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History of the company

  • History
  • 1903

    The first generation Muranaka Sotojiro established a private company selling glass products for medical use (the founder of glass products in Japan).

  • 1904

    Together they established the Muranaka Brothers Company Limited Partnership .

  • 1913

    Medical Instrument Catalog (first edition) published

  • 1915

    Started exporting Illiegate (utility model) to Southeast Asia

  • 1934

    Opened a branch office in Xinjing (now Changchun) in Manchukuo

  • 1940

    Tokyo branch office opened

  • 1942

    Osaka Scientific Instruments Trading Co., Ltd. is established.

  • 1947

    Osaka Scientific Instruments Trading Co., Ltd. changed its name to the current one.

  • 1947

    Muranaka Brothers Company Limited Partnership dissolved and all business operations were inherited.

  • 1971

    Kanazawa Sales Office opened

  • 1973

    Completed construction of medical building to commemorate 70th anniversary of founding

  • 1976

    After several capital increases, the capital amount reaches 96 million yen.

  • 1978

    Fukuoka sales office opened

  • 1982

    To commemorate the 80th anniversary of our founding, we completed construction of our Tokyo branch building.

  • 1983

    Head office building completed

  • 1988

    Muranaka General Catalog (first edition) published

  • 1993

    Sapporo sales office building completed to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the company's founding

  • 2003

    Opened a logistics center to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the company's founding

  • 2004

    Nagoya sales office opened

  • 2005

    Merger with Dainichi Medical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Opened Muranaka Funakoshi Building Office and Nara Sales Office

  • 2005

    Sendai Sales Office opened

  • 2005

    Merger with Shinko Medical Equipment Co., Ltd.
    Yonago Sales Office and Matsue Sales Office opened

  • 2007

    Hiroshima sales office opened

  • 2008

    Saitama Sales Office opened

  • 2009

    Nara sales office integrated into head office
    Matsue Sales Office is integrated into Yonago Sales Office.

  • 2009

    Acquires Minoh Semba Center Building and Minoh Semba Parking

  • 2011

    Kinki Northern Sales Office is integrated into the head office.

  • 2012

    Completion of the general center to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the company's founding
    The Minami Osaka Sales Office, Logistics Center, and Minoh Semba Center Building were integrated into the General Center.

  • 2015

    Tokyo branch completed

  • 2021

    North Osaka Sales Office opened