History

1940’s

  • 1949Established Riken Vitamin Oil Co., Ltd. With the functions of the Vitamin A Department from Riken Eiyou Yakuhin Co., Ltd.

1950’s

  • 1953Relocated Tokyo Factory from Koto-ku to Itabashi-ku.
  • 1959Acquired Kenseido Co., Ltd.

1960’s

  • 1960Riken Oil Industry Co., Ltd. established a factory in Osaka (current Osaka Factory of Riken Vitamin).
  • 1961Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
  • 1963Merged with Riken Oil Industry Co., Ltd.
  • 1964Established Riken Food Co., Ltd.
  • 1968Established the Soka Factory.

1970’s

  • 1973Established the Chiba Factory.

1980’s

  • 1980Changed the corporate name to Riken Vitamin Co., Ltd.
  • 1985Established the Kyoto Factory.

1990’s

  • 1991Established Rikevita (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
    Established Sunny Packaging Co., Ltd.
  • 1993Established Tianjin rikevita Food Co., Ltd.
  • 1994Established Rikevita (Singapore) Pte Ltd.
  • 1996Acquired Eiken Shoji Co., Ltd.
  • 1999Opened an Application Center for food improving agents at the Soka Factory.

2000’s

  • 2000Opened the Presentation Center.
    Rikevita (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. opened an Application Center for food improving agents.
    Tianjin rikevita Food Co., Ltd. opened an Application Center for food improving agents.
  • 2003Established Riken Vitamin Europe GmbH.
  • 2004Established Guymon Extracts Inc.
    Established Riken Vitamin USA, Inc.
  • 2005Established Rikevita Fine Chemical & Food Industry (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
  • 2006Established Rikevita Asia Co., Ltd.
  • 2007Relocated the Application Center for food improving agents from Rikevita (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. to Rikevita (Singapore) Pte Ltd.

2010’s

  • 2011Relocated the Application Center for food improving agents from the Tianjin rikevita Food Co., Ltd. to Rikevita Fine Chemical & Food Industry (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
  • 2012Opened an Application Center for chemical improving agents at Tianjin rikevita Food Co., Ltd.
  • 2013Established Rikevita (India) Private Limited.
  • 2014Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
  • 2015Established Rikevita Turkey Food Industry Limited Company.
  • 2017Riken Food Co., Ltd. opened the Yuriage Factory.
  • 2019Relocated the Application Center for chemical improving agents as the Fine Chemical Technical Center from the Tianjin rikevita Food Co., Ltd. to Rikevita Fine Chemical & Food Industry (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Opened the Application & Innovation Center for food improving agents at the Chiba Factory.

2020’s

  • 2020Relocated Head Office from Chiyoda-ku to Shinjuku-ku.
  • 2021Riken Food Co., Ltd. opened the Rikuzentakata Base.
  • 2024Opened an Application Center for food improving agents at Riken Vitamin USA, Inc.