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Overview
| Capital | 15.6 billion yen (as of March 31, 2008) |
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| 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. |
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| 1904 | Established Nippon Toki Gomei Kaisha |
| 1907 | Began 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. |
| 1932 | Began production of first bone china in Japan |
| 1939 | Began full-scale production of industrial grinding wheels |
| 1943 | Tableware production stopped on account of World War II, changed to full production of grinding wheels (only bone china production continued to preserve technique) |
| 1945 | Production of tableware resumed |
| 1947 | Established Noritake Co., Inc. in the United States |
| 1956 | Began production of cutlery |
| 1958 | Established Noritake (Australia) Pty. Limited in Australia |
| 1960 | Began production of resinoid grinding wheels at the Kamori plant |
| 1961 | Began production of crystal glassware Began production of melamine ware |
| 1962 | Began production of grinding machines |
| 1963 | Began production of belt and fabric abrasives |
| 1968 | Established Noritake Canada Limited in Canada |
| 1969 | Began production of grinding wheels Began production of electronic products |
| 1970 | Established Noritake (U.K.) Limited in the United Kingdom |
| 1971 | Began production of filtration equipment |
| 1972 | Established Noritake Lanka Porcelain (Pvt.) Ltd. in Sri Lanka Began production of ceramic pipes |
| 1973 | Began production of diamond tools |
| 1974 | Established Noritake (Guam) , Inc. Established Noritake Porcelana Mfg. Inc. in the Philippines |
| 1979 | Began production of materials and equipment for the ceramics industry |
| 1981 | Changed the Company name to Noritake Co., Limited |
| 1987 | Established Noritake Europe GmbH in Germany |
| 1988 | Established Noritake Taipei Co., Ltd. in Taiwan |
| 1989 | Began production of fine ceramic industrial products |
| 1991 | Established Noritake Hong Kong Limited |
| 1992 | Established Noritake Singapore Pte. Ltd. |
| 1993 | Opened the Noritake Gallery |
| 1995 | Established Pt. Noritake Indonesia |
| 1996 | Established Noritake (Siam) Co., Ltd. in Thailand |
| 1997 | Established Itron (U.K.) Limited in the United Kingdom |
| 1998 | Established Noritake Dental Supply Co., Ltd. |
| 1999 | Established Noritake Service Agency Co., Ltd. |
| 2000 | Newly established Environmental Engineering Division |
| 2001 | Opened the Noritake Garden |
| 2002 | Established the group company logo,and mission statement |
| 2004 | Established Noritake Shanghai Trading Co., Ltd. |
