| History of Hiroshima Gas |
Historical
Museum
of Energy |
| 1909, Oct. |
Established Hiroshima Gas Co.,Ltd at Zaimokucho, Hiroshima with capital of 1.5 million yen. |
| 1910, Oct. |
Started gas supply service to 1,242 customers
Merged with Onomichi Gas Co.,Ltd. |
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| 1913, Dec. |
Merged with Kure Gas Co., Ltd. |
| 1917, Aug. |
Merged with Hiroshima Streetcar Co.,Ltd (Capital:3 million yen) and changed the company name to Hiroshima Gas & Streetcar Co.,Ltd. when capital reached 6 million yen |
| 1921, Jun. |
Started operation of the Aga Plant |
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| 1942, Apr. |
Streetcar section separated under the name Hiroshima Dentetsu Co.,Ltd and the name of the company changed to Hiroshima Gas Co.,Ltd. |
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| 1949, Jun. |
Listed on the Hiroshima Stock Exchange |
| 1957, Sep. |
Started construction of the Kaita Plant |
| 1958, Nov. |
Started operation of the Kaita Plant |
| 1960, Jan. |
High-pressure pipeline between the Kaita Plant and the Kure Area
completed. Gas supply service started |
| 1960, Jul. |
Acquired Hiroshima Gas Fuel Co.,Ltd. (established in July,1959) |
| 1960, Sep. |
First gas exhibition held |
| 1962, Jan. |
Acquired Chugoku Propane Gas Co., Ltd.(established in September,1954) |
| 1962, Nov. |
Number of customers totaled 50,000 |
| 1963, Dec. |
The Hiroshima Plant discontinued gas manu-facturing |
| 1964, Nov. |
The first oilgas powered plant went into opera-tion at the Kaita Plant |
| 1965, Sep. |
Calorific value of the gas increased from 3,600 kcal to 4,500 kcal |
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| 1967, Feb. |
Computerized equipment introduced |
| 1967, Dec. |
Started gas supply service to Kumano-cho, Aki-gun(Kumano Danchi)
Number of customers totaled 100,000 |
| 1969, Mar. |
Established Hiroshima Gas Propane Co.,Ltd. |
| 1970, Mar. |
Writing of "Gas" in the company name in Japanese was changed from kanji to katakana |
| 1970, Apr. |
Established "Hiro Gas Development" (Now named Hiroshima Gas
Development Co.,Ltd.) for gas construction work and housing equipment installation.
Established Hiroshima Gas Real Estate Co.,Ltd. |
| 1971, Mar. |
Started gas supply service to Kabe-cho(Nijiyama Danchi) |
| 1971, Oct. |
Number of customers totaled 150,000 |
| 1972, Mar. |
The Aga Plant discontinued coke manufacturing |
| 1972, Apr. |
Established Hiroshima Gas Service Co.,Ltd. |
| 1974, Nov. |
Number of customers totaled 200,000 |
| 1975, Apr. |
Established Hiroshima Gas Bill Collection Co.,Ltd. for bill collection |
| 1975, May. |
Sales section of gas appliances separated under the name Hiroshima Gas Appliances Sales Co.,Ltd. (Now named Hiroshima Gas Living Co.,Ltd.) |
| 1978, Apr. |
Established Hiroshima Gas Kure Service Co.,Ltd. for gas appliance safety check and bill collection (Now named Hiroshima Gas Kosan Co.,Ltd.) |
| 1978, Jun. |
Opened Itsukaichi office |
| 1980, Dec. |
Number of customers totaled 250,000
Established the North District Security Terminal |
| 1981, Jun. |
Capital increased to 2 billion yen
The new Mihara office building completed |
| 1982, Apr. |
The new Onomichi Plant building completed |
| 1982, Jun. |
The new Kure Branch building completed |
| 1982, Oct. |
The new Hiroshima Gas Co.,Ltd. building (Hiroshima Gas Fudousan Building) completed |
| 1983, Oct. |
Initiated TQC(Total Quality Control) |
| 1983, Nov. |
Gas Shop Online went into operation |
| 1985, Jun. |
Increase of capital to 2,503 billion yen |
| 1985, Dec. |
Number of customers totaled 300,000 |
| 1986, Mar. |
