Introduces history of the TOHO KOKI Co., Ltd.
- 1926
- First president Seiichi Kawakami established machine parts manufacturing company named Kawakami Works, Co., Ltd. at Minato-ku, Osaka-shi.
- 1934
- Forged Adjustable Angle Wrenches, Pipe Wrenches, and Spanners were started manufacturing.
- 1938
- The factory was moved to Hirano-ku Kami, Osaka-shi.
- The company name was renamed with Toho Koki Co., Ltd., and it was inaugurated as specialized hand tools maker.
- 1939
- Toho forged steel Co., Ltd. was established as forged tools and munitions forged articles manufacturing company.
- 1945
- The production organization was changed to hand tools mainly.
- 1951
- Toho Koki Co., Ltd. did takeover Toho Forged Steel Co., Ltd.
- Adjustable Angle Wrenches had JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) approval.
- Osaka International Trade and Industry Bureau chief commended as Adjustable Angle Wrenches' superior factory.
- Special alloy steel (Cr steel) was adopted as the material for Adjustable Angle Wrenches.
- 1952
- Pipe Wrenches had JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) approval.
- 1955
- High Efficiency Forging Reduce Roll was introduced from U.S.A. for factory facilities modernization and increasing efficiency.
- 1957
- First president Mr. Seiichi Kawakami was awarded by Japanese government as the result of improving the quality of domestic hand tools.
- 1958
- Spanner had JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) approval.
- 1965
- HIT hand tools were started exporting and comes to be used regularly in more than 50 countries.
- 1966
- Bolt Cutters and Ring Spanners had JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) approval.
- 1974
- NEAC-100 computer system was started operating.
- 1975
- Bolt Cutters' exclusive line was started operating.
- Toho Koki Co., Ltd. did takeover Toho Tanko Co., Ltd. and moved factory to Nara Prefecture.
- Aluminum forging was started, and Light Weight Aluminum Pipe Wrenches were developed.
- 1977
- Exclusive tools for cutting Rod for Boring Construction was developed.
- 1982
- Pipe Wrenches for pipes coated with vinyl were developed according to marketing request.
- 1984
- Headquarters moved to Nara Prefecture for the consistent organization from forgings to completed product.
- 1985
- Automatic Heater 520 KW for heating forgings was started operating.
- Adjustable Angle Wrenches and Pipe Wrenches had JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) re-approval according to change address of headquarters.
- Bolt Cutters had JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) re-approval.
- 1986
- Mr. Heihachiro Kawakami became president.
- 1990
- Bolt Cutters new manufacturing line was started.
- 1991
- Computerization for molding was started.
- Spanners and Ring Spanners had JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) re-approval according to change address of headquarters.
- 1992
- First Participation for IHF Practical World in Koln, Germany was done and continued every year.
- New manufacturing line for Pipe Wrenches was started.
- 1993
- Professional cutting rod hand tools for boring construction have developed and been on series products.
- Automatic heater 1,200 Kw was started operating.
- 2005
- ISO14001 was acquired through JQA.
- 2006
- First participation for IHF Practical World in Shanghai, China was done, and developed Chinese market.
- 2007
- Participation for IHF Practical World in Shanghai, China was done spring and autumn.
- ISO9001 was acquired through JQA.
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