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Overview

Capital 15.6 billion yen (as of March 31, 2008)
Total number of employees
of Noritake Group
5,280 (as of March 31, 2008)
Established January 1, 1904
Representative Hitoshi Tanemura, President

Business Office

Noritake Co., Limited

< Head Quarters >

1-36, Noritake-Shinmachi, 3-chome, Nishi-ku, Nagoya 451-8501 Japan
Phone: +81-52-561-7112 Fax: +81-52-561-9721

E-mail: koho@n.noritake.co.jp


Noritake Group’s "Code of Ethics"

Noritake Group’s "Code of Ethics" expresses the standards of conduct and awareness regarding corporate activity that, as a good corporate citizen in modern society, the company must maintain at all times. It provides the guiding principles in corporate conduct for all executives and employees of the Noritake Group companies.
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Company

1876 Ichizaemon Morimura established Morimura-kumi in Tokyo, and Toyo Morimura and others established the Hinode Shokai (Morimura Brothers) in New York.
1904Established Nippon Toki Gomei Kaisha
1907Began production of grinding wheels for in-house use
1914 Succeeded in production of the first dinner set in Japan
1917 Sanitary ware division spun off to become TOTO Ltd.
Established Nippon Toki Co., Ltd.
1919 Electric insulator division spun off to become NGK Insulators, Ltd.
1932Began production of first bone china in Japan
1939Began full-scale production of industrial grinding wheels
1943Tableware production stopped on account of World War II, changed to full production of grinding wheels (only bone china production continued to preserve technique)
1945Production of tableware resumed
1947Established Noritake Co., Inc. in the United States
1956Began production of cutlery
1958Established Noritake (Australia) Pty. Limited in Australia
1960Began production of resinoid grinding wheels at the Kamori plant
1961Began production of crystal glassware
Began production of melamine ware
1962Began production of grinding machines
1963Began production of belt and fabric abrasives
1968Established Noritake Canada Limited in Canada
1969Began production of grinding wheels
Began production of electronic products
1970Established Noritake (U.K.) Limited in the United Kingdom
1971Began production of filtration equipment
1972Established Noritake Lanka Porcelain (Pvt.) Ltd. in Sri Lanka
Began production of ceramic pipes
1973Began production of diamond tools
1974Established Noritake (Guam) , Inc.
Established Noritake Porcelana Mfg. Inc. in the Philippines
1979Began production of materials and equipment for the ceramics industry
1981Changed the Company name to Noritake Co., Limited
1987Established Noritake Europe GmbH in Germany
1988Established Noritake Taipei Co., Ltd. in Taiwan
1989Began production of fine ceramic industrial products
1991Established Noritake Hong Kong Limited
1992Established Noritake Singapore Pte. Ltd.
1993Opened the Noritake Gallery
1995Established Pt. Noritake Indonesia
1996Established Noritake (Siam) Co., Ltd. in Thailand
1997Established Itron (U.K.) Limited in the United Kingdom
1998Established Noritake Dental Supply Co., Ltd.
1999Established Noritake Service Agency Co., Ltd.
2000Newly established Environmental Engineering Division
2001Opened the Noritake Garden
2002Established the group company logo,and mission statement
2004Established Noritake Shanghai Trading Co., Ltd.

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