1996
- The birth of MIDAC CO., LTD.
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As KOJIMA SEISO grew as a waste disposal business focusing on industrial waste, the term "cleaning" no longer fit the nature of our business. Additionally, Katsuhiro Kumagai and other executives decided to change the company name because they wanted to change the image of the industry that society takes a poor view of.
In deciding on a new company name, a prize was offered and entries were solicited from within the company, and the directors ultimately chose "MIDAC" from among the many that were submitted. The name was conceived by combining the initial letters of the Japanese words for "Mizu (water)," "Daichi (land) " and "Kuuki (air)," which symbolize the environment. Thus, in July 1996, "MIDAC CO., LTD." was born and our new company name was announced to the outside world via an advertisement in the Shizuoka Shimbun newspaper.
1997
- Opening of the Fujinomiya Business Office
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By obtaining permission from local governments in the Kanto and Chubu regions, we sought to expand our business, and, in May 1997, we opened the Fujinomiya Business Office in Yamamiya, Fujinomiya City, Shizuoka Prefecture, as a new sales base.
At that location, a solvent recycling manufacturer had fled during the night with 2,000 drums of organic solvents abandoned, and we received a request from the Omotefuji Industrial Park Cooperative Association to deal with the problem. MIDAC agreed to dispose of the abandoned solvents, after which we became a member of the Omotefuji Industrial Park Cooperative Association and opened the Fujinomiya Business Office. After the opening, our sales offices in Numazu City and Yaizu City were consolidated and began functioning as a sales hub for the Kanto Region, and it took over our solvent recycling business, continuing to do so for several years.
1997
- Establishment of a new head office building
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In August 1997, the year after changing our name to MIDAC, our new head office building was completed. Two years prior to this, in 1995, the head office had been expanded, but over the next few years the number of employees exceeded 70, and office space was once again in short supply. In addition to this, we also needed a specified hazardous waste treatment facility to carry out in-house treatment of chelating harmful substances that give off from cinders, sludge, and dust, which had previously been outsourced to contractors in Nagano and Niigata prefectures.
The new building was constructed as a three-story addition next to our existing two-story and four-story buildings, with the first floor containing the specified hazardous waste treatment facility, the second floor containing offices and an employee rest area, and the third floor containing offices and the analysis center, which was relocated from the existing four-story building.
2000
- Establishment of MIDAC FUJINOMIYA CO., LTD.
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The Fukude Business Office, which was established in April 1998 with TAKUMA Co., Ltd., a major plant manufacturer, was unable to proceed as planned because it did not have a good relationship with the local government, and the project ran into a deadlock.
In March 2000, MIDAC and TAKUMA teamed up again to build a larger facility than the incineration facility at the Fukude Plant, and established "MIDAC FUJINOMIYA CO., LTD.” as a 50-50 joint venture company with TAKUMA. Then, in September 2001, a basic agreement was signed with TAKUMA regarding joint investment in the business. MIDAC FUJINOMIYA was thus officially born and became a powerful engine for MIDAC's business expansion.
2001
- Opening the Toyohashi Business Office
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The chelating facility for specified hazardous waste and the sun-drying facility at our head office Business office couldn't keep up with the demand for processing capacity, so in December 2001 we opened the Toyohashi Business office in Higashihosoya-cho, Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture. The new Toyohashi Business Office is equipped with a specified hazardous waste treatment facility with increased treatment capacity. In addition to this, we have also developed our own equipment for crushing drinking water containers after separating the containers from their contents. Taking advantage of this, we undertook the disposal of a large volume of beverage products that were discharged by beverage manufacturers in the Tokai region.
Later, in August 2003, the Toyohashi Business Office was spun off as NIES CO., LTD. in order to diversify management risks.
2002
- Full-scale entry into the Kanto region
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In conjunction with the start of operations at MIDAC FUJINOMIYA, we were planning to make a full-scale entry into the Kanto region. Therefore, in April 2022, the Tokyo Sales Office was opened in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo. Two sales employees were assigned to the office to promote sales activities.
In December 2002, we finally completed the construction of the incineration facility at MIDAC FUJINOMIYA, which had begun the previous year. Our investment in MIDAC FUJINOMIYA was our biggest venture capital investment to date.Because of this, the return on our investment has also been large, and MIDAC's sales as a whole rapidly grew, reaching approximately ¥2.5 billion yen in 2003, and by this time, we had reached 2,000 customers just for industrial waste alone.
Until now, we had only developed its business independently, but, by succeeding in this new challenge of a joint investment project with TAKUMA, one of Japan's major representative plant manufacturers, MIDAC was able to take a big leap forward and move up to the next stage as a waste disposal company.
