Company History 2001～Current
Commendation ceremony of the first Shibusawa Eiichi Prize
Presentation of a certificate as a registered food inspection agency
Office of Hiyoshi India
Radioactivity test with a germanium semiconductor detector
| 2001 | Registered as a poisonous and deleterious substance manufacturer.Qualified by the Ministry of the Environment to receive orders for environmental measurement surveys of dioxins. |
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| 2002 | Registered as a clinical laboratory.Entrusted by the Central Water Supply Management Office of Shiga Prefecture, with the maintenance and management of the Mabuchi Purification Plant.Awarded the first Shibusawa Eiichi Prize.
Concluded an exclusive agency agreement with XDS. Accredited as a specified measurement laboratory under MLAP. |
| 2003 | Licensed and registered as a measurement (specified concentration) certification business operator. Registered by the Ministry of the Environment as a designated soil contamination investigation agency. Obtained ISO 9001 certification. Received technical assessment by the “Technical Study Committee for the Application of Simplified Analyzing Methods to Measure the State of Soil and Sediment Contamination by Dioxins” of the Ministry of the Environment. Registered as a designated investigation institution under the Ordinance relating to the Protection of the Living Environment of Osaka Prefecture. |
| 2004 | Registered by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as a water quality inspection laboratory.Listed by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism as an analyzing institution for sick house syndrome.Licensed as a general pharmaceuticals dealer.
Registered as an inspection agency (physical and chemical tests) under the Food Sanitation Law. Registered as an asbestos analyzing laboratory (introduced X-ray diffraction apparatus). |
| 2005 | Registered as an assay agency for ensuring the safety of feed and improving the quality.Registered as a laboratory to analyze elements in hot springs.CALUX® Assay was designated by the Ministry of the Environment as an official method.
Registered as a measurement (mass) certification business operator. |
| 2006 | Qualified by the Ministry of the Environment to receive orders for environmental measurement (bioassay) surveys on dioxins. |
| 2007 | Licensed as a special construction contractor.Assigned the World Bank project.Created Hiyoshi Environmental Award (Hiyoshi Award). |
| 2009 | Registered as a specified worker dispatching organization.Acquired a license for pharmaceutical sales business (retail). |
| 2010 | CALUX® Assay was approved as a carbon offset product.Licensed as a designated water-supply installation contractor (Ryuo-cho and Omihachiman)
Licensed as a designated sewerage drain installation contractor (Ryuo-cho and Omihachiman). Registered as a private water-supply management and inspection agency. |
| 2011 | Supported reconstruction of earthquake-affected areas. Hiyoshi India received the certificate of incorporation in Chennai, India. Selected as a radioactivity inspection agency in scheme with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for inspecting for radioactive substances on exported food in fiscal 2011. |
| 2012 | Obtained ISO 17025 certification. Awarded second place in Shiga CSR management award. |
| 2013 | Awarded the next-generation development certification mark (nicknamed “Kurumin”) Selected for METI “Excellent SMEs and Micro Enterprises Selection 300” |
| 2014 | Selected for SME enterprise Agency’s “20 companies you want to visit in Shiga” Established a testing laboratory in Chennai, India Obtained ISO 17025 for testing residue pesticide Selected for JICA grassroots project |
| 2015 | Selected for Ministry of the Environment’s Project for Improving the Water Environment in Asia Certified as a two-star company based on the high achievement of female employees Established “Hiyoshi Academy” as vocational training school |
| 2016 | Sponsored for the renovation of Lake Biwa Museum |
| 2017 | Awarded METI “The New Diversity Management Selection 100 Project” |
| 2018 | Selected for METI “Vibrant HABATAKU Small and Medium Enterprises 300” Selected for METI “The Driving Company for the regional future” |
| 2019 | Concluded partnership agreement with Shiga University |