1971RIPRO Corporation foundation year
1982Developed a reef fish made of waste plastic
1986First JIS certified factory in the industry
1990Creation and development of Information Stake®.
1991Good Design Award, Chairman’s Special Prize
“Environmentally Friendly Design Award”
1992Licensed as a waste recycler by Okayama Prefecture
1995The 3rd Chugoku Region New Business Environment Special Award
2000ISO9001 certification acquired
2002ISO14001 certification acquired
2005New company building and plant construction for headquarter of RIPRO Corporation
2010Developed information transmitting sensor stake (i-RIPRO concept)
2011Celebrated the 40th anniversary of the company’s foundation
2014Picture book “Little Orca’s 5000 miles odyssey” published (Kibito Publishing)
2015Industry’s first carbon footprint CFP certified product
The Monozukuri Nippon Grand Award Chugoku Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry Director-General’s
Award
Okayama Prefecture Bizen Citizen Bureau Director-General’s Award
Business for Environmental Conservation
2017Japan Resilience Awards – The Best Resilience Award
Selected as one of the 2000 companies in the first phase of “Regional Future Leading Companies” by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
2018Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (3R) Promotion Council
Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry Award
Okavama Prefecture Environment Okavama Grand Prize Awarded (Recycling Society Formation Promotion Category)
2019Registered as a machine tool dealer
(Okayama Prefectural Public Safety Commission License No. 721130024764)
2021Selected as one of the “300 flourishing Small and Medium Enterprises and Businesses” by the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry
2024Ripro’s survey nail qualified and passed for JIS(Japanese Industrial Standard)certification