| 1925 |
January |
: |
Kuroda Gauge Manufacturing Co., Ltd. founded by Saburo Kuroda for manufacture
and sale of all types of gauges. |
| 1935 |
March |
: |
Production and sale of block gauges. |
| 1935 |
November |
: |
Reorganized into a limited partnership. (Capitalized at ¥200,000) |
| 1943 |
January |
: |
Reorganized into a joint stock company. (Capitalized at ¥980,000) |
| 1946 |
May |
: |
Production of gauges resumes at plants in Chiba and Nagano following the end of the Pacific War. |
| 1946 |
September |
: |
Production and sale of press tools for precision press. |
| 1949 |
April |
: |
The present company is established through investment in kind from the
old company. (Capitalized at ¥4.6 million) |
| 1953 |
April |
: |
Production and sale of surface grinders. |
| 1955 |
November |
: |
Approval obtained for our plant and for placing the JIS mark on our thread gauges. |
| 1957 |
April |
: |
Approval obtained from the American Petroleum Institutes for using its
official mark on reference master gauge for API Std. 5A and Std. 5L thread. |
| 1959 |
January |
: |
Production and sale of boring heads. |
| 1959 |
July |
: |
Production and sale of electro-hydraulic pulse motors. |
| 1961 |
September |
: |
Production and sale of pneumatic equipments. |
| 1961 |
October |
: |
Listed on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Capitalized at
¥250 million)
Agreement reached with Scully-Jones (now Bendix Corporation (USA)) for
technical tieup covering tooling systems. |
| 1962 |
January |
: |
Production and sale of tool holders. |
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December |
: |
Production and sale of ball screws. |
| 1965 |
June |
: |
Firm name changed from Kuroda Gauge Manufacturing Co., Ltd. to Kuroda Precision
Industries, Ltd. |
| 1967 |
October |
: |
Production and sale of “HI-ROTOR,” a pneumatic rotary actuator. |
| 1970 |
July |
: |
Agreement with Allen Gauge & Tool Company (USA) reached for sales tieup
covering thread gauges and thread measuring instruments. |
| 1971 |
November |
: |
Production and sale of hydraulic equipments. |
| 1972 |
February |
: |
Agreement with Harig (USA) reached for technical tieup covering GS tooling. |
| 1972 |
April |
: |
Agreement with Hydrovane Compressor Company (U.K.) reached for sales tieup
covering hydrovane compressors. |
| 1973 |
May |
: |
Establishment of Kuroda-Watts Co., Ltd. as a joint venture with Watts Fluidair
Inc. (USA).
Kuroda International Inc. entrusted with sale of hydrovane compressors. |
| 1974 |
June |
: |
Production and sale of “Hadmer,” an undulating type peripheral circulation
promotion unit. |
| 1976 |
December |
: |
Production and sale of “FASTEC” system.a laminar type, motor core trimming
die. |
| 1978 |
April |
: |
Agreement with General Motors (USA) for technical tieup covering production
of iron core for electric motors.
The largest profilometer in Japan is delivered to the Japan Atomic Energy
Research Institute. |
| 1980 |
December |
: |
Capitalization increased to ¥850 million. |
| 1981 |
April |
: |
Capitalization increased to ¥935 million. |
| 1983 |
June |
: |
Agreement with Brudder AG (Switzerland) reached for technical tieup covering
production of FASTEC. |
| 1985 |
April |
: |
Production and sale of CNC formation surface grinders. |
| 1985 |
October |
: |
Acquired the mu-Mate Family G mark for ultra-small pneumatic equipments. |
| 1986 |
February |
: |
Establishment of a liaison office in Chicago (USA) as an overseas operation point. |
| 1987 |
January |
: |
Tieup reached with Mannesmannro¨hren-Werke GmbH (West Germany) for manufacture
and sale of taper screw for oil well pipe. |
| 1987 |
May |
: |
Production and sale of the “Super Polishing Machine,” an ultra-precision
mirror surface processor. |
| 1987 |
September |
: |
Production and sale of the “UNI-WIRE” systems for wire saving. |
| 1989 |
April |
: |
Production and sale of rolled ball screws. |
| 1991 |
July |
: |
Production and sale of “Nanometro,” a surface configuration measuring devices. |
| 1991 |
December |
: |
Production and sale of pneumatic handling equipments. |
| 1992 |
November |
: |
Production and sale of “FMT Tooling,” face and taper contact tooling, begins
after being developed jointly with Mori Seiki Co., Ltd. |
| 1993 |
September |
: |
Production and sale of face and taper contact tooling, “HSK Tooling.” |
| 1993 |
December |
|
Agreement with Kennametal (USA) reached for technical tieup covering production and sale of “KM Tooling,” a quick change tooling system. |
| 1993 |
December |
: |
Production and sale of face and taper contact tooling, “KM Tooling.” |
| 1994 |
May |
: |
Production and sale of micromotor core press tools. |
| 1994 |
August |
: |
Production and sale of the precision small bore collet chuck “ mu-ACE.” |
| 1994 |
November |
: |
Production and sale of precision formation surface grinder, “GS-515E.” |
| 1995 |
October |
: |
Shares of the joint venture, Kuroda Watts Co., Ltd., which was formed with
the Watts Fluidair Inc. (USA) bought up so that it becomes a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Kuroda. |
| 1996 |
February |
: |
Production and sale of the pneumatic solenoid valve, “Adex Valve.” |
| 1996 |
December |
: |
Establishment of Kuroda Precision Industries (M) Sdn. Bhd. as a joint venture
in Malaysia with Kawasho Corporation and KSPC Co. (Now a consolidated subsidiary.) |
| 1998 |
April |
: |
Construction of a new rolled ball screws factory within the Asahi Plant. |
| 1998 |
August |
: |
Production and sale of the Adex Valve plastic manifold. |
| 1998 |
December |
: |
Production and sale of the “Hadmer 200s,” a household air massage unit. |
| 1999 |
January |
: |
Production and sale of “Ecosaver” & “Ecotool,” a minimal quantity lubrication
system for semidry processing. |
| 1999 |
May |
: |
Business and capital tieup with Parker Hannifin Corporation (USA). |
| 1999 |
July |
: |
Capitalization increased to ¥1,875 million. |
| 2000 |
March |
: |
Construction of the 7th factory at the Asahi Plant. |
| 2001 |
March |
: |
Construction of the 6th factory (PE factory) at the Nagano Plant. |
| 2001 |
April |
: |
Clearance and dissolution of the consolidated subsidiary, Kuroda Machine
Tool Asia. |
| 2001 |
April |
: |
Construction of a new factory at the Futtsu Plant for production of ball
screws. |
| 2001 |
November |
: |
Establishment of Kuroda Precision Industries Pinghu Co., Ltd. as a joint
venture in Pinghu City, Zhejiang, China with Kawasho Corporation and Jiangsu
Kawaden Steel Products Co., Ltd. (Now a consolidated subsidiary.) |
| 2002 |
April |
: |
The FA operations department is divided into the pneumatic equipment operations
department and the drive systems operations department. |
| 2003 |
May |
: |
Production and sale of the PWAP group of pneumatic equipment products. |
| 2003 |
October |
: |
Separation of Pneumatic components business and establishment of "Kuroda
Pneumatics Ltd". |
| 2005 |
November |
: |
Production and sale of motor core for Hybrid Vehicle. |
| 2006 |
March |
: |
Transfer 70% of Kuroda Pneumatics' issued shares to Parker Hannifin Corporation
(USA). |
