Bosso Oil & Fat Co., Ltd.

Founded Bosso Oil & Fat Industry Co., Ltd. with the aim of comprehensive management of manufacturing, refining, and processing of vegetable oils (mainly rice bran), establishing headquarters and factory at 211 Kaijincho 3-chome, Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture.

Established a Tokyo office in the Sumitomo Bank Building, 4-chome Ginza 1-chome, Chuo-ku.

Relocated headquarters and Tokyo office to 28 Nihonbashi Kabutocho 3-chome, Chuo-ku.

Increased capital to 10 million yen.

Formulated the 1st production rationalization plan, improved and expanded refinery, chemical, and factory equipment, and aimed to improve the quality of edible oils.

Relocated headquarters to Yushitsu Kogyo Kaikan, 3-choome Nihonbashi Edobashi, Chuo-ku.

Increased capital to 20 million yen.

Exported and provided technical guidance for Japan’s first rice bran oil, refining, and soap plant to Burma (now Myanmar).

Increased capital to 30 million yen.

The President of Indonesia and the Chairman of Funabashi Factory visited. Made a trial production of Bosso Salad Oil and sold some. Formulated the 3rd production rationalization plan and started new equipment installation.

Invested in and participated in management of Nagaoka Oil & Fat Co., Ltd. (Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture).

Changed the company name to Bosso Oil & Fat Co., Ltd.

Increased capital to 90 million yen and relocated headquarters to the Second Maruzen Building, 2-3 Nihonbashi Edobashi, Chuo-ku. Formulated the 5th production rationalization plan and started construction of the Funabashi Hinode Factory as the main factory.

Increased capital to 150 million yen and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section.

Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Second Section.

Establishing Tokai Rice Oil Co., Ltd. (Kakegawa City, Shizuoka Prefecture) and participating in management.

Relocating the head office to a shared building at 1-1 Nihonbashi Honcho, Chuo-ku, and integrating the head office office within Funabashi Factory.

Establishing Kumiai Oil & Fat Co., Ltd. (Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture) and participating in management.

Establishing Musashi Oil & Fat Co., Ltd. (Hidaka Town, Saitama Prefecture) and participating in management.

Increasing capital to 5,600 million yen.

Constructing a Chiba factory at 231 Roppō-cho, Chiba City, and installing the latest continuous extraction equipment. Abolishing the crude oil extraction plant within Funabashi Factory and making major improvements to various refining equipment.

Establishing Minami Nihon Rice Oil Co., Ltd. (Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture) and participating in management.

Starting full-scale refining and manufacturing of rapeseed oil following corn oil.

Increasing capital to 7,808 million yen.

Establishing SNB Agriproducts in Thailand through a merger with a local company, aiming to produce rice oil.

Formulating the 9th Production Rationalization Plan to increase production capacity at Funabashi Factory, Chiba Factory, and Musashi Oil & Fat Co., Ltd.

Kickoff of Bosso Ikiki Improvement Activities (BKK).

Relocating the head office and Tokyo office to 2-4-2 Nihonbashi Muromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo.

Registering for the international quality assurance standard ISO9001 Quality Management System.

Increasing capital to 13,513 million yen.

Relocating the head office and Tokyo office to 4-5-12 Nihonbashi Honshikicho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo.

Certified and registered under the Ministry of the Environment's environmental activity evaluation program "Eco Action 21."},{

Received the 'Food Industry CO2 Reduction Grand Prize Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award'.

Chiba Factory will be converted from rapeseed oil extraction to rice extraction.

Obtained approval for the HACCP system for edible processed fats and oils.

In 2020, we joined the Showa Sangyo Group, which boasts the largest grain handling volume in Japan as a food manufacturer, and started a new journey. Boso Oil & Fat currently collaborates with six related companies to establish an integrated system from rice bran collection to extraction, refining, and commercialization.

Became a subsidiary of Showa Sangyo Co., Ltd.

Reduced capital to 100 million yen.