Switch to a "Four Pillar" Operation

In July 1991, the domestic wholesale & Marketing Division was set up. It was dicided that all sales activities would be conducted by sales branches and that each department under the division would be in charge of product management. After that, we established the Research & Development Division, Production & Quality Contorl Division and General Administration Division to launch the "for–division" system. Finally, a national sales network was established with nine operational centers.

Transfer of the HQ, accelerating Overseas Development and the death of President Kaneko

With accelerating internationalization, a new heaquarters (the present HQ) was completed in January 1995, and the company transferred from the old, deteriorated HQ.

Attention turned overseas, and from the late 1990s new local seed sales and production companies were established in areas across the world.