History
1993
May
Masahito Ishikawa started a personal import agency service of U.S. supplements
2001
May
Established Nutrition Act Co., Ltd.
May
Obtained the distribution rights of “Melon Glisodin (GLISODIN)”
June
Applied for patents for an apparatus for calculating nutrient requirement amount, an apparatus for suggesting a nutritional supplement, a blending apparatus of a nutritional supplement and a blending system of a nutritional supplement
August
Allotment to shareholders and the first third-party allotment
November
Concluded with Dielen Laboratoires (France) the exclusive distributorship agreement of Liquamen, a functional food, in Japan
December
The second third-party allotment
2002
October
Applied for patents for a combination determining device, and combination determining method and program
2003
June
Accorded by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government as a company supported by the Creative Act
June
Started with am/pm Japan Co., Ltd. sales of a private brand supplement, “anshin nijyu-maru,” for the first time at convenience stores
November
Concluded the exclusive distributorship agreement of melon glisdin (GLISODIN), a functional food material, with ISOCELL France
2004
March
Started import and sales of argan oil, a functional plant oil produced by Tariganine cooperatives in Morocco, as the official general agent of the cooperatives in Japan
2005
October
Started sales of AC-11, an anti-aging functional material produced by OptiGenex, U.S., in Japan
2006
October
Concluded the exclusive import agreement of AC-11 with OptiGenex as well as the sole distributorship agreement of the material in Japan with Itochu Corporation
December
Acquisition of the patent for the combination determining device, and combination determining method and program (Patent No.: 3895746)
2007
October
Concluded the exclusive distributorship agreement with Laboratoire Bio-EC (Centre de Recherche et d’Experimentations cutanees) concerning analysis and evaluation service of functionality and safety of Ex-vivo using live human skin tissues
2008
September
Released to general customers nutrition guide services using nutrition analysis system and high-functional supplements, which were originally provided for supporting professional athletes’ nutritional condition.
December
Concluded the exclusive distributorship agreement of Propiofidus, a new probiotic food produced by C.D.G. (Compagnie Generale de Dietetique), in Japan
2009
December
Completed the acquisition of Fuji Oil’s mail order business of the SOISIS brand
2010
January
Launched an online shop, “Nutrition Act Online,” and presold “rehada,” the first private brand product of Nutrition Act, together with two items of the SOISIS brand
February
Started sales of “yu-yu biteki,” a supplement developed with the concept of “an ultimate beauty from one beauty supplement,” at a private club “YUCASEE” where the members are limited to those whose net financial asset is 100 million yen or more
March
August
December
Started sales of “yu-yu biteki” for general customers
Acquired the U.S. patents on the apparatus for calculating nutrient requirement amount, an apparatus for suggesting a nutritional supplement, a blending apparatus of a nutritional supplement and a blending system of a nutritional supplement
Started import of Arriba Cacao produced by Kallari Association in Ecuador as its import agency
2011
January
Opened “patisserie La Balance Ginza”
May
June
Obtained the certification under the PrivacyMark system
Acquired the Japanese patents on the apparatus for calculating nutrient requirement amount, an apparatus for suggesting a nutritional supplement, a blending apparatus of a nutritional supplement and a blending system of a nutritional supplement
2012
January
Acquired the patents for the combination determining device, and combination determining method and program (Patent No.: 4914649)
April
Concluded the joint development agreement of skin age diagnosis services with Bio-EC
April
Started a new type of online-communication content linked to Facebook, “watashi, rinyu-R,” at the official online shop of Nutrition Act targeting all women seeking beauty
June
Provide press release at the French Embassy regarding a debut of a marine natural cosmetic, “FLEUR DE MER,” in Japan
July
Opened “La Balance Ginza, a concept shop for deliciousness, health and beauty” after renewal of “patisserie La Balance Ginza”
September
Issued the first unsecure bond (guaranteed by Mizuho Bank and for qualified institutional investors only)
December
Issued the second unsecure bond (guaranteed by Resona Bank and for qualified institutional investors only)
2013
February
Applied for patents for a yogurt powder material and a method of yogurt production
March
Concluded with Kallari Association the exclusive distributorship agreement of Arriba Cacao, a luxury food material, in Japan and ASEAN countries
August
Applied for patents for an analysis device, an analyzing method, and program of skin age diagnosis service, and skin sampling kits
August
Issued the third unsecure bond (guaranteed by Mizuho Bank and for qualified institutional investors only)
September
Issued the fourth unsecure bond (guaranteed by Mizuho Bank and for qualified institutional investors only)
October
Concluded with PHYTODHIA the exclusive distributorship agreement of OleaVita, a new dietary functional food material, in Japan and ASEAN countries
October
Provided a presentation at an invited lecture of the World Forum Lille (held in France) (the request was made as Nutrition Act’s CSR activities, including its fare trading model of argan oil in Morocco, were well-evaluated)
November
A marine natural cosmetic, “FLEUR DE MER,” was ranked the highest by a major review site
December
The Functional Literacy Programme of Women of the Argan Cooperative through Amazigh (Berber) Language was recognized as a programme of the UNESCO
December
Commenced a project for “creation of anti-metabolic syndrome food utilizing a functional seaweed ingredient” as a new research project of the Science and technology research promotion program for agriculture, forestry, fisheries and food industry (a joint research with the National Research Institute of Fisheries Science and Keio University)
2014
February
Issued the fifth unsecure bond (guaranteed by Resona Bank and for qualified institutional investors only)
March
French national skicross team that supplemented LIQUAMEN P400 monopolized a medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics
September
Issued the sixth unsecure bond (guaranteed by Mizuho Bank and for qualified institutional investors only)
October
Releases new diet functional foods ingredient OleaVita
2015
January
The Taitmatine cooperative for Argan oil production was awarded a prize of merit in TROFEL
January
Releases new product 「BB smoothie」,in patisserie La Balance Ginza