The new Onomichi Branch building completed |
| 1986, Oct. |
Opened a showroom at Hondori (Now named Gastopia Hondori) |
| 1988, Aug. |
Gastopia Center building completed |
| 1988, Nov. |
Capital increased to 3,007 billion yen |
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| 1989, May. |
Decision made to convert to natural gas |
| 1989, Oct. |
80th anniversary of the foundation
Mapping system introduced |
| 1990, Feb. |
Awarded QC prize for the Chugoku region |
| 1990, May. |
The way to introduce natural gas decided |
| 1990, Oct. |
Number of customers totaled 350,000 |
| 1992, Jan. |
Started construction of Hatsukaichi Terminal |
| 1992, Apr. |
Started NC campaign |
| 1992, Jul. |
Handy terminal meter-reading system introduced |
| 1992, Oct. |
LNG sales contract signed |
| 1993, Apr. |
"Environmental Action Guidelines" enacted |
| 1994, Mar. |
The Kaita plant discontinued coke manufacturing |
| 1994, Apr. |
Natural Gas Conversion Headquarters organized |
| 1995, Apr. |
CS campaign(NC21, 2nd term) started
Opened a showroom at A-CITY(Now named Gastopia A-CITY) |
| 1995, Jun. |
Natural gas conversion started
Started operation of the Hatsukaichi LNG Terminal |
| 1996, Mar. |
Arrival of the LNG tanker "SURYA AKI"
Construction of the Hatsukaichi LNG Terminal completed |
| 1997, Apr. |
Number of customers totaled 400,000 |
| 1997, Jun. |
Established Business Development Department |
| 1997, Oct. |
Number of customers converted to natural gas totaled 100,000 |
| 1998, Feb. |
Started Construction of the Bingo LNG Terminal |
| 1998, Jun. |
Established Hiroshima Gas Technology Co.,Ltd.
Established Industrial Energy Department |
| 1999, May. |
Construction of the Bingo LNG Terminal completed
Started construcion of the second LNG tank in the Hatsukaichi LNG Terminal |
| 1999, Oct. |
90th anniversary of the foundation
Hiroshima Gas Appliances Sales Co.,Ltd merged with Hiroshima Gas Kosan Co.,Ltd and Hiroshima Gas Mate Co, Ltd was established.
Hatsukaichi LNG terminal got a certificate of ISO 14001 |
| 1999, Nov. |
Living Information Plaza, 'LIP ', was established. |
| 2000, Mar. |
Hiroshima Gas Co, Ltd was listed on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| 2000, Jun. |
Internal Auditing Department was established |
| 2000, Oct. |
Lanet Co, Ltd was established |
| 2001, Jan. |
Arrival of second LNG tanker 'SURYA SATSUMA' |
| 2001, Mar. |
Natural gas conversion in Hiroshima district was finished |
| 2001, May. |
Kaita terminal was closed |
| 2001, Jun. |
Be Smile, Co, Ltd was established |
| 2001, Aug. |
Bingo terminal got the certificate of ISO14001 |
| 2001, Oct. |
Technical Research Laboratory completed |
| 2001, Dec. |
Natural gas conversion in Kure region was completed
Aga plant was closed down |
| 2002, Apr. |
Natural gas conversion in every region was completed
Onomichi plant was closed down |
| 2002, Jun. |
Organization was reformed with a focus on Energy division |
| 2003, May. |
established Setouchi pipe line Co, Ltd with Fukuyama gas Co, Ltd |
| 2003, Sep. |
No 2 LNG tank in Hatsukaichi LNG terminal was completed |
| 2003, Dec. |
Hatsukaichi LNG terminal accepted 1000,000 t LNG |
| 2004, Apr. |
Management structure was reformed and compliance was strengthened
(System of operationg officer was installed and Company ethic committee was set up) |
| 2004, Sep. |
Natural gas cogeneration system in Hatsukaichi LNG terminal was completed |
| 2004, Nov. |
Information security committee was set up |
| 2005, Feb. |
established MAPLE LNG TRANSPORT INC. with Syousen Mitsui Co.Ltd and HG LNG Shipping Corporation Limited |
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