1969 |
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Founded as a sales agent for marketing balancing machines and vibration test equipment. |
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1974 |
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Began manufacturing and sales of balancers for miniature motors under the company’s own brand and coil winding testers. |
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1975 |
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Established a manufacturing plant in Chofu City, Tokyo. Opened sales offices in Osaka and Nagoya. |
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1978 |
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Developed fully automatic armature balancing machine. |
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1981 |
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Developed the no-mark/no-sensor type automatic positioning balancer and patented it in Japan and nine other countries. |
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1984 |
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Developed automatic shaft straightening machine, which was selected for the study subject of the then Ministry of International Trade and Industry’s subsidy for technology improvement. |
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1985 |
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Main manufacturing plant moved to the Tama City Industrial District of Tokyo. |
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1987 |
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Developed crankshaft balancing machine. |
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1988 |
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Founded wholly-owned subsidiary Kokusai, Inc., in Indianapolis, U.S.A.
Entered the tire industry market with the development of fully automatic dynamic tire balancer.
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1991 |
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Established Taiwan sales office.
Developed fully automatic dynamic balancing system to apply weights to tires for balance correction.
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1993 |
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Founded joint venture China Shoun Kokusai Co., Ltd., in Shanghai, China, to serve as a production base. |
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1997 |
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Began development of UB Machine (uniformity & dynamic balance combined tire tester) by combining two tire testers to enable uniformity balance test.
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1998 |
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UB Machine development completed.
Established Kyushu Office.
Began development of High Speed UB Machine (HSUB) that can test tires at road speed (up to 120 kph/75 mph).
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1999 |
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Founded wholly-owned subsidiary Korea Kokusai Co., Ltd., in Greater Taegu City, Korea, to serve as a production base. |
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2001 |
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Stock listed as an over-the-counter issue on the JASDAQ Japanese securities exchange market.
Renovated main manufacturing plant.
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2002 |
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Founded wholly owned subsidiary High-Precision Kokusai Shanghai Corporation in China. |
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2003 |
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Developed Tire & Wheel Assembly Integrated Tester based on the technology from the HSUB Machine for automotive manufacturers.
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2004 |
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Tire & Wheel Assembly Integrated Tester receives the Mid and Small-sized Companies Prize in the 2003 Top 10 Great New Products Prize by The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Ltd. |
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HSUB Machine receives the Ikeda Special Prize of the 2003 Invention of the Year organized by the Japan Society for the Advancement of Inventions. |
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Stock listed on JASDAQ. |
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2006 |
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Established consolidated subsidiary Thai Kokusai Co., Ltd., in Bangkok, Thailand. |
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2007 |
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Made both Toshinkogyo Co., Ltd., and Toshinkouatsugiken Co., Ltd., subsidiaries. |
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2010 |
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Stock listed on Osaka Securities Exchange (JASDAQ Standard). |
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April 2013 (H25) |
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Acquired Quality management ISO 9001 certification. |
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