Company Philosophy / History
Corporate Philosophy
Message
"Supporting better health through pharmaceutical containers"As pharmaceutical containers play an important role in the protecting, storing and administering of pharmaceutical products that maintain people’s health, our products and services contribute to healthcare through their superior quality, safety, and ease of use.
From our founding in 1947 to the present day, we have worked ceaselessly toward our goal of consistently manufacturing safe and easy to use pharmaceutical containers.
We recognize that medicines are important products for protecting human health, as are the containers that carefully protect and store those medicines.
For ampoules, syringes, and vials, which are direct containers of medicines that eliminate diseases and protect lives, there of course continues to be a constant demand for the same level of safety and high quality as for medicines.
For Prefillable® syringes, we have achieved steady results to date by adopting prefilled syringe kits for injectible drugs for a wide range of applications, including prostate cancer, knee osteoarthritis, schizophrenia, diluent and various vaccines.
We will continue to earn the trust of our customers through all of the products we manufacture, and at the same time, actively take on new goals to meet new demands.
Philosophy behind the ARTE company name
- ACTIVE
- RELIABLE
- TECHNICAL
- EXTENSIBLE
Quality Policy
We provide customers with easy to use medical devices that safely store medicines.
Our employees work to improve product and service quality.
History
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1947September
Incorporated as Yokoshima Rikagaku in Itabashi-ku of Tokyo as a manufacturer of ampoules for medical use and glass products for laboratories.
Started manufacture and sales of ampoules for medical use and test tubes. -
1954February
Established ampoule-machining technology, and began mass-production.
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1965May
Reorganized as Yokoshima Rika Sangyo Co., Ltd. in order to expand business.
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1972July
Constructed a new plant in Takahagi City, Ibaraki Prefecture in order to streamline production facilities.
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1982April
Relocated to new plant in Kamitezuna Industrial Park in Takahagi City, in response to demand for GMP.
Land area: 29,996m² Building area: 7,315m² -
1989August
Obtained license No. 0136 (for Ibaraki
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1990June
Entered into an exclusive license agreement for the manufacture of PrefillableTM syringes with Duphar B.V. (The Netherlands) (currently Solvay Pharmaceuticals B.V.).
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July
We added a manufacturing building specializing in syringes to the Takahagi Plant, and new syringe manufacturing equipment was introduced.
With our expansion in operations, we have changed our name to ARTE Corporation. -
1994November
United States FDA DMF registration for dual chamber Prefillable® syringes.
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2001February
Completed the syringe building. Introduced new syringe manufacturing equipment.
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2002June
Increased capital to 288 million yen.
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2005January
Obtained ISO 9001:2000 certification.
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2006November
United States FDA DMF registration for single chamber Prefillable® syringes.
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2008March
Plant building expansion and renovation. Completion of raw materials and product warehouse.
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2009February
United States FDA DMF registration for glass ampoules.
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2010January
ISO9001: 2008 certification transition.
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2015October
Introduced WFI(Water For Injection)production equipment.
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2017January
ISO 9001:2015 certification transition.
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September
70th anniversary of founding.
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2018March
Introduced nest tab syringe automatic packaging machine.
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June
Introduced large EOG sterilizer.
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2019July
Registered drug packaging material registration number in China NMPA for single chamber Prefillable® syringe.
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December
Registered drug packaging material registration number in China NMPA for dual chamber Prefillable® syringe.
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2021February
Added glass cartridge cleaning, drying and sterilizing machines.