Milestones

1996 January Established MTG Blaze Corporation
Started the business of selling used cars
1998 May Developed and launched our first product
1997 August Changed the company name to MTG Co.Ltd (katakana letters)
2002 April Established a group company, BLAZE Corporation
2003 November Moved our headquarters to the MTG Hikari Building
2004 December Moved our headquarters to the MTG Hikari Building
2005 March Exhibited Kirala at Aichi Expo
September Changed the company name to MTG Co.Ltd (alphabetical letters)
2006 September Opened the Kirala Factory
December Obtained the SIAA mark of approval from the Society of Industrial Technology for Antimmicrobial Articles
2009 February Launched ReFa, a brand that pursues new values in beauty care.

Acquired approval for the manufacture and sale of cosmetics.

July Acquired HACCP water treatment system.
2010 February ReFa appointed for the 52nd GRAMMY Awards gift lounge
March ReFa appointed for the 82nd Academy Awards Celebrity Gift Lounge
August Opened the Research and Development Center
2011 February ReFa appointed for the 53rd GRAMMY Awards gift lounge

ReFa appointed for the 83rd  Academy Awards Celebrity Gift Lounge

July Opened Shanghai Fudan University Office
December Established a group company, TWELVE Inc
2012 February ReFa appointed for the 54th GRAMMY Awards gift lounge

 

ReFa appointed for the 84th   Academy Awards Celebrity Gift Lounge

September Opened Tokyo Office
October Established a group company, MTG (SHENZHEN) Trading Co. Ltd
2013 February Appointed as a main sponsor of the 55th GRAMMY Awards Official Backstage Gift Lounge
March Appointed for the 85th Academy Awards Celebrity Gift Lounge
April Moved to the R&D Center to headquarters
May Opened Shiga R&D Office

 

Opened Tokyo Sales Office

 

Established a group company, MTG TAIWAN Co.Ltd

June Established a group company, MTG (SHANGHAI) Co.Ltd
August Acquired M&LIVE Co. Ltd (Currently MTG Professional Co.Ltd) as group company
2014 January Appointed as a main sponsor of the 56th GRAMMY Awards Official Backstage Gift Lounge
February Launched MDNA SKIN, a brand jointly developed with Madonna
April Received the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s 2014 Intellectual Property Achievement Award.

 

Established a group company MTG PACIFIC PTE. LTD

July Launched a collaborative project with Cristiano Ronaldo
December Opened Fukuoka Sales Office

Opened Osaka Sales Office

2015 January Appointed as a main sponsor of the 57th GRAMMY Awards Official Backstage Gift Lounge
July Launched SIXPAD, a new brand that employed football player Cristiano Ronaldo as a development partner
2016 May Strengthened the partnership with Alibaba Group
June Opened Customer Service Center
October ReFa and Shiseido Japan Co.Ltd’s BENEFIQUE jointly developed the esthetic device
November Opened Kirala Mt. Fuji Factory
2017 February Appointed as a main sponsor of the 59th GRAMMY Awards Official Backstage Gift Lounge
May Established a group company, MTG USA INC
April Released the first IoT products on our ‘SIXPAD’ line.

 

Commenced service for ‘Kirala’, our new water server brand, with Mao Asada as brand partner.

 

Changed our corporate logo.

August Developed ReFa collagen drink jointly with FUJIFILM Corporation

 

Established a group company, MTG KOREA CO.LTD

September Opened Tokyo R&D Center

 

Opened Fukuoka Sales Office/R&D Center

 

Opened Global and Retail Business HQ