History
| June 1966 | Business founded. The Company is founded as the Ariake Tokushu Suisan Hanbai .Co., Ltd., with a capital of JY500,000. |
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| August 1978 | Livestock extract production plant is established at Kosaza-cho in Kita-Matsuura-gun, Nagasaki. |
| February 1985 | Local subsidiary, ARIAKE U.S.A., Inc., is established as an overseas base in the State of California, within the United States of America. |
| April 1990 | The Company acquires and merges with Ariake Shokuhin Kako Co., Ltd., before changing the trade name to Ariake Japan Co., Ltd. |
| October 1991 | Company stocks are registered as over the counter shares for trading with the Japan Securities Dealers Association. |
| December 1994 | Local subsidiary, Qingdao Ariake Foodstuff Co., Ltd., is established as an overseas base in Jiaonan, City of Qingdao, within the People fs Republic of China. |
| September 1995 | The Company is listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| June 1998 | Headquarters is relocated to 3-2-17 Ebisu-Minami, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, where the new head office building has been completed. Second Kyushu Plant is established at Kosaza-cho in Kita-Matsuura-gun, Nagasaki with a total construction cost of JY7.5 billion. |
| November 2000 | Central Research Laboratory R&D Center is established at Kosaza-cho in Kita-Matsuura-gun, Nagasaki. |
| June 2001 | Company fs quality management system is certified as compliant with the international standard for quality management, ISO 9001. |
| March 2002 | The Company is listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| May 2002 | Company fs manufacturing system is certified as compliant with the HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point). |
| September 2002 | Rated A-" (Single A Minus) by the Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCR). |
| March 2003 | Local subsidiary, F.P. Natural Ingredients SAS, is established in France. |
| January 2004 | Local subsidiary, F.P.N.I. Belgium NV, is established in Belgium. |
| February 2005 | Company fs environment management system is certified as compliant with the international standard, ISO 14001, for environmental management. |
| August 2005 | ARIAKEFARM Co., Ltd. established in Sasebo, Nagasaki. |
| June 2006 | Acquired Taiwan Tosachi Foodstuff Co., Ltd., and changed the trade name to Taiwan Ariake Foods Co., Ltd. |
| September 2006 | Dear.SOUP Co., Ltd. is established. |
| April 2007 | Completed expansion of Kyushu Second Plant. |
| June 2008 | The plant of F. P. N. I. BELGIUM NV is Constructed in Maasmechelen, Belgium. The plant of F. P. Natural Ingredients SAS is Constructed in Alençon,France. |
| April 2012 | Changed the company name to Ariake Europe NV from F. P. N. I. BELGIUM NV |
| November 2013 | ARIAKE JAPAN's subsidiary acquires 100 percent stake in Henningsen Nederland B.V. |
| March 2016 | Local subsidiary, PT. Ariake Europe Indonesia is established in Indonesia. |
| March 2019 | All the shares of local subsidiary, ARIAKE U.S.A., Inc is transferred to Kerry Holding Co. |
