Corporate History - Coca-Cola West


December 1960	Nichibei Inryo Co., Ltd. established at 1-5 Nagahama-cho, Fukuoka City for manufacture and sale of soft drinks. Capitalized at 50 million yen.
July 1961	Headquarters move to 92 Tenjin-cho, Fukuoka City.
June 1962	Agreement concluded with the Coca-Cola Company and the Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., Ltd. granting the right to bottle and sell Coca-Cola and Fanta in Fukuoka, Saga, and Nagasaki Prefectures.
July 1962	Operations begin.
March 1963	Corporate name changes to Nichibei Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd.
April 1963	Headquarters move to 4127-29 Aza Ashitsugaura, Ohaza Hakozaki, Fukuoka City (now 7-9-66, Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka City)
May 1963	Fukuoka factory opens.
June 1967	Tosu factory opens.
September 1972	Amendment made to the previous agreement with the Coca-Cola Company and the Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., Ltd., and a license agreement newly concluded with the Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., Ltd.
April 1973	Moji factory opens.
July 1973	Corporate name changes to Kitakyushu Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd.
August 1974	Kiyama factory opens.
December 1984	Moji factory closes.
January 1985	Fukuoka factory closes.
January 1988	The Kiyama factory PET bottle packaging line becomes independent; Kiyama packaging factory opens
December 1991	Tosu coffee roasting factory opens.
June 1994	Listed on the Fukuoka Stock Exchange
January 1996	Kiyama packaging factory closes and the PET bottle packaging line integrates with the Kiyama factory.
November 1996	Listed on the second section of Tokyo Stock Exchange
January 1997	Tosu coffee roasting factory closes and the coffee roasting line integrates with the Tosu factory.
June 1998	Listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
February 1999	Kitakyushu Coca-Cola Sales Co., Ltd. established.
June 1999	Some business transferred to Kitakyushu Coca-Cola Sales Co., Ltd.
July 1999	· Consolidates with Sanyo Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd. and the corporate name changes to Coca-Cola West Japan Co., Ltd. · Listed on the first section of Osaka Securities Exchange and Hiroshima Stock Exchange
January 2001	Hiroshima factory closes.
April 2001	Mikasa Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd. stock acquired.
February 2002	West Japan Products Co., Ltd. (now Coca-Cola West Japan Products, Co., Ltd. established.
April 2002	· Some business transferred to Coca-Cola West Japan Products Co., Ltd. · Merges with both Sanyo Coca-Cola Sales Co., Ltd. and Kitakyushu Coca-Cola Sales Co., Ltd.
July 2002	· our subsidiaries running vending business integrated to establish Nishinihon Beverage Co., Ltd. · Two subsidiaries running distribution business integrated to establish Logicom Japan Co., Ltd.(now Coca-Cola West Logistics Co., Ltd) · Two subsidiaries running vending machine business integrated to establish Nishinihon Customer Service Co., Ltd.(now Coca-Cola West Japan Customer Service Co., Ltd)
October 2002	Amendment made to the previous agreement with the Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., Ltd., and a bottler agreement newly concluded with the Coca-Cola Company and the Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., Ltd.
January 2005	Amendment made to the previous agreements with Coca-Cola (Japan) Co.,Ltd., and a manufacturing agreement and a distributorship agreement newly concluded with The Coca-Cola Company and Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., Ltd.
July 2006	· Merged with Kinki Coca-Cola Bottling and changed the trade name to Coca-Cola West Holdings Co., Ltd. · Established (new) Coca-Cola West Japan by demerging the company · (New) CCWJ succeeded all the rights related to the sales of beverages and food products
January 2009	Coca-Cola West Japan Co., Ltd., Kinki Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd. and Mikasa Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd. merged and the trade name changed to Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.