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January 1944 Established as an independent company from Takeyama Foundry (700,000 yen in capital)
May 1948 Trading begins with Toyota Motor Corporation as a subcontract factory
March 1959 Partial operations begin at Nissin Plant
Nissin Plant in 1959 when operations began
July 1960 Capital participation by Toyota Motor Corporation
September 1960 The company goes public (Second Section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange)
(75 million yen in capital)
August 1962 Sales of metallic furniture begin (swivel chairs, folding chairs, etc.)
March 1970 Melting and molding machines augmented at Nissin Plant Casting Division
(600 million yen in capital)
October 1973 Operations such as assembly of work tools and chairs and cutting work begin at Kumamoto Plant
December 1978 Vertical flaskless molding machine installed on the FVB Line in the Nissin Plant Casting Division
August 1980 Dust collector installed at Nissin Plant Casting Division
Toyota Award for Excellence in Quality Control
June 1983 The company receives the Toyota Award for Excellence in Quality Control
March 1985 Hydrostatic molding machine installed on the APS Line in the Nissin Plant Casting Division
November 1985 Nissin Plant Machining Division established (1,036 million yen in capital)
October 1988 Vertical flaskless molding machine installed on the FVB2 Line in the Nissin Plant Casting Division
May 1991 Aluminum Casting Line installed at Kumamoto Plant
December 1992 Kumamoto Plant expanded
November 1996 Aluminum Die-Casting Line installed at the Nissin Plant Casting Division
May 2001 Merger agreement signed with Suzhou Ishikawa Iron Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (China)
May 2001 ISO14001 certification
January 2002 Operations begin at new Suzhou Ishikawa Iron Manufacturing Co., Ltd. plant
March 2004 Suzhou Chuo Malleable Iron Co., Ltd. is established (China)
September 2004 ISO9001:2000 certification
September 2005 Operations begin at Suzhou Chuo Malleable Iron Co., Ltd.
August 2009 High-Frequency Furnace installed at the Nissin Plant Casting Division