Pigeon History
| 1957 | Pigeon Honyuki Honpo (Nursing Bottle Manufacturing) Corporation established in Chigasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture |
| 1958 | Head office relocated to Kanda-Higashimatsushita-cho, Tokyo |
| 1963 | Ichikawa Plant opened in Chiba Prefecture; Osaka Office established |
| 1964 | Fukuoka Office established |
| 1965 | Nagoya and Sapporo offices established |
| 1966 | Name changed to Pigeon Corporation |
| 1967 | Hiroshima Office established |
| 1968 | Sendai Office established |
| 1973 | Branch offices reorganized as stores; head office new building in Kanda-Tomiyama-cho, Tokyo, constructed |
| 1978 | Pigeon Singapore Pte. Ltd. established in Singapore |
| 1983 | Yoichi Nakata appointed President |
| 1985 | Corporate identity adopted |
| 1986 | Omiya Sales Office renamed Omiya Store |
| 1987 | The “Newborn Baby Commemorative Tree-Planting” Campaign launched as part of our corporate identity |
| 1988 | Shares registered |
| 1989 | Tsukuba Office opened in Ibaraki Prefecture (relocated from Ichikawa); Pigeon Will Corporation established |
| 1990 | Thai Pigeon Co., Ltd. established as a joint venture in Thailand |
| 1991 | Joso Research Center (now Central Research Center) established in Ibaraki Prefecture |
| 1993 | "Pigeon Land" child-minding facility for infants launched at Joso Research Center (now Central Research Center) |
| 1994 | Pt. Modern Pigeon Indonesia established as a joint venture in Indonesia |
| 1995 | Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| 1996 | Pigeon Industries (Thailand) Co., Ltd. established as a joint venture in Thailand Hitachiota Logistics Center began operations |
| 1997 | Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| 1998 | Kanzaki Logistics Center (Hyogo Prefecture) began operations |
| 1999 | Pigeon Kids World Corporation established |
| 2000 | Seiichi Matsumura appointed President and Chief Operating Officer; Yoichi Nakata appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Pigeon Manaka Corporation established |
| 2001 | The “Newborn Baby Commemorative Tree-Planting” Campaign conducted for the 15th time Tsukuba Office acquired ISO14001 certification |
| 2002 | PHP Hyogo Corporation joins the Pigeon Group Pigeon (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. established in China Operation of licensed daycare centers, Pigeon Land Joso and Pigeon Land Yukitani, started |
| 2003 | Fukuyo Ibaraki Corporation changed its name to PHP Ibaraki Corporation Pigeon Kids World Corporation changed its name to Pigeon Hearts Corporation PHP Hyogo Corporation changed its name by replacing the katakana representation of “PHP” to its romanized form |
| 2004 | Tahira Corporation joins the Pigeon Group Operation of Sanno national child-minding facility (Ota-ku, Tokyo) launched Lansinoh Laboratories, Inc. in the USA joins the Pigeon Group Operation of 113 child-minding facilities in hospitals of the National Hospital Organization (independent administrative agency) launched |
| 2005 | Privacy Mark certification acquired |
| 2006 | Pigeon Manufacturing (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. established in China Tahira Corporation changed its name to Pigeon Tahira Corporation The “Newborn Baby Commemorative Tree-Planting” Campaign conducted for the 20th time Head office relocated to Nihonbashi-Hisamatsu-cho, Tokyo, as a result of the integration of all offices |
| 2007 | Akio Okoshi appointed President and Chief Operating Officer; Seiichi Matsumura appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Yoichi Nakata appointed Executive Advisor and Member of the Board Recoup brand of anti-aging products launched |
| 2008 | Representative office established in India |
| 2009 | Lansinoh Laboratories, Inc. acquired sales rights for Soothies brand Pigeon Industries (Changzhou) Co., Ltd. established in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China Pigeon India Pvt. Ltd. established in India Exclusive sales rights of “Mamas & Papas” (British company) products in Japan acquired |
| 2010 | Sales of UK brand “Mamas & Papas” products launched Sales of Double Heart brand launched in South Korea Lansinoh Laboratories, Inc. took over “mOmma” business |
| 2011 | Pigeon Malaysia Trading Sdn. Bhd. established in Malaysia after a local sales company became our wholly-owned subsidiary Lansinoh Laboratories, Inc. acquired all of Health Quest Ltd. shares |
| 2012 | DoubleHeart Co., Ltd. established in South Korea |
| 2013 | Shigeru Yamashita appointed President and Chief Operating Officer; Akio Okoshi appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
| 2014 | Pigeon Corporation absorbed and merged with Pigeon Will Corporation Lansinoh Laboratórios Do Brazil Ltda. established in Brazil |
| 2015 | LANSINOH LABORATORIES BENELUX established in Belgium |
| 2016 | LANSINOH LABORATORIES SHANGHAI established in China |
| 2017 | PT PIGEON INDONESIA in Indonesia became consolidated subsidiary |