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| 1941 |
| September |
Kunio Kaneda founds the Imperial Rubber Company. Begins manufacturing of rubber glue for bicycles and footwear. |
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| 1946 |
| September |
Kaneda Metallic Industrial is established. Begins manufacturing of toothpaste. |
| November | Tomoe Industrial is established. Begins manufacturing of gear cranks for bicycles. |
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| 1948 |
| March | Sun Tube Factory is established. Begins manufacturing of metallic containers. |
| May | Kaneda Metallic Industrial and Shionogi & Co., Ltd. form partner-ship on sales of medicated toothpaste. Far East Chemical is established. Begins manufacturing of vinyl leather. |
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| 1950 |
| November | Kaneda Metallic Industrial, Seikosha, Far East Chemical and the Imperial Rubber Company merge to form Sunstar Inc. |
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| 1951 |
| March | Tomoe Industrial receives MITI Award for producing Japan's highest-quality gear cranks. |
| October | Taiyo Tube Factory changes trade name to Taiyo Tube Indastrial. |
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| 1952 |
| April | Sunstar changes trade name to Sunstar Toothpaste Inc. |
| July | Sunstar Toothbrush is established. |
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| 1953 |
| September | Sunstar Toothpaste takes over Tomoe Industrial and Sun Tube Industrial. |
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| 1955 |
| June | Sunstar Toothpaste organizes retail stores throughout the country, forms the Sunstar Association. |
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| 1956 |
| June | Sunstar assembles 100,000 sales outlets throughout Japan, forms the Penguin Conference. |
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| 1958 |
| August | Sunstar Toothpaste completes main headquarters' factory and research facilities in Takatsuki, Osaka. Establishes unified organization for headquarters, research, and production in the next year. |
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| 1959 |
| October | Far East Chemical changes trade name to Sunstar Chemical Industrial. |
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| 1961 |
| October | Sunstar Toothpaste is listed on the second section of the Osaka Stock Exchange. |
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| 1965 |
| January | Tomoe Industrial changes trade name to Sunstar Metal. |
| April | Sunstar Toothpaste is listed on the first section of the Osaka Stock Exchange. |
| December | Taiyo Tube changes trade name to Sunstar Packaging. |
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| 1967 |
| January | Sunstar Chemical Industrial establishes a joint venture of Sunstar Essex Chemical with American Essex Specilalities Inc. |
| February | Sunstar Toothpaste merges with American Alberto Culver Company. Alberto Sunstar is established. Enters hair-care field with VO5 hair spray. |
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| 1969 |
| September | Sunstar Toothbrush dissolves sales partner-ship with Shionogi and unifies production and sales. |
| November | Sunstar Metal is established as the result of a merger among Sunstar Metal Industrial, Sunstar Packaging, Sunstar Trading and Sunstar Machinery. |
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| 1970 |
| February | Sunstar Chemical Industrial domesticizes production of adhesives for windshields and completes processing technology that follows American safety standards. |
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| 1971 |
| October | Establishes Sareine and enters cosmetics field through door-to-door sales. |
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| 1972 |
| December | Sunstar Chemical Industrial forms technological alliance with American Uniroyal. |
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| 1973 |
| August | Sunstar Toothbrush merges with Sunstar Toothpaste. |
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| 1976 |
| December | Sunstar Toothpaste forms technical tie-up with the American Can Company to manufacture tube containers. |
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| 1977 |
| July | Sunstar Dental Health Promotion Organization is established, which opens a dental clinic in Senri, Osaka in September. |
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| 1978 |
| April | Sunstar Chemical Industrial forms an alliance with Caourep in France and introduces PVC based underbody coating technology. |
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| 1979 |
| April | Sunstar Metal changes trade name to Sunstar Metal Industrial. |
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| 1980 |
| February | Sunstar Chemical Industrial forms technological alliance with French Wash-Perle International. |
| September | Sunstar Toothpaste forms alliance with British Beecham Group and introduces striped toothpaste technology. |
| December | Sunstar Toothpaste changes trade name to Sunstar.
