CORONA CORPORATION celebrated our 80th year in business in 2017.
In commemoration of the company's 80th year since its establishment, we produced a video introducing our history, events and business activity.
Please have a look at our video here.
| Apr. 1937 | Tetsuei Uchida founded a factory in Sanjo, Niigata Pref. to manufacture kerosene cooking stove. |
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| Jul. 1950 | Established Uchida Manufacturing Co., Ltd. |
| Sep. 1955 | Started production of the first pressure type kerosene heater in Japan. |
| Aug. 1958 | Built a factory in Nagaoka and started production of shaping machine. |
| Oct. 1958 | The Sanjo factory for pressure type wick up-down kerosene cooking stove production was approved by JIS (Japan Industrial Standard). |
| Sep. 1959 | Built a factory in Kashiwazaki and started production of shaping machine. |
| Nov. 1959 | The Sanjo factory for pressure type kerosene heater production was approved by JIS. |
| Nov. 1974 | The founder Tetsuei Uchida was awarded the third class order of the sacred treasure for his contributions to an improvement of people's life in Japan. |
| Feb. 1979 | Entered into air conditioner market. |
| Aug. 1979 | Started distribution of fan heater. |
| Jun. 1981 | Started distribution of kerosene water heater with bath furnace. |
| Jul. 1984 | Heater with floor heating function was launched. |
| Aug. 1987 | Invented hand clean tank applied to portable kerosene heater. |
| Dec. 1990 | Established Arai Corona Co. in Arai city, Niigata, to expand air conditioner production. |
| Mar. 1991 | Built R & D Center in head office. |
| Apr. 1992 | Merged Uchida Manufacturing Co., Corona Sales Co., and Corona Distribution Co. into Corona Corporation. |
| Jan. 1996 | Built R & D Center in Kashiwazaki. |
| Nov. 1996 | Listed on Niigata Stock Exchange. |
| Sep. 1997 | Started distribution of detachable warm water fan heater. |
| Oct. 1997 | Launched air conditioner generates negative ions for healthy environment. |
| Mar. 1998 | Started distribution of automatic fuel supply system for apartment houses. |
| Jan. 1999 | Sanjo factory obtained ISO 9001 certification. |
| Mar. 2000 | Listed on the second market of Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| Apr. 2001 | Started production of Eco Cute. |
| Jul. 2003 | Built New Energy Research Center. |
| Nov. 2005 | Head office, Sanjo, Kashiwazaki and Nagaoka factories obtained ISO 14001. |
| Mar. 2006 | Listed on the first market of Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| Apr. 2007 | Celebrated 70th year in business. |
| Sep. 2008 | Launched far-infrared electric heater, "Core Heat". |
| Aug. 2008 | Started selling nano-mist sauna, "Nano Rich". |
| Feb. 2009 | Started selling heat-pump type warm water and warm air room heating system, "Eco Dan". |
| Jan. 2010 | Added new manufacturing building to Nagaoka factory. |
| Oct. 2010 | Production Division was awarded the Deming Application Prize. |
| Oct. 2011 | Started selling nano-mist generator for health and beauty care, "nanorefre". |
| Jun. 2012 | Started selling geothermal heat pump air conditioning system, "GeoSIS Air Conditioner". |
| Nov. 2012 | Started selling multifunctional humidification device, "nanofeel". |
| Sep. 2013 | Started selling nano-mist generator for health and beauty care, "refrepro". |
| Sep. 2014 | Started selling geothermal and air heat hybrid hot-water heating system, "GeoSIS HYBRID". |
| Oct. 2016 | Launched wall type far-infrared heater, "Wall Heat". |
| Apr. 2017 | Celebrated 80th year in business. |
| Sep. 2019 | Started selling natural circulation type electric heater, "NOILHEAT". |
