History
| 1962 | Founded in Sumida-ku, Tokyo |
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| 1967 | Main factory (currently the Narashino factory) in Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture completed |
| 1979 | 4-floor main office building at Narashino, Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture newly constructed / Subsidiary (Kansai Howa Sangyo Co., Ltd) established (currently the Fukuoka branch & Fukuoka factory) |
| 1986 | Toyo Chemical Packaging Inc. purchased, making it a subsidiary |
| 1995 | Hikata factory in Katori-gun (currently Asahi City), Chiba Prefecture completed / Merged with subsidiary Toyo Kako Packaging Co., Ltd. |
| 1998 | Became a fully-owned subsidiary of Rengo Co., Ltd. |
| 2003 | Design office (currently Tokyo design office) established at Daimon in Minato-ku, Tokyo |
| 2006 | Design office (currently Tokyo design office) moved and expanded to Kojimachi in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo |
| 2007 | Acquired New GIS Grande Co., Ltd. as a fully-owned subsidiary / Shanghai branch office opened (Shanghai, China) / Capital increased to 500 million yen |
| 2009 | Subsidiary New GIS Grande Co., Ltd. absorbed in merger / Taiwan branch opened (Taipei, Taiwan) |
| 2010 | Shanghai branch office changed to Howa (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. |
| 2011 | Beijing office of Howa (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. established |
| 2012 | New main office constructed at Narashino, Funabashi City, Chiba / New laminate facility at Hikata factory completed |
| 2013 | Thailand branch office opened |
| 2015 | Invested in TC flexible packaging Co. Ltd. (Thailand) / Waste heat recovery facility installed at the Kyoto factory |
| 2016 | Taiwan branch office changed to Howa Taiwan Co., Ltd. |
| 2017 | Established Howa Matai Packaging (Thailand) Co., Ltd. / Taoyuan factory completed in Taoyuan City, Taiwan |
| 2020 | Opened Kanto Logistics Center in Chiba |
| 2021 | Established HOWA Packaging, Inc. (America) as a subsidiary / Opened Kansai Logistics Center in Osaka and relocated Osaka branch |
| 2022 | Acquired Nissio Gravure Co., Ltd. as a fully-owned subsidiary |
| 2023 | Established Shizuoka branch / Took over Water-based flexo printing business of Kinyosha Printing Co., Ltd. and Marufuku Co., Ltd. |
| 2024 | Established Osaka branch Shikoku sales office(currently Shikoku branch) / R&D Center at Narashino, Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture newly constructed /Established Howa Packaging (Thailand) Co., Ltd. |
| 2025 | Relocated Fukuyama branch／Dissolved joint venture at Howa Matai Packaging (Thailand) Co., Ltd. |