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About Mayway
Founded in 1969 by Alan and Meilin Lau, Mayway first
opened its doors as an herbal shop in San Francisco's Chinatown. Today we
are an international distribution company with a branch office in London,
a liaison office in Beijing and an herb processing facility in Anguo, China.
Still family-owned and operated, a second generation now presides over the
vision. We proudly continue our parents' work, producing and distributing
high-quality products throughout the United States and Europe.

Mayway Headquarters in Oakland, California
An at-a-glance History of Mayway
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1969 |
Established Mayway which imported herbs from Hong Kong and processed the “Temple of Heaven” brand of herbs in–house for wholesale distribution |
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1972 |
First retail store in San Francisco Chinatown, called “China Herbs & Native Produce Company” |
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| 1975 |
Began importing patent formulas from Hong Kong |
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| 1983 |
First Plum Flower® brand products-liquid extracts without alcohol |
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| 1987 |
Began importing Lanzhou Foci Minshan® brand |
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| 1987 |
Mayway (UK) Co. Ltd. established |
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| 1990 |
Introduced Plum Flower® 5:1 Extracts with minimal fillers as an alternative to extracts with heavy fillers. |
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| 1992 |
Introduced Plum Flower® Classic teapills using premium herbs and no artificial coloring or pharmaceuticals, which were very common among patent medicines of the day
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| 1992 |
Introduced Plum Flower® unsulfured, chlorine free, aluminum phosphate free herbs
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| 1992 |
Moved into our Oakland, CA headquarters
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| 1996 |
Inauguration of Anguo Mayway, our own herb processing facility
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| 1996 |
First in a string of International GMP Certifications for our Manufacturing Partners
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| 1996 |
Voluntary individual heavy metals testing
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| 1997 |
Voluntary pesticides testing
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| 2002 |
Introduced 5:1 Extracts Formulas containing NO fillers: super-fine herb powder is used as a base, eliminating the need for fillers
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| 2003 |
Introduction of the clinically proven Modern Masters® Series
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| 2005 |
Mayway website launch giving practitioners additional tools to use in their practice
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| 2007 |
Mayway headquarters installs a 57.7 kilowatt solar-electric system becoming 100% solar-powered
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| 2007 |
Mayway headquarter gets Green Business certified
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| 2009 |
Completion of new 6.5 acre Hebei Mayway herb processing campus with 200,000 square feet GMP certified manufacturing facility and complete laboratories providing on-site microbial testing, gas chromatography, atomic absorption, HPLC, TLC capabilities, and can process up to 18 million pounds of herbs annually.
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