History

1960

1969 1969 December Heian Chlorella Jeffcy Co., Ltd. established with a capital of 3 million yen

1970

1971 1971 July Changed company name to Chlorella Sun, and first produced our original Sun Chlorella product
1976 1976 June Began crushing chlorella cell walls
1976 1976 August Began extracting CGF
1976 1976 November Began sales of our signature product Sun Chlorella A

1980

1980 1980 February Changed company name to Sun Chlorella Corporation
1981 1981 December Patented method for crushing chlorella cell walls
1982 1982 November Sun Chlorella California founded in Los Angeles, USA (now Sun Chlorella USA Corporation)
1984 1984 July Began research on eleuthero in Ashoro, Hokkaido
1986 1986 January Changed name to YSK International Corporation
1986 1986 April Began sales of Sun Eleuthero Tablets
1989 1989 November Sun Chlorella Corporation founded (as a domestic sales firm)

1990

1990 1990 December Ceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of the company’s founding (Kyoto International Conference Center)
1994 1994 July Granted U.S. patent No. 5330913, “Method of Disrupting the Chlorella Cell Wall by Cell Rupture”
1996 1996 November Sun Chlorella Building 8 (Osaka) completed
1996 1996 November Sun Chlorella Building 10 (Fukuoka) completed

2000

2001 2001 May Current corporate headquarters building completed (Kyoto, Karasuma Gojo)
2001 2001 May Began sales of Sun Chlorella Agaricus
2002 2002 September Sun Chlorella A certified as a health food in China
2003 2003 March Sun Chlorella USA 20th Anniversary ceremony
2004 2004 March Sun Chlorella USA new building completed (Los Angeles, USA)
2006 2006 March Sun Chlorella Shanghai Co., Ltd. established
2006 2006 October Sun Chlorella London branch office established

2010

2013 2013 March Sun Chlorella USA 30th anniversary
2013 2013 December Organic Sun Eleuthero Tablets go on sale in the US (USDA Certified Organic, Non-GMO, Gluten Free)　
2016 2016 March Began sales of Astarella Cream in the US
2016 2016 March Began sales of Chlorella Pure Powder in the US (Certified Non-GMO, Gluten Free)
2016 2016 April Futoshi Nakayama became President and CEO
2016 2016 November 30th Anniversary of Sun Chlorella Indonesia
2017 2017 April “Organic Sun Eleuthero” was launched in Japan (Acquired Organic JAS Certification)
2018 2018 August “Sun Chlorella A Powder” was launched in Japan (NSF Certified for Sport, Non-GMO, and Gluten-free Certified Products)
2019 2019 December 50th Anniversary of Sun Chlorella

2020

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