Company History
| 1946 | Heiwa bussan CO., Ltd. was established as a subsidiary of Kishimoto Shoten in Marunouchi, Tokyo. Domestics sale of steels and import and export of raw materials for steelmaking, petroleum products, non-ferrous metals, minerals and agricultural to Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Korea, Europe, and various parts of the U.S. were operated. |
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| 1954 | Import and sale of medical devices made in the U.S. was started through Kishimoto Shoten. Heart-lung machine・Electrocardiograph・Biological polygraphic monitors・External pacemakers・Defibrillators・Blood pressure transducers・Prosthetic heart valves・X-rays equipments. |
| 1964 | With the merger with Kishimoto Shoten and Okura Shoji, Heiwa Bussan completely renewed its business and restarted import and sales of medical devices and domestic sales of nonferrous metals. Osaka branch office was established and business was started. |
| 1967 | Sale of Implantable pacemaker made in the U.S. was started. |
| 1968 | Large scale hyperbaric oxygen therapy chamber was first introduced into Japan. |
| 1970 | Osaka sales office was promoted to Osaka branch office. |
| 1981 | Fukuoka sales office was opened. |
| 1987 | Sapporo sales office was opened. |
| 1989 | The domestic sale of the Toyobo Ventricular Assist Device (Developed by the National Cardiovascular Center) was started. Tokyo distribution center was opened. |
| 1991 | Osaka distribution center was opened. A medical devices business was inherited from Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd. |
| 1993 | Import and sales of Ablation System was started by the first import approval in Japan. Sendai sales office was opened. |
| 1994 | Nagoya sales office was opened. |
| 2006 | The manufacturing approvals for Cardiopulmonary bypass circuit were transferred from Mitsuya Medical and we have become the Marketing Authorization Holder for it. |
| 2013 | Omiya sales office was opened. |
| Sale of Implantable Ventricular Assist Device (HeartMate2) was started. | |
| 2014 | 50th anniversary of starting sale of medical devices |
