| 1916: |
Established as "Morita Shika Shoten" in Nakagyo
Ward, Kyoto City, by Junichi Morita. |
| 1918: |
Opened the Tokyo Office in Kyobashi
Ward, Tokyo City. |
| 1921: |
Opened the Osaka Office in Minami Ward, Osaka City.
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| 1923: |
Opened the Kokura Office in Kokura
City, Fukuoka Prefecture |
| 1927: |
Established an exclusive plant for the production of
dental equipment and commenced production.
Released "A Type Unit", the first Japanese domestically
made unit. |
| 1943: |
Completed construction of a new plant
of J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City.
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| 1958: |
Commenced the Morita Dealership System. |
| 1959: |
Concluded a technical cooperation
agreement with Ritter (USA). |
| 1960: |
Released "Air Jet", a 300,000-rpm super high-speed
handpiece. |
| 1964: |
Opened a representative office in
Los Angeles, USA. |
| 1964: |
Released "Spaceline Chair Unit," which triggered
the current widespread practice of treatment with patients in horizontal
position. |
| 1966: |
Founded the Morita Educational Foundation.
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| 1967: |
Opened a plant of J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation
in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo. |
| 1968: |
Released super high-speed handpiece
"Astron", an air bearing handpiece without ball bearings.
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| 1969: |
Merged Tokyo Plant of J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation
with Sanshoku Inc. to establish Morita Sanshoku Inc. (currently J.
Morita Tokyo Manufacturing Corp.). |
| 1970: |
Commenced innovative Morita SFD (Spaceline
Franchised Dealers) system. |
| 1974: |
Opened a representative office in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Relocated the Morita Osaka Headquarters to a newly built building
in Suita City, Osaka, which is named "Dental Plaza." |
| 1977: |
Released "Veraview," a
DC panoramic X-ray unit developed as a result of joint technological
development with Soredex (Finland). |
| 1979: |
Established JME (J. Morita Europe GMBH) in Frankfurt,
Germany. |
| 1980: |
Established EAD (East Asian Dental
Corporation Ltd.) in Bangkok, Thailand. |
| 1985: |
Commenced the MMD (Morita Merchandise Dealers) system
for Morita's dental instruments and materials. |
| 1993: |
Released "Spaceline Feel 21,"
a dental treatment system developed in anticipation of the 21st century. |
| 1994: |
Completed construction of J. Morita Tokyo Mfg. Corp.
headquarters building. |
| 1995: |
J. Morita Mfg. Corp. and J. Morita
Tokyo Mfg. Corp. became the first Japanese companies to obtain ISO
9001 (international standards for quality systems) certification for
entire product lines. |
| 1996: |
Celebrated Morita's 80th anniversary at the Kyoto International
Conference Hall. |
| 1997: |
Released "Veraview Epocs",
a panoramic X-ray unit with selectable functions including dental
panoramic radiography and cross-section tomography. |
| 1998: |
Released "In-clinic LAN System" for the total
management of patient treatment records, including digital X-ray images
and intra-oral camera images, using personal computers. |
| 1999: |
Released "New Patient Oriented
System A&C", a dental examination and treatment system for
efficient and comfortable treatment and care, ensuring amenity to
patients.
J. Morita Mfg. Corp. and J. Morita Tokyo Mfg. Corp. obtained ISO 14001
certification for their environment management systems. |
| 2000: |
Published a general catalogue "digital DO"
(CD-ROM) and "handy DO". |
| 2001: |
Celebrated our 85th anniversary.
Introduced a new V.I.S. (Visual Identity System).
Released "3DX Multi-Image Micro CT". |
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