Nipro

History

Year	Detail
1947	NIPRO was founded as a light bulb recycling business.
1950	Biwako Denkyu Seisakujo LLC was established in Otsu, Japan.
1954	Nihon Glass Shoji Co. Ltd. was established in Shimogyo-Ku, Kyoto, Japan.
1960	Started production of glass bottles and small light bulbs.
1963	Automatic machines for processing inner flasks of vacuum flasks were developed.
1965	The company began selling infusion kits for pharmaceutical companies.
1969	Tomisawa Manufacturing Co. Ltd. was acquired and production of medical devices started.
1972	Acquired Nihon Plastic Specialties Co. Ltd. to handle domestic sales of medical devices.
1972	Corporate name changed to NIPRO Co. Ltd.
1974	Nipro Medical Industries Co. Ltd. began manufacturing disposable syringes and coil dialyzers.
1977	The company changed its corporate name to Nissho Corp.
1983	The company started manufacturing medical rubber stoppers.
1986	The company began supplying arteriovenous fistula (AVF) needles.
1988	Acquired Hishiyama Pharmaceutical Corp.
1991	Nissho Nipro Europe N.V. was established in Belgium.
1994	Nipro (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. was established in China.
1996	Nipro Medical Corp. was established in the U.S.
2001	The company changed its corporate name to NIPRO CORP.
2005	Acquired Tohoku Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.
2008	The company developed partnerships with ReproCELL Inc. and Cell Science & Technology Institute Inc.
2012	The company acquired JMI Pharma Ltd.
2016	Opened the Research and Development Center for Regenerative Medicine.
2019	Nipro (China) Holdings Co. Ltd. was established.
2021	Acquired Piramida d.o.o.