History

2007
January
Established JEPLAN, Inc. in Shibuya City, Tokyo with 1.2 million yen in capital.
April
Started consulting business on uniform recycling.
June
Started technological development related to cotton fiber recycling with Osaka University.
2008
June
Succeeded in the development of recycling technology to produce bio-ethanol from cotton fibers through joint research with Osaka University.
December
Capital increased to 10 million yen.
Established Cotton Recycling, Inc. in Shinagawa City, Tokyo for dealing with recycling business for cotton goods and sale of recycled products.
2009
January
Won the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation sponsored Award, ECO JAPAN CUP 2008.
May
Completed bench scale project to produce bio-ethanol from the cotton fiber and started operations.
July
Established Mobile Recycling, Inc. in Shinagawa City, Tokyo for encouraging mobile phone recycling.
August
Selected for textile recycling research project support from the Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation.
2010
January
Started E-waste such as a mobile phone recycling technology development in collaboration with NTT DoCoMo.
April
Imabari, Ehime, a small commercial plant to produce bio-ethanol from the cotton fiber was completed and operation started.
May
Imabari, Ehime, E-waste recycling (mobile phone) bench scale plant was completed and operation started.
June
Starting “FUKU-FUKU project” as the result of our research of textile recycling which we worked on as the contracted program from Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, JAPAN.
Receive the certification of the early bird projects in DMIC project (India Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor) from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) for fiber-recycling business and E-waste recycling business.
November
Adopted by NEDO (National Research and Development Institute of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization) as the project for resource-saving and environment-friendly resource recycling.
2011
May
Selected for textile collection project as the Strategic Foundational Technology Improvement Support Operation by the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency.
June
Transfer of company’s headquarters to Chiyoda City, Tokyo.
Selected for feasibility studies for overseas promotion venous industry related to recycling business utilizing our E-waste recycling technology support for the Ministry of the Environment.
August
Adopted by NEDO (National Research and Development Institute of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization) as the technology which produces bio-ethanol from cotton fibers under new energy venture innovation business phase B.
November
A small commercial plant to recycle the mobile phone was completed and operation started in Imabari, Ehime.
2012
February
Selected for project of constructing efficient collection system and establishing recycling business for plastic goods support from the Ministry of the Environment. We implemented the 1st PLA-PLUS project.
March
Enhanced the processing capability of a small commercial plant to produce bio-ethanol from cotton fibers.
August
Adopted by NEDO (National Research and Development Institute of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization) as the technology which produces bio-ethanol from cotton fibers under new energy venture innovation business phase C.
2013
February
Selected for project of constructing efficient collection system and establishing recycling business for plastic goods support from the Ministry of the Environment. We implemented the 2nd PLA-PLUS project.
November
Selected for project of constructing efficient collection system and establishing recycling business for plastic goods support from the Ministry of the Environment. We implemented the 3rd PLA-PLUS project.
2014
April
Capital increased to 20 million yen.
August
Capital increased to 542 million yen (including capital reserves).
December
Capital increased to 592 million yen (including capital reserves).
Won the highest award at Tohmatsu Venture Support sponsored by Nomura Securities: “The year-end extra-large version of Morning pitch”
2015
January
Merger of cotton Recycling Inc. and mobile recycling company.
Capital increased to 692 million yen (including capital reserves).
Selected for project of constructing efficient collection system and establishing recycling business for plastic products support from the Ministry of the Environment. We implemented the 4th PLA-PLUS project.
April
Won the Excellence Award in the 2nd BTMU business support program “Rise Up Festa” sponsored by The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
June
Capital increased to 792 million yen (including capital reserves).
Adopted by the Ministry of the Environment as the company who provides E-waste recycling business in Bangladesh, subject to the Japan circulation industry overseas business promotion.
September
Adopted by Tokyo Metropolitan as the company whose model is based on sustainable use of resources.
October
Organized project known as FUKU-FUKU x BTTF GO! Derorean Project on “Back to the Future 30th Anniversary” in collaboration with NBC Universal Entertainment Japan.
December
Capital increased to 1.492 billion yen (including capital reserves).
2016
February
Selected for project of constructing efficient collection system and establishing recycling business for plastic goods support from the Ministry of the Environment. We implemented the 5th PLA-PLUS project.
December
Selected for project of constructing efficient collection system and establishing recycling business for plastic goods support from the Ministry of the Environment. We implemented the 6th PLA-PLUS project.
2017
January
Starting our own recycling project named “BRING” by combining “FUKU-FUKU Project” and “PLA-PLUS Project”.
December
Funding and increased our capital to 1.592 billion yen (including capital reserves).
2018
February
Performed seventh “BRING PLA-PLUS Project”, a test run to verify our chain operation of plastic recycling for the demonstration project by the Ministry of the Environment.
Started our own retail brand called BRING with our very first product BRING T shirt.
March
Funding and increased our capital to 1.692 billion yen (including capital reserves).
April
Purchased all of PET Refine Technology Co., Ltd.’s stock and incorporated as a child company.
June
Funding and increased our capital to 2.602 billion yen (including capital reserves).
October
Selected by METI to participate in the program named “Feasibility Study Project of Overseas　Development for High-Quality Energy Infrastructure in FY2018” to ground the infrastructure of our polyester recycling in Lyon, France.
Winner of the Japanese division of Startup World Cup and moved on to represent in the international division.
November
Purchased all of NISCO’s stock and incorporated as a child company.
December
Elected by METI for the program named the “HIYAKU Next Enterprise Program”, as one of the 19 startups to participate in the program of Silicone Valley Dispatch in 2019.
2019
March
Acquired and incorporated our former group company, NISCO.
May
Selected as a finalist in STARTUP WORLD CUP GRAND FINALE 2019 presented by Fenox Venture Capital (current Pegasus Tech Ventures).
June
Received Letter of Intent indicating official support from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) in Japan and the French Ministry for the Economy and Finance, for our business plan of commercialization of Clothing Recycling in Lyon, based on an agreement between both governments.
July
Selected as one of the companies of “Mizuho Innovation Award 2019”, the term of July to September.
September
Received “Special Award” in the 37th Mainichi Fashion Grand Prix.
November
Awarded “Excellence Award” in the JR East startup program 2019.
Funding and increased our capital to 2.702 billion yen (including capital reserves).
December
Funding and increased our capital to 3.102 billion yen (including capital reserves).
2020
March
Funding and increased our capital to 3.602 billion yen (including capital reserves).
April
Original brand “BRING” starting D2C online.