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1895 (28th year of the Meiji era) Started a privately owned coal sales business in Odawara-cho, Kyobashi
April 1922 (Taisho 11) Kiyota Shoten Co., Ltd. is established and enters into exclusive agency contracts with Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Okura Mining Co., Ltd., and others.
May 1949 (Showa 24) Concluded an agency contract with Taisho Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. (now Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd.)
October 1960 (Showa 35) Entered into a special dealership agreement with General Sekiyu Co., Ltd. and began selling oil.
October 1967 (Showa 42) Sagamihara Sales Office opened
April 1982 (Showa 57) Tamachi Kiyota Building (head office and rental office) completed
September 1984 (Showa 59) Changed company name to Kiyota Co., Ltd. and began selling steel products.
January 1988 (Showa 63) Obtained first-class architect's office license
April 1989 (Heisei 1) Started medical and welfare equipment sales business
December 1991 (Heisei 3) Opened a game center called "Azekuura" at the Sagamihara Sales Office.
September 1995 100th anniversary ceremony held
January 1996 Tamachi CK Building renovation completed
June 1996 Established a Hong Kong local subsidiary, Kiyota Sano Hatsu Shoji Co., Ltd.
September 1997 Opened the Kiyota Port Nursing Care Shop
November 1998 Opened the Kiyota Sumida nursing care store
May 2002 Established Takajuken Kiyota Co., Ltd. (Nursing care shop/Yokohama store)
January 2003 ISO14001 certification obtained
July 2003 Kiyota Life Care Service Co., Ltd. is established.
February 2004 Opened the Kiyota Saitama branch, a nursing care store.
February 2004 Quality Control Center opened
December 2004 Established a local subsidiary in China, "Dongguan Kiyota Precision Gear Co., Ltd."
April 2011 Established a local Chinese subsidiary, "Chusei Trading (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd."
February 2013 Opened the Kiyota Johoku nursing care store
April 2022 (Reiwa 4) Merged welfare living environment business with Takajuken Kiyota Co., Ltd.
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