Divelopment of the company

1963	Shigematsu & Co.,Ltd. was established with 1 million yen in capital. The company made entry into foodstuff business, and became the Japanese sole agents of Bergenhas Canning Co., Ltd. in Norway, Kredin Co., Ltd. in Denmark, etc.
1966	The company became the sole agent of Deutsche Extrakt Kaffee GmbH, an instant coffee manufacturer in the former west Germany.
1967	The company opened its representative office in Hamburg, Germany and a representative was dispatched.
1969	The company acquired the license of liquor sales, and started the sales.
1970	The company's capital was increased to 10 million yen.
1974	The company's capital was increased to 30 million yen.
1976	The company opened its Tokyo Branch Office to expand business operations in east of Japan.
1977	The company established the subsidiary, Kreis Cafe Japan, for import and sales of Kreis instant coffee.
1978	The company moved to a newly head office building at Awaji-machi, Chuo-ku, Osaka City.
1979	The company became the Japanese sole agent of CCA Biochemie b.v. (the present Purac biochem b.v.) in Gorinchem, the Netherlands, and also operated as sole agents of other well-known overseas manufacturers.
1984	The company's capital was increased to 50 milliom yen.
1985	The Company became the Japanese sole agent of MIKO n.v., a manufacturer of cassette-filtered regular ground coffee in Belgium.
1986	The company started trade with China.
1989	The company started to sell wine on a large scale.The sales of private brand bourbon whisky, 'THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS' and 'CLEMENTINE' were started.
1991	The new Head Office Building was completed.Retail shop was newly opened on the first floor of new head office building.
1992	Tokyo Branch Office moved to Sengoku, Bunkyo-ku.
1997	Tsukuba Life Science Office was newly opened in Tsukuba city.
2002	Tokyo Branch Office moved to Sugamo,Toshima-ku
2013	50th anniversary of establishment (September 2013)
2021	Shigematsu Holdings Co., Ltd. is established.