1957-1976
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- 1957
Delivers the First Webb Conveyor System to Kariya Factory of Toyota Auto Body
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- 1958
Delivers Engine Testing Conveyor to Toyota Motor Headquarters
Engine testing becomes fully automated
- 1959
Webb Conveyor to Japan's First Passenger Automobile Factory
Delivered the Webb conveyor system to Toyota Motor's Motomachi Factory, Japan's first factory to exclusively manufacture passenger automobilesOfficially began doing business as a material handling system manufacturer
Webb conveyor system installed in Japan's first passenger automobile factory-
- 1960
Delivers Large-Scale System to Toyo Kogyo
Opened Hiroshima site office for Toyo Kogyo Co., Ltd. (now Mazda Motor Corporation) and delivered a 14 kilometer Webb conveyor system to its headquarters
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- 1961
Listed on the Second Section of the Osaka Stock Exchange
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- 1962
Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
- 1963
Inaugurates the Komaki Plant
Manufactured the first Japan-made ten-pin bowling machine in collaboration with Bowl-Mor Company, Inc., U.S.A.
Japan's first bowling machine-
- 1964
Enacts the Company Creed Hini Arata
Established the company creed and philosophyDelivered 104 ten-pin bowling machine sets to Shiba Bowling Center in Tokyo
- 1965
Manufacture and Sale of the Prontow, Japan's First AGV
Started to manufacture and sell the mesh box pallet - the Palletainer
Mesh box pallet - the Palletainer- 1966
Delivers the First Rackbuil System to Matsushita Electric Industrial
Produced Japan's first automated high-rise Rackbuil System at the Komaki Plant for Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
The first Rackbuil installed in Matsushita Electric Industrial-
- 1968
Staff Exceeds 1,000 and Daifuku Plans for Automated Operation
Announced 100% automatic operation in an Asahi newspaper ad on January 1stListed stocks on the Second Section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange
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- 1969
Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya Stock Exchanges
Increased capital to 1.1 billion yen, then to 1.7 billion yenTransferred stocks to the First Section of each Stock ExchangeInstalled Japan's first online computer-controlled Rackbuil System in Nobeoka Bemberg Plant for Asahi Kasei Corporation
Japan's first online, real-time controlled Rackbuil System
Rackbuil system control room
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- 1970
Acquiring an Industrial Site in Hino-cho, Shiga Pref., Land Development Begins
Planned construction of an 1.2 million sq.m industrial parkShowcased the Prontow and Palletainer at the Japan World Exposition (Expo '70)
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- 1971
Delivers the World's Largest Scale Rackbuil System to Toyota Motor
Installed the world's largest scale Rackbuil for Toyota Motor in Kasuga
- 1972
Develops a Unit Load AS/RS
Delivered the first small-medium size unit load AS/RS to Fujimura Iron WorksProduced the Roll Box Pallet
The first delivered Unit Load AS/RS-
- 1973
Delivers Japan's First Refrigerated AS/RS to Hosen Cold Storage
Installed the first refrigerated AS/RS, which operated at −40 degrees CelsiusDeveloped the mini load AS/RS, called the Bucketbuil System, and delivered it to Matsushita Seiko Co., Ltd.
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- 1974
Delivers Japan's Highest Rackbuil System
Installed a 30 meter high Rackbuil System in Wakayama Plant for Kao CorporationReceived an order for the Rackbuil for petroleum refining plant from Algerian government-owned company Sonatrach
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- 1975
Completes Construction of Hino Plant, Factory C
Completed construction of Shiga's first factory (Factory C) and a dormitory in Hino Plant (now Shiga Works). The factory manufactured steel embedded resin palletsEstablished subsidiaries Daifuku Koei Co., Ltd., Contec Co., Ltd. and Paltec Co., Ltd. in JapanReceived an order from Iran for a cold storage system
