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KEY POINTS ABOUT KIRIN
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1885
July
Japan Brewery Co., Ltd. (the forerunner of Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd.) established. Later T.B.Glover served as an executive.
1888
May
Japan Brewery introduces German-style lager beer under the brand name Kirin Beer and concluded an exclusive distribution contract with Meidi-Ya.
1899
Nov.
Reorganizes to The Japan Brewery Co., Ltd.
1907
Feb.
Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd. established.
1918
Apr.
Kanzaki Plant completed (later renamed the Amagasaki Plant, closed in 1996).
1919
Kirin Kuro Beer (out of production in 1998) introduced.
1923
Acquires Sendai Factory (the forerunner of Kirin Brewery Sendai Factory) from Toyo Jozo Co., Ltd.
Sep.
Yokohama Yamate Plant collapsed due to the Great Kanto Earthquake
1925
Kirin Brewery changes its head office location from Yamate-cho, Yokohama-shi to Koyasu-cho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama-shi.
1926
June
New Yokohama Plant (the forerunner of Kirin Brewery Yokohama Plant) completed.
1927
Jan.
Kirin Brewery terminates the exclusive distribution agreement with Meidi-Ya and went direct to retailers with its own sales force.
1928
Kirin brewery expands a soft drink production line in Yokohama Plant.
Mar.
Kirin Lemon ? lemon-flavored carbonated drink ?introduced.
Kirin Brewery changes its head office location from Koyasu-cho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama-shi to Namamugi, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama-shi.
1932
Kirin brewery expands a chemical facility in Yokohama Plant and manufactured yeast etc.
Dec.
Kirin Stout (out of production in 2008) introduced.
1933
Showa Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd. established in Korea (business transfer in 1945).
1934
Yeongdeungpo Plant of Showa Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd. Completed.
Establishes Manchuria Beer Co., Ltd. In China through joint investment with DaiNippon Beer (business transfer in 1937).
1936
The second plant of Manchuria Beer completed.
1938
Kirin Brewery builds a plant to produce bottles in Tonda, Yamaguchi (transferred in 1992).
Hiroshima Plant completed (closed in 1998).
1941
Aug.
Haratori-Jidousya-Unyu Co., Ltd.(the forerunner of Kirin Group Logistics Co., Ltd.) established.
Oct.
Rimpo Shokai Ltd. (the forerunner of Kirin Echo Co., Ltd.) established.
1943
Kirin brewery decides to abolish the beer brand trademark, after which the labels of beer products was unified to only "Beer".
Kirin Science Institute (the forerunner of Kirin Central Research Institute) established.
1949
Acquires a stake in Kinko Shokai Co., Ltd. running beer hall.
Revived the trademark "Kirin Beer" and started selling.