1907 | Founded by Hokkaido Colliery Steamship Company and the British firms Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., Ltd. and Vickers Sons and Maxim, Ltd. The headquarters and factory are located in Muroran, Hokkaido. |
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1915 | The headquarters is moved to Tokyo. |
1920 | The Hiroshima Plant is established with the purchase of Hiroshima Seisakusho Co., Ltd. |
1936 | Construction of the Yokohama Plant is completed and goes into operation. |
1950 | The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. is dissolved and reestablished. |
1969 | Offices are established in New York, Dusseldorf, and Tehran. |
1975 | Offices are established in Los Angeles, Houston, and Singapore. |
1978 | Japan Steel Works America, Inc. is established in the United States. |
1983 | Relocation of Yokohama Plant is completed. The Beijing Office is established. The company is awarded the Deming Application Prize. |
1988 | Fine Crystal Co., Ltd. is established. |
1990 | JSW Plastics Machinery, Inc. is established in the United States. (merged into Japan Steel Works America, Inc. in 2017) |
1992 | JSW Plastics Machinery (S) Pte. Ltd. is established in Singapore. (company name is changed into The Japan Steel Works (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. in 2014) |
1994 | ISO 9001 and 9002 certification is acquired. |
1997 | JSW Plastics Machinery (H.K.) Co., Ltd. is established in Hong Kong. |
1998 | ISO 14001 certification is acquired. |
2000 | JSW Plastics Machinery (Taiwan) Corp. is established in Taiwan. |
2003 | JSW Plastics Machinery Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is established in China. (merged into JSW Machinery Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in 2014) |
2005 | The Shanghai Office is established. |
2006 | Tahara Machinery Ltd. is acquired. |
2007 | The company marks the centenary year of its founding. The headquarters is moved to Osaki in Tokyo. |
2008 | JSW Machinery Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is established in China. Alliance with Meiki Co., Ltd. begins. |
2009 | Japan Steel Works India Private Limited is established in India. |
2010 | JSW Machinery (Ningbo) Co., Ltd. is established in China. |
2012 | Japan Steel Works Europe GmbH is established in Germany. |
2014 | JSW AFTY Corporation is established. |
2015 | SM Platek Co., Ltd. in South Korea is acquired. |
2019 | GM ENGINEERING Co., Ltd. is acquired. Nichiyu Machinery Co., Ltd. is acquired. |
2020 | Meiki Co., Ltd. is merged into the company. Japan Steel Works M&E, Inc. is established. |