Shiga Plant
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