Sunstar Chemical Industrial changes trade name to Sunstar Chemical. |
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| 1981 |
| March | Sunstar Metal completes Kusatsu Factory in Shiga Prefecture. |
| June | Sunstar Engineering USA is established. |
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| 1982 |
| March | Sunstar Chemical and Sunstar Metal Industrial merge to form Sunstar Engineering. |
| May | Sunstar Group Development is established. |
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| 1983 |
| December | Sunstar forms an alliance with Howmedica Inc. in the U.S. to enter dental technology field. |
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| 1984 |
| August | Sunstar Group Development changes trade name to Sunstar Development. |
| December | Sunstar Engineering's Yamanashi Factory is completed. |
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| 1985 |
| May | Health Plaza is opened. |
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| 1986 |
| January | Sunstar Logistics is formed to enter the logistics business. |
| November | The Sunstar Portside Symposium, an international symposium on periodontal diseases, is held in Kobe. |
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| 1987 |
| February | Sunstar's Tokushima Factory is completed. Toothbrush production is moved. Sunnex is established in the U.S. |
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| 1988 |
| August | Sunstar purchases John O. BUTLER Company in the U.S., sets up base for entry into world oral-care market. |
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| 1989 |
| March | Sunstar signs a license agreement with Alberto Culver Company in the U.S. Sunstar Engineering (Thailand) is established. |
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| 1990 |
| January | Sunstar completes production facilities for Periocline, the world's first drug delivery system for periodontal therapy within the company headquarters' factory. Product goes on sale through dental prescription in August. |
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| 1992 |
| January | Sunstar Engineering's second Yamanashi factory is completed. |
| May | Sunstar Logitic Singapore is established. |
| October | Sunstar Development and Sunstar Logistics merge, starting operations as a new Sunstar Development. |
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| 1993 |
| November | Sunstar Chemical (Thailand) is established. |
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| 1995 |
| July | Sunstar Group Engineering is established. |
| August | Sunstar's Tokushima cosmetic factory is completed. |
| October | Sunstar Engineering (Indonesia) is established. |
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| 1996 |
| April | SGS is established. |
| May | The Sunstar Professorship fund is established at the University of North Carolina in the U.S. |
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| 1997 |
| July | BUTLER Pharma Pac (John O. BUTLER Company Group) changes trade name to Sunstar Pharmaceutical Inc. |
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| 1998 |
| January | SGS changes trade name to Sunstar Group Consulting. |
| April | Sunstar Development changes trade name to Sunstar Marketing.
Sunstar Engineering's Yamanashi factories receive ISO9002 Certification. |
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| 1999 |
| September | Sunstar's Tokushima factory toothbrush manufacturing process receives ISO9001 Certification. Sunnex receives ISO9001 and QS9000 certification. |
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| 2000 |
| April | John O. BUTLER Company, Sunstar's US subsidiary, acquires two French distributors, Medicadent S.A.S. and Pharmadent S.A.S.
Sunstar Engineering's Yamanashi factories receive ISO 9001 Certification. |
| September | Sunstar sponsors the 86th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Periodontology in conjunction with the Japanese Society of Periodontology. |
| October | Sunstar Pharmaceutical Inc. receive ISO 9001 Certification. |
| November | Sunstar Engineering signs a license agreement with Ace Hardware Corporation, a US company. |
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| 2001 |
| March | Sunstar's Oral Care Business Unit receives ISO 9001 Certification for its toothpaste and toothbrush operations at Headquarters (Business Administration, Sales and Marketing), Takatsuki factories, Tokushima factories, Osaka Branch, and Hamuro Research Laboratories. |
| April | Sunstar's Tokushima factories receive ISO 14001 Certification.
Sunstar Headquarters' factories in Takatsuki receive ISO 14001 Certification.
Ace Japan Inc. is established. |
| May | Sunstar Engineering's Shiga factories receive ISO 14001 Certification.
Sunstar Engineering's Yamanashi factories receive ISO 14001 Certification. |
| October | Sunstar Group's Sales Departments moved to newly opened Aketa Office. |
| November | Ace Japan Inc. opened its first Ace Home Place store. |
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| 2002 |
| March | The Chinese joint venture agreement between Sunstar and Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical Company is terminated at its expiration. |
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