1965-2010
Beyond Year 40 Showa :High Economic Growth to Present Day
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After 1965 the period in which the Japanese economy rushed to build a foundation centered on the Electrical, Communications, Petro-Chemical and Electronics industries. During the same period in the field of Precious Metals, the company built with firm resolve the foundation that is the Tanaka Kikinzoku Group of today. This period of high economic growth brought increased income, wide spread availability of consumer goods, raised the standard of living and has become the model of today's wealthy Japan. The Second Gold Boom of 1981 brought many individual investors and a flourishing business to our company's retail shops.
| Date | Corporate History |
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| 1965 | Electroplating Engineers of Japan (EEJA)established, mergered with Sel-Rex, USA. |
| 1970 | Established Tanaka Kikinzoku Hanbai K.K. |
| 1973 | Published retail gold price along with a liberalization of importation of gold. |
| 1974 | Established Heesung Metal Ltd, merger with Lucky Gold Star Group, Korea. |
| 1978 | Accredited as Good Delivery Refiners at London Gold Market |
| 1980 | Launched Gold Accumulation Plan. Accredited as Good Delivery producers at London/Zurich Market. |
| 1981 | 2nd Gold Boom. |
| 1985 | Published a book of Science of Precious Metals in commemoration of 100 years anniversary of founding. |
| 1986 | Established Taiwan Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo Co., Ltd. |
| 1990 | The company name changed from Yamazaki K.K. to Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry. |
| 1991 | Established Tanaka Kikinzoku International K.K. Nippon PGM Co., Ltd. Established as a joint venture company by Dowa Holdings, Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo and Kosaka Smelting. |
| 2003 | Accredited LBMA Good Delivery Referee. |
| 2006 | Headquarters moved to Tokyo Building, Marunouchi from Kayabacho, Nihonbashi. Established Tanaka Kikinzoku (Suzhou)Co.,Ltd. in China. |
| 2007 | Headquarters moved to Tokyo Building, Marunouchi from Kayabacho,Nihonbashi. |
| 2008 | TC Catalyst, Inc. established (A joint-venture company with Catalytic Solutions, Inc. of the USA) |
| 2009 | Accredited LPPM (The London Platinum & Palladium Market) |
| 2010 | Tanaka Kikinzoku Group has been moved into a new system centered on Tanaka Holdings Co., Ltd, which operates as a pure holding company for the Group. |
