Received the Long-established Business Award from Kyoto prefecture in recognition of more than 100 years of maintaining our ideals and our tradition technology and business methods, and in this was serving as a model for other enterprises.

Celebrating 100th anniversary of foundation.

Opened Tottori Factory in Kurayoshi city in Tottori prefecture. The factory has a solar panel array to utilize natural energy, and has a drain water circulation system so that no water except for rain water is released from the plant. The factory is designed to be eco-friendly, which is the same as being human friendly.

Establishment of MORITA DENTAL ASIA PTE. LTD.

Opened Morita West Japan Distribution Center (MWDiC) in Kuse-gun, Kyoto.

Opened new show room Dental Plaza Tokyo in Ariake, Tokyo.

"MORITA MEDICAL ENGINEERING SINGAPORE PTE. LTD." established in Science Park, Singapore

Completed construction of show room on the ground floor of the Dental Plaza.

Introduced new company logo as a new Visual Identity System (V.I.S.) to the three group companies.

Opened Representative office in Nanjing, China.

Launched Morita official web site called "Dental Plaza".

Established a wholly owned subsidiary, MORITA MEDICAL ENGINEERING MFG. (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD., in Shanghai, China.  Opened for business in January of the following year.

Completed construction of Osaka Headquarters 2nd building.

Merged Morita Tokyo and Morita Osaka.

Established SIAMDENT CO., LTD. in Thailand.

Managing Director and President, Mr. Toshio Hasegawa receives the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays from the Japanese government.

Established J. MORITA EUROPE GMBH (JME) in Frankfurt, Germany.
Established East Asian Dental Corporation Ltd. (EAD) in Bangkok, Thailand.

Relocated the Morita Osaka Headquarters to a newly built building in Suita City, Osaka, which is named "Dental Plaza".

Opened J. MORITA USA, INC. (JMA) in Los Angeles, USA.

Managing Director and President, Mr. Toshio Hasegawa, receives the Blue Ribbon Medal from the Japanese government.

Opened a representative office in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Changed official designation of Morita from Chinese kanji to katakana.

The Kumiyama factory is established in southern Kyoto.

J. MORITA MFG CORP receives the domestic Medium and Small Enterprise Research Center Prize, placing first in the nation.

Commenced innovative Morita Spaceline Franchised Dealers (SFD) system.

Merged Tokyo Plant of J. MORITA. MFG. CORP. with Sanshoku Inc. to establish Morita Sanshoku Inc. (currently J. MORITA TOKYO MFG. CORP.).

The company held a conference in Osaka for the nation-wide press, and production and sales began in July of the same year. In October, the company opened a representative office in Los Angeles in the USA, the nation which represented the world's largest market.

Concluded a technical cooperation agreement with Ritter (USA).

Began manufacturing dental chair units by J. MORITA. MFG. CORP..

Completed construction of a new plant of J. MORITA. MFG. CORP. in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City.

Released "A Type Unit", the first Japanese domestically made unit.

Established an exclusive plant for the production of dental equipment and commenced production.

Opened the Kokura Office in Kokura City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Seven years after the foundation of the company, footholds had been established in Tokyo, Osaka and Kyushu, where the oldest dental colleges were located.

Opened the Osaka Office in Minami Ward, Osaka City.

Opened the Tokyo Office in Kyobashi Ward, Tokyo City.

Established as "Morita Shika Shoten" in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City, by Junichi Morita, in order to import and sell dental equipment and materials.