History
| September 1981 | Established as a member company of the Itoham Foods Group |
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| April 1998 | Ariake Beef Plant introduced USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) HACCP system for managing processes |
| December 2002 | Certified as Beef Processing Facility (Ariake) for exporting to the US |
| December 2005 | Ariake Meat Plant acquired ISO 22000 certification, an international standard for food safety management (Kirishima Meat Plant: February 2007) The wastewater treatment facility for cattle and pigs were completely separated. We established a complete treatment system within our plant to treat SRM (including sludge) of cattle |
| April 2006 | Certified as Beef Processing Facility (Ariake) for exporting to Canada |
| May 2006 | Started to export wagyu beef “Satsuma Kuroushi” to the US (Ariake) |
| February 2007 | Started to sell a new brand, “Kagoshima Kurobuta Berkshire Pork: Kuro-no-Takumi” |
| March 2007 | Certified as Beef Processing Facility (Ariake) for exporting to Hong Kong |
| May 2007 | Started to export beef (Ariake) to Hong Kong |
| August 2007 | Started to export beef (Ariake) to Canada |
| May 2009 | Certified as Beef Processing Facility (Ariake) for exporting to Singapore Started to export beef (Ariake) to Singapore |
| October 2009 | Certified as Beef Processing Facility (Ariake) for exporting to Macau |
| November 2009 | Certified as Beef Processing Facility (Ariake) for exporting to Thailand |
| January 2010 | Started to export beef (Ariake) to Thailand |
| July 2010 | Started to export beef (Ariake) to Macau |
| April 2012 | Certified as Beef Processing Facility (Ariake) for exporting to Singapore |
| June 2012 | Started to export beef (Ariake) to Singapore |
| March 2014 | Kirishima Meat Plant Cattle Processing Plant was newly established Certified as Beef Processing Facility (Ariake) and Pork Processing Facilities (Ariake, Kirishima) for exporting to Viet Nam Certified asBeef Processing Facility (Ariake) for exporting to New Zealand |
| May 2014 | Started to export beef and pork (Ariake) to Viet Nam |
| June 2014 | Certified asBeef Processing Facility (Ariake) for exporting to EU Started to export beef (Ariake) to New Zealand |
| December 2014 | Certified asBeef Processing Facility (Ariake) for exporting to Mexico |
| January 2015 | Certified as Beef Processing Facility (Kirishima) for exporting to Viet Nam |
| December 2016 | Certified as Beef Processing Facility (Ariake) for exporting to Brazil |
| September 2017 | Certified asBeef Processing Facility (Ariake, Kirishima) for exporting to Taiwan |
| April 2018 | The First Ariake Meat Plant became Ariake Pork Plant The Second Ariake Meat Plant became Ariake Beef Plant Kirishima Meat Factory became Kirishima Meat Plant |
| June 2018 | Certified as Beef Processing Facility (Ariake) for exporting to Australia |
| June 2018 | Certified as Beef Processing Facility (Ariake) for exporting to Argentina |
| February 2019 | Certified as Beef Processing Facility (Ariake) for exporting to Russia |
| March 2019 | Certified as Beef Processing Facility (Ariake) for exporting to Uruguay |
| April 2019 | Slaughter line was newly established in Ariake pork plant |
| September 2019 | Certified as Pork Processing Facility (Ariake) for exporting to Thailand |