Company History

  • 1950s

    • 1957

      • Pigeon Honyuki Honpo (Nursing Bottle Manufacturing) Corporation established in Chigasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture

    • 1958

      • Head office relocated to Kanda-Higashimatsushita-cho, Tokyo

  • 0s

    • 1963

      • Ichikawa Plant opened in Chiba Prefecture; Osaka Office established

    • 1964

      • Fukuoka Office established

    • 1965

      • Nagoya and Sapporo offices established

    • 1966

      • Name changed to Pigeon Corporation

    • 1967

      • Hiroshima Office established

    • 1968

      • Sendai Office established

  • 0s

    • 1973

      • Branch offices reorganized as stores; head office new building in Kanda-Tomiyama-cho, Tokyo, constructed

    • 1978

      • Pigeon Singapore Pte. Ltd. established in Singapore

  • 0s

    • 1983

      • Yoichi Nakata appointed President

      • Yoichi Nakata

    • 1985

      • Adopted Corporate Identity

    • 1986

      • Omiya Sales Office renamed Omiya Store

    • 1987

      • The “Newborn Baby Commemorative Tree-Planting” Campaign launched as part of our corporate identity

    • 1988

      • Shares registered

    • 1989

      • Tsukuba Office opened in Ibaraki Prefecture (relocated from Ichikawa); Pigeon Will Corporation established

  • 0s

    • 1990

      • Thai Pigeon Co., Ltd. established as a joint venture in Thailand

    • 1991

      • Joso Research Center (now Central Research Center) established in Ibaraki Prefecture

    • 1993

      • "Pigeon Land" child-minding facility for infants launched at Joso Research Center (now Central Research Center)

    • 1994

      • Pt. Modern Pigeon Indonesia established as a joint venture in Indonesia

    • 1995

      • Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

    • 1996

      • Pigeon Industries (Thailand) Co., Ltd. established as a joint venture in Thailand
      • Hitachiota Logistics Center began operations

    • 1997

      • Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

    • 1998

      • Kanzaki Logistics Center (Hyogo Prefecture) began operations

    • 1999

      • Pigeon Kids World Corporation established

  • 0s

    • 2000

      • Seiichi Matsumura appointed President and Chief Operating Officer; Yoichi Nakata appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

      • Seiichi Matsumura

      • Pigeon Manaka Corporation established

    • 2001

      • The “Newborn Baby Commemorative Tree-Planting” Campaign conducted for the 15th time
      • Tsukuba Office acquired ISO14001 certification

    • 2002

      • PHP Hyogo Corporation joins the Pigeon Group

      • Pigeon (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. established in China
      • Operation of licensed daycare centers, Pigeon Land Joso and Pigeon Land Yukitani, started

    • 2003

      • Fukuyo Ibaraki Corporation changed its name to PHP Ibaraki Corporation

      • Pigeon Kids World Corporation changed its name to Pigeon Hearts Corporation

      • PHP Hyogo Corporation changed its name by replacing the katakana representation of “PHP” to its romanized form

    • 2004

      • Tahira Corporation joins the Pigeon Group

      • Operation of Sanno national child-minding facility (Ota-ku, Tokyo) launched
      • Lansinoh Laboratories, Inc. in the USA joins the Pigeon Group

      • Operation of 113 child-minding facilities in hospitals of the National Hospital Organization (independent administrative agency) launched

    • 2005

      • Privacy Mark certification acquired

    • 2006

      • Pigeon Manufacturing (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. established in China

      • Tahira Corporation changed its name to Pigeon Tahira Corporation
      • The “Newborn Baby Commemorative Tree-Planting” Campaign conducted for the 20th time
      • Head office relocated to Nihonbashi-Hisamatsu-cho, Tokyo, as a result of the integration of all offices

    • 2007

      • Akio Okoshi appointed President and Chief Operating Officer; Seiichi Matsumura appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer;

      • Akio Okoshi

      • Yoichi Nakata appointed Executive Advisor and Member of the Board
      • Recoup brand of anti-aging products launched

    • 2008

      • Representative office established in India

    • 2009

      • Lansinoh Laboratories, Inc. acquired sales rights for Soothies brand
      • Pigeon Industries (Changzhou) Co., Ltd. established in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

      • Pigeon India Pvt. Ltd. established in India

      • Exclusive sales rights of “Mamas & Papas” (British company) products in Japan acquired

  • 0s

    • 2010

      • Sales of UK brand “Mamas & Papas” products launched
      • Sales of Double Heart brand launched in South Korea
      • Lansinoh Laboratories, Inc. took over “mOmma” business

    • 2011

      • Pigeon Malaysia Trading Sdn. Bhd. established in Malaysia after a local sales company became our wholly-owned subsidiary

      • Lansinoh Laboratories, Inc. acquired all of Health Quest Ltd. shares

    • 2012

      • DoubleHeart Co., Ltd. established in South Korea

    • 2013

      • Shigeru Yamashita appointed President and Chief Operating Officer; Akio Okoshi appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

      • Shigeru Yamashita

    • 2014

      • Pigeon Corporation absorbed and merged with Pigeon Will Corporation
      • Lansinoh Laboratórios Do Brazil Ltda. established in Brazil

    • 2015

      • LANSINOH LABORATORIES BENELUX established in Belgium

    • 2016

      • LANSINOH LABORATORIES SHANGHAI established in China

    • 2017

      • PT PIGEON INDONESIA in Indonesia became consolidated subsidiary

    • 2019

      • Norimasa Kitazawa appointed President and Chief Executive Officer
      • Shigeru Yamashita appointed Chairman of the Board

      • Norimasa Kitazawa

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