| 1832 | Mr. Sahei Kunieda openned “Nankin Store,” manufacturing cotton bedding in Higashi-ku, Nagoya. (March) |
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| 1916 | The company was renamed Kunieda Shouten. Manufacture of absorbent cotton was started. |
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| 1935 | The company was founded formally. Production and sale of absorbent cotton was started at what is now the location of the Nagoya Head Office (Kita-ku, Nagoya). (April) |
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| 1948 | Guohua Medical Materials Co., Ltd. was set up, and Yashiro Kunieda was appointed as the president. |
| 1950 | Company renamed Kunieda Medical Materials Co., Ltd. (June) |
| 1952 | Textile of gauze and bandage was started in Nishio, Aichi. |
| 1958 | Company incorporated as Kunieda Sanitary Goods Co., Ltd. (August) |
| 1961 | Kansai Kaishinsha Company Limited, a subsidiary of Kunieda Sanitary Goods Co., Ltd. was incorporated in Itami. (December) |
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| 1962 | Tokyo office established. (August) |
| 1963 | Production and sale of “SUZURAN” sanitary napkin. (January) |
| 1966 | Sapporo Office established. (June) |
| 1968 | Kansai Kaishinsha Company Limited changed to Suzuran Company Limited. (October) |
| 1970 | Automatic refinement and bleaching equipment for gauze and bandages were installed at Nishio factory. Integrated production from nonwoven fabrics to finished products was started. (June) |
| 1971 | New equipment was introduced to start production of the cotton pads “Newpuff” and “Coolpuff.” (December) |
| 1974 | Tohoku Plant and Tohoku Office were set up in Fukushima-ken. (December) |
| 1975 | Fukuoka Kyushu Office was opened. (February) |
| 1979 | Kunieda Sanitary Goods Co., Ltd. merged with subsidiary Suzuran Company Limited and took the new company name Suzuran Sanitary Goods Co., Ltd. Yashiro Kunieda became Chairman of the Board, and Eiichi Kunieda became President. (July) |
| 1982 | Introduction of continuous automatic refinement and bleaching equipment for absorbent cotton. (December) |
| 1984 | Introduction of sterilization equipment and equipment to produce cleaning cotton wipes. (April) |
| 1985 | Production and sale of gauze with x-ray
detectable thread. (September) |
| 1986 | Tokoname factory was started up (manufacturing gauzes) (July) |
| 1990 | In 1990 Suzuran Sanitary Goods Co. Ltd. Shanghai was founded. (August) |
| 1991 | Construction completed on new head office building. (April) |
| 1991 | Fukuoka Kyushu Factory Kyushu Office was set up. (June) |
| 1991 | Suzuran Medical Shanghai Inc. was opened.
(October) |
| 1992 | Suzuran Medical Suzhou Inc. was founded. (August) |
| 1997 | Suzuran Medical Suzhou Inc. was opened. (October) |
| 2000 | Suzuran Medical Shanghai Inc. acquired certification of ISO 9000. (November) |
| 2002 | Brand “LilyBell” started sale. |
| 2003 | Suzuran Medical Suzhou Inc. Suzhou acquired certification of ISO 9000. (February) |
| 2005 | Suzuran Medical Shanghai Inc. and Suzuran Medical Suzhou Inc. acquired certification of ISO 13485. (April) |
| 2007 | Factory founded in Indonesia. (July) |
| 2008 | Eiichi Kunieda became Chairman of the Board, and Yasuhiro Kunieda became President. |
| 2010 | Indonesia Jakarta factory obtained the certification of ISO 9001. |
| 2011 | Signed a capital and business tie-up with Osaki Medical. |
| 2012 | Changzhou Linglan Sanitary Materials Co., Ltd was founded and opened. |
| 2017 | Factory was founded in Vietnam and put into production. |
