Future growth underpinned by 77 years of
experiences and technologies
Founding era   |
1937 | Operations begin in Osaka, Japan; manufactures mainly forge rolling machinery for ironworks, and tower cranes |
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| 1947 | Begins manufacturing stackers | |
| 1948 | Pilers that eliminate manual stacking | |
Towards an era of rapid economic growth   |
1957 | First Japanese-manufactured chain conveyor system, the leading edge of automation systems |
| 1959 | Chain conveyor system installed at Japan’s first passenger automobile factory | |
| 1965 | Japan’s first automatic guided vehicle | |
| 1966 | Japan’s first rack-supported building automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) | |
| 1969 | Japan’s first online computer-controlled rack-supported building AS/RS | |
Era of systemization   |
1982 | Factory automation (FA) systems delivered to a state-of-the-art motor factory |
| 1984 | Transport systems for clean rooms, a pioneering step in the development of semiconductor manufacturing | |
| 1989 | Friction-driven automobile assembly and transport systems in which workers ride the pallet while assembling | |
Expanding business to DA fields   |
1992 | Automated sorting systems with controlled trays to enter distribution automation (DA) business |
| 1993 | World’s first electrified monorail system with non-contact power supply | |
| 2003 | Transport systems for liquid crystal glass substrate wafers | |
| Innovating material handling technologies to create added value    |
2008 | World’s first superfast mini load AS/RS with four stacker cranes that move past one another on the same rack but arranged in two tiers |
| 2011 | Pick-to-light systems with wireless displays mounted on collection boxes | |
| 2012 | Cleanroom storage technologies to respond to the semiconductor miniaturization needs |
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| Evolving from a material handling manufacturer into a Value Innovator    |
2014 | Area management system, the first in the world to obtain ISO 13482 certification for personal care robots |
