Historical Timeline

Historical Timeline

1917 Foundation
1948 Re-incorporation as Harada Tea Processing Co.
1954 Start of business with Zen-Noh Group
A Co-op Tea launched as “Group Mark Brand”
1970 Start of business with Co-op Union
Construction of Kanaya First Factory
1971 Establishment of Tokyo Sales Office
1974 Completion of Yakushima Tea Garden
1983 Yasushi Harada becomes President
1984 Annual Sales reach 10 Billion JPY
1985 Start of funeral gift business
1986 Construction of Mukuya Factory
1988 Creation of Yabukita Blend line of products
1990 Installation of coffee roasting line
1998 Construction of new headquarters and new headquarters factory.
Establishment of Ibaraki Kyodo Service with Ibaraki Keizairen
2000 Receive international quality control system ISO 9001
2001 Acquisition of Marujo Company
2005 Foundation of Harada Tea Garden Yakushima Factory
2008 Foundation of Harada Tea Garden Company
Construction of Harada Tea Garden Kanaya Crude Tea Factory.
Harada Tea Garden Kagoshima receives Global GAP and JGAP certification, the first in the green tea industry.
Chosen as number 37 on list of admired companies based on TV commercials
2009 Harada Tea Garden (Shizuoka) receives JGAP and Global Gap certification
2010 Construction of Harada Tea Garden, Kawane Facotry and Harada Tea Processing Kanaya Second Factory
2012 Establishment of Singapore Representative Office
Receive FSSC22000 Food Safety Management System certification
2013 Soichiro Harada becomes President
Receive Halal Certification
2014 Begin operations of Harada Tea Garden Nakazato and Minami Makinohara Factories.
2015 Incorporation of Harada Tea Sales Singapore
2016 Begin operations of Harada Tea Garden Katsumata Factory
2017 Establishment of U.S. subsidiary, Harada Tea and Foods.