History｜OTA OIL

1902 (Meiji 35): Founded as 盛産社 (Seisan-sha) in Okazaki City, Aichi
1937 (Showa 12): Company name changed to 太田製油所 (Ota Seiyu-jyo)
Oil expression began
1947 (Showa 22): Inauguration of 太田油脂工業株式会社 (Ota Yushi Kougyou)
1949 (Showa 24): Delivery of lamp oil for Japanese Imperial Household Agency
1962 (Showa 37): Become affiliated company of Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
Dedication of lamp oil for Ise Jingu
1969 (Showa 44): Company name changed to 太田油脂株式会社 (OTA OIL Co., Ltd.)
1977 (Showa 52): Meinan Factory construction complete.
1979 (Showa 54): Fertiliser Factory construction complete
1984 (Showa 59): New office building for main office construction complete
1989 (Heisei 1): Starts seafood industry and OS business
2002 (Heisei 14): 100th anniversary of the founding
Established 大連太田食品有限公司 in China
2004 (Heisei 16): Established JOY Agris Co., Ltd. by spinning off Green Business from J-Oil Mills Inc.
2005 (Heisei 17): Certified with Aichi Brand
Established Ota Foods Korea Co., Ltd. (Founding name: Nagata Foods Co., Ltd.)
Ibaraki Factory construction complete
Established Tokyo Branch Office
2008 (Heisei 20): Kensuke Ota appointed as fourth CEO
2010 (Heisei 22): e-BDF Factory construction complete
2012 (Heisei 24): 110th anniversary of the founding
2013 (Heisei 25): Dedication for sixty-second Shikinen Sengu camellia lamp oil ‘Kyobojo-oil’
2014 (Heisei 26): Established Seaweed Japan Co., Ltd. by spinning off seafood industry
2014 (Heisei 26): New Packaging Factory construction complete
2014 (Heisei 27): Awarded with “Industrial Technology Award ‘Lands Award'” from Japanese Society for Lipid Nutrition
2016 (Heisei 28): Awarded with Committee Chairman’s Award of “Food Industry ‘Mottainai’ Award” hosted by Japan Organics Recycling Association
2016 (Heisei 28): Established 樺南県広森農産品加工有限公司 in Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang, China
2018 (Heisei 30): SS FOOD Co., Ltd. became subsidiary company
2019 (Reiwa 1): Meinan Factory Feed Division construction complete
2022 (Reiwa 4): Established Glocal Business Solutions Inc.
Merged subsidiary company JOY Agris Co., Ltd.
2022 (Reiwa 4): Opens company-operated childcare business ‘maruta kotsubu nursery school’
2022 (Reiwa 4): 120th anniversary of the founding
2022 (Reiwa 4): Kyoshoku Ltd. became subsidiary company
2024 (Reiwa 6): Settled 大連太田食品有限公司 in China