{"id":35,"date":"2024-06-28T14:35:40","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T05:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.araya.co.jp\/en\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2025-10-30T17:16:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T08:16:20","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.araya.co.jp\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"Company History"},"content":{"rendered":"  <div class=\"subheader-boxWrap\">\r\n          <div class=\"subheader-box\">\r\n            <div class=\"sub-header --company\">\r\n             <div class=\"sub-header__head\">\r\n                <div class=\"sub-header__headInner\">\r\n                  <h1>\r\n                  <span class=\"sub-header__sub\">COMPANY<\/span>\r\n                  <!--<span class=\"sub-header__ttl\">\u4f01\u696d\u60c5\u5831<\/span>-->\r\n\t\t\t\t  <\/h1>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n              <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"p-company-head\">\r\n          <h2 class=\"p-company-head-ttl\">Company History<\/h2>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <section class=\"p-history u-mb80tb40\">\r\n      \r\n\r\n          <div class=\"l-content-1040\">\r\n            <div class=\"p-history-tableWrap \">\r\n              <table class=\"p-history-table\">\r\n                <tr>\r\n                  <th>1960<\/th>\r\n                  <td>\r\n                    <dl>\r\n                      <dt>July, 1960<\/dt>\r\n                      <dd>Capital 5 Million yen<br>Iwai Special Pipe Co. 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<th>1974<\/th>\r\n                  <td>\r\n                    <dl>\r\n                      <dt>January, 1974<\/dt>\r\n                      <dd>Capital 40 Million yen<\/dd>\r\n                    <\/dl>\r\n                  <\/td>\r\n                <\/tr>\r\n                <tr>\r\n                  <th>1976<\/th>\r\n                  <td>\r\n                    <dl>\r\n                      <dt>July, 1976<\/dt>\r\n                      <dd>Tokyo Sales Office promoted to Tokyo Branch Office<\/dd>\r\n                    <\/dl>\r\n                  <\/td>\r\n                <\/tr>\r\n                <tr>\r\n                  <th>1979<\/th>\r\n                  <td>\r\n                    <dl>\r\n                      <dt>January, 1979<\/dt>\r\n                      <dd>Capital 80 Million yen<\/dd>\r\n                    <\/dl>\r\n                  <\/td>\r\n                <\/tr>\r\n                <tr>\r\n                  <th>1980<\/th>\r\n                  <td>\r\n                    <dl>\r\n                      <dt>October, 1980<\/dt>\r\n                      <dd>Capital 160 Million yen<\/dd>\r\n                    <\/dl>\r\n                  <\/td>\r\n                <\/tr>\r\n                <tr>\r\n                  <th>1984<\/th>\r\n                  <td>\r\n                    <dl>\r\n                      <dt>June, 1984<\/dt>\r\n                      <dd>Nagoya Sales Office promoted to Nagoya Branch Office<\/dd>\r\n                    <\/dl>\r\n                  <\/td>\r\n                <\/tr>\r\n                <tr>\r\n                  <th>1985<\/th>\r\n                  <td>\r\n                    <dl>\r\n                      <dt>April, 1985<\/dt>\r\n                      <dd>Capital 240 Million yen<\/dd>\r\n                    <\/dl>\r\n                  <\/td>\r\n                <\/tr>\r\n                <tr>\r\n                  <th>1990<\/th>\r\n                  <td>\r\n                    <dl>\r\n                      <dt>Febuary, 1990<\/dt>\r\n                      <dd>Fukuoka Sales Office promoted to Fukuoka Branch Office<\/dd>\r\n                    <\/dl>\r\n                    <dl class=\"u-mt16tb8\">\r\n                      <dt>October, 1990<\/dt>\r\n                      <dd>Capital 300 Million yen<\/dd>\r\n                    <\/dl>\r\n                    <dl class=\"u-mt16tb8\">\r\n                      <dt>November, 1990<\/dt>\r\n                      <dd>Tohoku Sales Office Established<\/dd>\r\n                    <\/dl>\r\n                  <\/td>\r\n                <\/tr>\r\n                <tr>\r\n                  <th>1991<\/th>\r\n                  <td>\r\n                    <dl>\r\n                      <dt>October, 1991<\/dt>\r\n                      <dd>Shizuoka Sales Office Established<\/dd>\r\n                    <\/dl>\r\n                  <\/td>\r\n                <\/tr>\r\n                <tr>\r\n                  <th>1993<\/th>\r\n                  <td>\r\n                    <dl>\r\n                      <dt>September, 1993<\/dt>\r\n                      <dd>Nagoya Stainless Center Relocate<\/dd>\r\n                    <\/dl>\r\n                  <\/td>\r\n                <\/tr>\t\t\t\t\r\n                <tr>\r\n                  <th>1995<\/th>\r\n                  <td>\r\n                    <dl>\r\n                      <dt>June, 1995<\/dt>\r\n                      <dd>Hiroshima Sales Office Established<\/dd>\r\n                    <\/dl>\r\n                  <\/td>\r\n                <\/tr>\r\n                <tr>\r\n                  <th>1998<\/th>\r\n                  <td>\r\n                    <dl>\r\n                      <dt>October, 1998<\/dt>\r\n                      <dd>Osaka Stainless Center Relocate<\/dd>\r\n                    <\/dl>\r\n                  <\/td>\r\n                <\/tr>\r\n                <tr>\r\n                  <th>2000<\/th>\r\n                  <td>\r\n                    <dl>\r\n                      <dt>January, 2000<\/dt>\r\n                      <dd>Kanto Stainless Center Established<\/dd>\r\n                    <\/dl>\r\n                  <\/td>\r\n                <\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\r\n                <tr>\r\n                  <th>2001<\/th>\r\n                  <td>\r\n                    <dl>\r\n                      <dt>April, 2001<\/dt>\r\n                      <dd>North Kanto Sales Office Established<\/dd>\r\n                    <\/dl>\r\n                  <\/td>\r\n                <\/tr>\r\n                <tr>\r\n                  <th>2008<\/th>\r\n                  <td>\r\n                    <dl>\r\n                      <dt>July, 2008<\/dt>\r\n                      <dd>North Kanto Sales Office promoted to North Kanto Branch Office<\/dd>\r\n                    <\/dl>\r\n                  <\/td>\r\n                <\/tr>\r\n\r\n                <tr>\r\n                  <th>2010<\/th>\r\n                  <td>\r\n                    <dl>\r\n                      <dt>October, 2010<\/dt>\r\n                      <dd>Change North Kanto Branch Office to Kanto Branch Office<\/dd>\r\n                    <\/dl>\r\n                  <\/td>\r\n                <\/tr>\r\n\r\n                <tr>\r\n                  <th>2014<\/th>\r\n                  <td>\r\n                    <dl>\r\n                      <dt>August, 2014<\/dt>\r\n                      <dd>Tokyo Branch Office Tokyo Sales Department Established<br>Change Kanto Branch Office to Tokyo Branch Office Kanto Sales Department<\/dd>\r\n                    <\/dl>\r\n                    <dl class=\"u-mt16tb8\">\r\n                      <dt>September, 2014<\/dt>\r\n                      <dd>Shikoku Sales Office Established<\/dd>\r\n                    <\/dl>\r\n                  <\/td>\r\n                <\/tr>\r\n\r\n                <tr>\r\n                  <th>2022<\/th>\r\n                  <td>\r\n                    <dl>\r\n                      <dt>March, 2022<\/dt>\r\n                      <dd>Relocate Fukuoka Branch Office to 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