| 1951 |
"Central Research Institute of Electric
Power Industry" (CRIEPI) was founded in Komae, Tokyo. |
| 1957 |
CRIEPI's "Agriculture Laboratory" was
inaugurated in Abiko, Chiba. |
| 1970 |
CRIEPI's "Civil Engineering Laboratory"
was inaugurated in Abiko. |
| 1986 |
The above two laboratories were merged
into "Abiko Research Laboratory". |
| 2001 |
The Abiko Research Laboratory obtained
ISO 14001 certification. |
| 2004 |
As part of the reorganization of CRIEPI,
the Abiko Research Laboratory was partitioned into "Civil Engineering Research
Laboratory", "Environmental Science Research Laboratory" and "Abiko Operation
& Service Center". |
| 2005 |
The Abiko district gained ISO9001: 2000 qualification |